[ben1040]

I gave up on selling on eBay years ago when I listed an iPad, and twice in a row the auction was won by a scammer using a stolen eBay/PayPal account.

My recollection of how the scam worked was that they messaged me after the sale to say the iPad was a gift and could they send it to some other address than the PayPal confirmed address, and also not include any receipt info in the package that could spoil it as a gift.

It looked like the classic drop shipping eBay scam where I’d find out from PayPal that a stolen card was used, the charges would be reversed, and I’d be out the iPad and the money.

[charlieegan3]

That's more elaborate than I had. In my case, they won my item a few times in a row and sent fake paypal payment emails.

When you're keen to sell the item, waiting for a week only to have a scammer win the auction gets tiring.

[ben1040]

That’s really the kicker here. I blew two weeks running the two auctions, plus the time wasted in dealing with requesting a refund on eBay commissions because it was a fraudulent buyer.

Ultimately I sold the iPad to a coworker for $75 less than the eBay price because it was worth it to not have that hassle (and net of commissions/PayPal fees, it wasn’t that big a difference anyway).