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Is it reliable to buy things on eBay? How to buy things on eBay reliably and avoid being cheated? Let's follow the editor to find out!
How to buy things reliably on eBay?
Method 1: Communicate with the seller.
Foreigners attach great importance to communication, and emails and words can be used as evidence. Even if you read the entire description of an item carefully, the information you get is limited. If you want to confirm the authenticity of certain descriptions with the seller and want to know more, eBay recommends sending emails to the seller. Many sellers will reply to emails in a timely manner, but this is indeed not as convenient as Wangwang for domestic buyers. This is due to eBay's positioning, which is a big market, and you can ask sellers any questions, including bargaining.
Method 2: eBay has seller credit <br/>But I always feel that eBay is not large enough, and most buyers stay at the level of hundreds to thousands of transactions. Seller credit is not as valuable as Taobao's crown diamond. Topseller's favorable rate is above 99%. An individual seller who does not sell things often may accidentally have a favorable rate of only over 90%. This does not mean that Topseller will not cheat and deceive. I once encountered a Topseller who sold refurbished goods as new ones, thinking that it would be fine if the credit level was high, but it turned out to be a scam. On the contrary, sellers who only trade a few or dozens of transactions are just using eBay to deal with some personal idle items, which is sometimes more reliable. In the final analysis, the United States is a credit society. What everyone says and does will affect his social credit and personal finances. No one wants to cheat for tens or hundreds of dollars. After all, there are only a few people who cheat and cheat. Just like the fraudulent behavior of Topseller I encountered, I found out later that the person who traded with me on the other side of the ocean was actually a Chinese in Los Angeles. Remember: seeing a few more real photos in the item description, or asking the seller for a few real photos, is far more reliable than the seller's credit being 99.9% or being a Topseller.
In addition, eBay's credit value is a combination of buyer's credit and seller's credit, unlike Taobao, which is separate. To see the seller's credit, you need to go to the credit evaluation page to see its credit record as a seller (Feedback as a seller).
In addition, eBay passwords are not very secure. The password was changed just two months ago. It is possible that someone's store password has been stolen and used for fraud, so novices should be cautious. Method 3: Seller’s credit record.
If you want to buy something, you must study the seller's credit record, because eBay charges a transaction fee of several points of the transaction amount for each transaction, ranging from 5-10 points. So no one will brush their credit because the cost is too high (Taobao's credit brushing cost is much lower), so the transaction record is quite real. You can see the previous buyer's evaluation and the price of the item, and you can also see the item link for the transactions in the last 3 months. For example, whether the seller's transaction record is fraudulent, whether the delivery is fast, whether the seller has traded similar items or valuable items, whether the background of the photo is similar to judge the authenticity of the photo, whether the seller carefully writes the description when listing the item, uploads the photo with sincerity, what kind of product the seller is mainly engaged in, whether the seller is a professional seller, etc. Based on these, you can make your own evaluation of whether the seller is real and reliable.
It is best not to bid on items that are sold in multiple lots. If you are a seller and have several identical items, would you consider setting a bid for each item and selling it at a different price each time? Don’t buy items that have been relisted too many times. Why do you have to relist every time you sell it and it doesn’t go through? It can only mean that the seller or buyer is very fickle and no deal was made in the end.
Method 4: eBay transaction history.
You can check the transaction price of a category of goods in the transaction records of eBay (find Completed listings and Sold listings in the Advance Search page). You should never buy goods at too low a price. Those who have been using Taobao for many years should understand this principle. Would you patronize a Taobao cosmetics store that is more than 50% cheaper than others? No matter how beautiful and professional the product description is, it is not credible. Don't be greedy and suffer a big loss.
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