I currently have a listing for a mobile phone on eBay with one bid currently

 

In my auction setup, I specifically excluded from my postage locations: Africa, Asia, Central America and Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, South America, PO Box..... So basically I will only send to the UK.

 

I've also unticked the UK Shipping Centre options, and have set:

 

Block buyers who:

Have a primary delivery address in countries that I don't post to

 

 

The current bid is from a buyer with lots of feedback, but he's listed as Zambia.  

Member since: 21-Aug-13 in Zambia

 

All of his recent feedback is either private, or for mobile phone unlock codes, so I'm assuming I'll get the usual fake emails from Paypal or Escrow rubbish after the auction has ended.

 

I'm assuming this guy has set his primary delivery address to the UK to get around the auction settings.

 

How can I stop anyone outside of the UK bidding on it altogether regardless of their delivery country.

You can add the terms you like ie UK bidders only , if the winner is an overseas bidder then you can cancel their bid and second chance it

 

I'd never sell something like that on ebay now , too many con artists i either keep it or recycle it with someone like mazuma

I don't think you can!

 

I think there's some way to delete their bids though.

 

I had it with a phone a few years back.

 

They put a stupid high bid in at the last minute, sent me fake paypal confirmations, fake ebay emails and tried to get me to post to Africa even though their delivery address was Guildford!

 

Really annoying!

 

Phil

eBay was a last resort for selling but it's such a big market it's hard to ignore.

 

I'll cancel his bid and add to blocked buyers list.

link us up please?

It's this one here.

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/343617-boxed-unlocked-htc-one-s-16gb/

End the auction and stick it on Gumtree is my advice. A good, well looked after phone sells there quickly in my experience, with no fees. Especially if boxed or offered with a post option.

Adam

Last time I sold a phone on eBay I put a passcode lock on it and placed a note with a unique number (one I made up)

inside the box to contact me via eBay messaging to quote the unique code and I would send him the unlock code

Thus removed the chance for him to say it was an empty box

I also took photos of me boxing said note in case any come back from eBay

Its sad the lengths we have to go to now a day's

End the auction and stick it on Gumtree is my advice. A good, well looked after phone sells there quickly in my experience, with no fees. Especially if boxed or offered with a post option.

Adam

Gumtree is full of crooks (sellers and buyers)

True but you often meet sellers or buyers face to face which makes it a little safer. Most bikes from there seemed to be stolen when I was looking recently though, e.g. sellers wanting to meet away from their address when I enquired!