Hey guys, So I'm doing a house clearance and have 10 items up for auction. I have one bidder currently leading on 4 of these items. His/her username is [4 random letters].au.[9 random letters and numbers]. Feedback is 25, but very similar in context (I know copy pasting is used widely here). The bidder currently has bid around $1,000 combined so it's concerning that it may be a fake user. My auctions are collection only and Paypal's seller protection doesn't cover collections. As it's heavy stuff, I'll be helping get it into the vehicle, so should I be collecting images of ID and/or the vehicle that could help in any dispute, should one arise? The user seems genuine in terms of bidding (across different items, they are both manually and automatically adjusting bids). Also, the third most expensive item, they don't seem interested in (they've bid on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th in terms of highest bids) yet. Additional context - I'm emigrating and I've put on the listings that they must be collected by a certain date.(which is roughly a fortnight away). So, what do you guys think? Genuine? Should I be protecting myself in a way I haven't considered?
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