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I just wouldn't accept the offer myself from a zero feedback user, not worth the faff of thinking something is sold and you get ghosted, let alone messed about over PayPal or ebay.
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Was the offer suspiciously high? There is a scam doing the rounds at the moment that starts just like this. Always 0 or near 0 feedback account. Buyer makes a strange offer (I had one for the full amount). They then don't pay and attempt to have you contact them/send details outside of eBay. They don't do this through the eBay messaging, but through an invoice request (to which you can attach a message). It's quite obviously a scam as soon as they haven't paid within a day or two, but like you suggest, a big waste of time. I would wait to hear something from them before accepting.
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I've been sent an offer for an item but I notice that the account has zero feedback and was set up just a few days ago.
This obviously seems fishy but of course appreciate that it could just be a new genuine user.
I hadn't noticed the offer until today, it expires in 6 hours.
I've sent a message to the user explaining my concern and waiting to hear back, obviously a lot depends on what reply they give, if any.
I'm just wondering though what possible scam could happen if I had quickly accepted the offer before realising the fishy account.
If I'd accepted the offer and they don't pay then, fine, waste of everyones time, but whats the point?
Do they pay then try claim the item hasn't been received or something? How would they even manage this?