Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
In hindsight, could any additional diligence have weeded that out?
US based seller?
Long Seller history?
Someone advertising themselves as a US based seller but showing long ship times?
Feedback score?
Language issues in description?
I have used eBay a lot, and the scammers are getting better. When the vendor purposefully misleads , it is fraud, not clumsiness.
I would have given this last one a C+ on listing clues, a few hints, but you would have had to look real real close,
and a big overlap with the better, but not crisp, vendors. Mostly one maybe two words out of place , and one misleading inconsistency in descriptions
"ÜS based", high volume , no recent bad feedback of 96% overall
He flipped into a total refund at the first complaint, which is prolly how he keeps his feedback.
buyers don't want to get into a flame war in feedback, so he banks on being under reported.
Soft clue in that most other items in recent feedback were low priced.
I am out time and hassle