I recently listed two similar laptops on ebay. Both with auction and Buy it now options. When I woke up in the morning I received two ebay notification emails (coming from ebay@ebay.com.au) that my items were sold. Wow! Now the first thing is, while posting, I kept the default option of 'No international postage' selected and offered free postage to Australia only. The notification email contained messages from the respective buyers which appeared similar to me. Have a look below Buyer1: Hi Mate, Am the winning buyer of your lovely item, I will like you to contact me via ldemido@hotmail.com so we can sort out postage and delivery method. I will be traveling for a business trip so i will be accessing my email via iphone. Kindly email me as soon as possible via ldemido@hotmail.com and use the item number as subject and also send your PayPal email. Awaiting to read from you ASAP. Regards. Buyer2: Hi mate, Glad I won your item. I'm currently in New Zealand at the moment. Please email me at rukiyezabdul@outlook.com, confirming the exact condition of the item. I will be going for an appointment will be able to access my email from my iPhone, so email me at rukiyezabdul@outlook.com using the item number as the subject. cheers I was excited and replied to the first buyer on his/her given email immediately. But I haven't yet heard back from him/her. Then I got a bit supicious and wasn't sure what to do with the second buyer. So I contacted him through ebay asking him if he is willing to pay international postage fee. Within few minutes I got reply asking me to tell him the exact condition of the laptop and reply on his email id. Okay I did that. And after that I haven't yet heard back from him. Deja vu for me! What is happening here? They both wanted only my email address? It appears like that. I checked these guys on ebay. They are not 'born today' users. The first one (member since 2003) has 84 score with zero +ve, -ve and neutral feedback in the last 12 months. The second one (member since 2010) has only feedback score of 1. They both have requested invoice (which I haven't sent yet) and haven't replied to me when I asked them if they are willing to pay for international postage. What should I do now?
... View more