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eBay Foreign Buyer with Zero Feedback and Authenticity Guarantee Question

PNWcollectorPNWcollector Posts: 311 ✭✭✭✭
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Quick question for the board- I received a nice offer ($700) on an item from a buyer in Taiwan with zero feedback. Because of the sale price, it would first go through the authentication process before being shipped to the buyer. The zero feedback sort of scares me but I understand that you have to start somewhere. My question is, could anything go wrong with this transaction that would leave me without a card and without $$? It seems like with the authenticator being the middle man, I am covered.

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  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,804 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I refuse to to sell overseas.

    Be sure you can get a refund if it takes a long time to get delivered.

    2013,14 and 15 Certificate Award Winner Harmon Killebrew Master Set and Master Topps Set
  • johfrjohfr Posts: 95 ✭✭✭

    I'm not sure foreign delivery goes through authenticity. There is also a loophole for PO Box delivery. If a person has a PO box as there shipping address then the item does not go through the authentication process. Ebay needs to fix this loophole.

  • pab1969pab1969 Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you have to question yourself, I would block them and move on. I don't mind selling a low valued card to a zero-feedback buyer but not a high value one. Someone else with better buying history and feedback will eventually buy the card.

  • BatpigBatpig Posts: 460 ✭✭✭

    At a minimum everyone should allow sales through the global shipping program. Yes, buyers typically hate it because it’s so expensive, but as a seller, you’re simply sending to a domestic address and after that point, any issues are no longer your problem. In addition, you get automatic 5 stars for shipping related metrics. I don’t know if the authenticity guarantee works the same way, but in this case if you offer up the global shipping program, you should be covered.

  • RufussCkingstonRufussCkingston Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2023 1:09PM

    Authenticity Guarantee is for items shipped to USA address ONLY and also CANNOT be a PO Box. NO international and NO US Territories like Puerto Rico or Guam, and NO Canada. Best practice is to state in the listing that you only ship to USA addresses that are not a PO Box and to remove all other shipping options... Not sure if you can remove the US territories, but you could cancel the sale.

  • RufussCkingstonRufussCkingston Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johfr said:
    If a person has a PO box as there shipping address then the item does not go through the authentication process. Ebay needs to fix this loophole.

    It's not a "loophole", it's on purpose. PSA uses FedEx Signature required to ship to the buyer and of course FedEx does NOT ship to PO Boxes.....

  • PNWcollectorPNWcollector Posts: 311 ✭✭✭✭

    @RufussCkingston said:
    Authenticity Guarantee is for items shipped to USA address ONLY and also CANNOT be a PO Box. NO international and NO US Territories like Puerto Rico or Guam, and NO Canada. Best practice is to state in the listing that you only ship to USA addresses that are not a PO Box and to remove all other shipping options... Not sure if you can remove the US territories, but you could cancel the sale.

    Thanks. I haven’t accepted the offer yet.

  • RufussCkingstonRufussCkingston Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2, 2023 3:28PM

    @PNWcollector said:

    Thanks. I haven’t accepted the offer yet.

    Now you could message him and ask if he plans to have you ship it Taiwan, or he/she may have a US address intermediary, or maybe PWCC vault, you never know. Send him a message and state that you will only ship to the USA. Also, modify your listing as well.

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