Up until recently I have never sold or traded a card valued higher than around $2500 and most of those were with trusted members of the community. With the massive rise in market prices I am considering selling one of my higher value cards ($10000+). My question is how can you protect yourself from scammers when selling items of this value. I have heard some horror stories to do with eBay scams etc.
I would always track and insure, I know someone mentioned videoing the packaging of the card before but this doesn’t necessarily prove anything unless you film the whole process including taking it and handing it to the postal service you are using. Selling a item of that value makes me a bit nervous as this is a lot of money to me. Anyone that has experience of selling high value items, especially on eBay, if you have any tips that would be really helpful.
Correct you can not block based on feedback number. You’d have tos et the number high enough that logically people would only make an offer if they wanted the card.
This is what I would do. List your item higher than the price you’d accept, state in the description that you’re inviting reasonable offers, and require payment on purchase. Set an auto-reject for low bids to save your time on low balls. Before accepting an offer, examine the buyer’s feedback and the age of the account. You can film/photograph the packaging process and include images in a message to the buyer before dispatch - makes no difference to the eBay case but it might be helpful evidence in a fraud case, plus it could put off scammers from trying anything.
You can require immediate payment but that only works if someone wants to buy it for full price.
If someone makes an offer they have like what 5 days to pay for it before you can open a case. Even if you have immediate payment required set to on.
My advice for the OP is to just post it on virbank city and the other FB groups for 90% of the ebay price and make it clear you are taking cash only…
Should net you 3% more than if you sold it on ebay,
Indeed, my mistake. Someone buying and not paying is more of a timewaster issue though, since you can hold off dispatching when that happens. I think OP is more concerned about case fraud.
It’s could be timewasting, it could be worse than that.
For example. you can buy a PSA 8 Base Charizard now for $2300, wait a week, and it’s worth 2600$+ in a week, then you can pay for it. If the price goes down or stays the same, just send the seller a message saying that your autistic child who is also an amputee purchased the item without your knowledge and you won’t be paying.
I am not recommending that anyone do that, and if it’s not illegal, it should be.
With how volatile prices are now there’s a lot to be gained from making free bets on zard prices.
Yes, but my point is what if they buyer claims something like you sent the wrong card or you just sent a empty box. Paypal/eBay would need solid evidence from a seller that you definitely sent them the item as described otherwise they will just side with the buyer. Then you are suddenly down a bunch of money and also the Pokemon card.
Another thing to keep in mind is that if someone wants to pull something on a 5 figure item, you have their name and address… that’s a value level where you can involve their local police and press charges if they want to play games.
Still hard to prove who’s telling the truth. The cops won’t put someone in just based the seller’s word that he indeed sent a card. There’s no way to prove and when there is no way to prove, the perpetrator runs free. The only way to be sure is PWCC as someone said (however I have never sent to them as my value has been maximum $2k sales)
