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I have the following rules of thumb for EBAY purchases of expensive items, such as watches:
1. Offer to meet in person and transact for cash. (I don't care WHERE the guy is - if he's on the other side of the earth, tell him you have a friend who lives there who will meet him)
2. If the seller comes up with ANY sort of excuse whatsoever (I got burned once, I don't meet people, etc. etc.), after all, who turns down cash? he is a fraud guy - forget him, and move on.
That "offer to meet and transact for cash" is the litmus paper test to root out all fraudsters.
3. And, if the price seems too good to be true, then it almost always is!
1. Offer to meet in person and transact for cash. (I don't care WHERE the guy is - if he's on the other side of the earth, tell him you have a friend who lives there who will meet him)
2. If the seller comes up with ANY sort of excuse whatsoever (I got burned once, I don't meet people, etc. etc.), after all, who turns down cash? he is a fraud guy - forget him, and move on.
That "offer to meet and transact for cash" is the litmus paper test to root out all fraudsters.
3. And, if the price seems too good to be true, then it almost always is!