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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 3746538, member: 18716"]It is one of those answers that depends on a lot of circumstances. If you are a professional business with a track record you don't tend to get targeted by scammers. Ebay are also now much better than they used to be supporting business sellers with a proven record.</p><p><br /></p><p>Selling as a private individual is more risky especially if you are not familiar with the potential scams and you don't get the same level of support from ebay either.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kind of, if you set your item with best offer you can check the buyers feedback before accepting, but this doesn't stop someone buying at full price who you can't check first. That in itself might be a red flag of course.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget that you always hear the horror stories and rarely the good. Most transactions are fine, it is a small % that go wrong, which on a £10 item isn't so bad, but on a £1000 items may cause significant hardship.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 3746538, member: 18716"]It is one of those answers that depends on a lot of circumstances. If you are a professional business with a track record you don't tend to get targeted by scammers. Ebay are also now much better than they used to be supporting business sellers with a proven record. Selling as a private individual is more risky especially if you are not familiar with the potential scams and you don't get the same level of support from ebay either. Kind of, if you set your item with best offer you can check the buyers feedback before accepting, but this doesn't stop someone buying at full price who you can't check first. That in itself might be a red flag of course. Don't forget that you always hear the horror stories and rarely the good. Most transactions are fine, it is a small % that go wrong, which on a £10 item isn't so bad, but on a £1000 items may cause significant hardship.[/QUOTE]
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