Selling Internationally on eBay: How not to get scammed

[waveyjoneslocker]

I just sold an iPhone 4 on eBay, but the buyer is located in Australia.
I sold a 3GS a few months ago to a dude in England, and he filed a dispute and won both his money and the phone (He said he never received it).
How can I go about this situation in a way that makes it impossible for me to be scammed?

 

[waveyjoneslocker]

I just sold an iPhone 4 on eBay, but the buyer is located in Australia.
I sold a 3GS a few months ago to a dude in England, and he filed a dispute and won both his money and the phone (He said he never received it).
How can I go about this situation in a way that makes it impossible for me to be scammed?

 

[dts939]

use a shipping service that has tracking
i know this sounds obvious but i don't think usps has tracking for international, but i believe UPS does

i have also sold iPhones internationally on ebay lol, i guess i just got lucky though. sucks to be scammed

 

[dts939]

use a shipping service that has tracking
i know this sounds obvious but i don't think usps has tracking for international, but i believe UPS does

i have also sold iPhones internationally on ebay lol, i guess i just got lucky though. sucks to be scammed

 

[iYen]

Buy insurance.

 

[iYen]

Buy insurance.

 

[dream5hift]

I sold an iphone 4 a couple months ago to a buyer in China. The buyer's paypal address was in Socal so I thought it was fraud. So I contacted a seller that he also bought a iphone from and the guy helped me out. He said the paypal address was a China shipment warehouse which does the transferring from our domestic shipper.

 

[dream5hift]

I sold an iphone 4 a couple months ago to a buyer in China. The buyer's paypal address was in Socal so I thought it was fraud. So I contacted a seller that he also bought a iphone from and the guy helped me out. He said the paypal address was a China shipment warehouse which does the transferring from our domestic shipper.

 

[waveyjoneslocker]

Thanks for all the tips. I went to UPS online, it said it would cost $98.01 to ship to him

I told him, and put that on the invoice.

 

[waveyjoneslocker]

Thanks for all the tips. I went to UPS online, it said it would cost $98.01 to ship to him

I told him, and put that on the invoice.

 

[limonyfresh]

Sort of related, but what were the pp fees for that transaction? Are you still covered under pp seller protection?

 

[limonyfresh]

Sort of related, but what were the pp fees for that transaction? Are you still covered under pp seller protection?

 

[tobiastorgenson]

just don't do it, honestly

 

[tobiastorgenson]

just don't do it, honestly

 

[raptors29]

Gotta have tracking on it and I forgot which International Services have Signature Confirmation.

 

[raptors29]

Gotta have tracking on it and I forgot which International Services have Signature Confirmation.

 

[supa vegetto]

i've sold multiple items to international buyers. make sure you get tracking as well as a required signature upon delivery.

 

[supa vegetto]

i've sold multiple items to international buyers. make sure you get tracking as well as a required signature upon delivery.