Not even sure what the motive is here so here goes nothing. Pretty much this guy’s “from” Dubai, has had 100% buyer feedback from I think 40 people. He wants to buy some of my WOTC heavy packs so I send him an offer for $100 less than the listing. This is where it gets weird. He first asks if I can ship to Dubai, and I told him yes I can add international shipping as long as he’s willing to cover it. Then he says he has a US address of his “cousin” that he uses to get shipped but he’d prefer it sent directly. I say yes that’s fine, just message me with the address you want it sent to and it’ll get done. He then says eBay won’t allow shipping to either address of his and I say that’s weird so I check his Dubai address and it includes directions like (behind shopping mall). I’m assuming that’s why it won’t let him choose the address so I ask him to change it or give me the full address in a message reply. He does neither and then says I’ll pay it soon, just made other purchases. I ask him about using the address to his cousin who he later tells me is actually a middleman that he uses. He asks to re-send the invoice so I do so and now he’s saying again that neither addresses work so he put a “random Australian address” (uh wtf?). I said alright no it’s not okay to use some random address and he ends up saying he can’t pay anymore he bought other things instead.
So uh. What just happened? I cancelled the sale after opening a case of no payment but I can’t re-list the the two packs that were “sold”. Not too familiar with eBay but I might have to re-list the whole listing. Was this just some weird dude or was it a way to get the packs shown as sold at my price? Is there something I’m missing when he messes up the eBay shipping address on purpose and tries to get it sent to Australia? He said he’d try and buy them all again when he had the money but I don’t believe anything he says at this point. I dunno.