Guy wants me to sell his stuff on eBay. Legit?

I just had a similar job offer posted on o-desk. So this guy wants me to sell his rolex watches on ebay starting from 910 bidding and pay me 100 pounds per item plus %10 commission. I asked what's the catch! .... It is easy to have 10 plus feedback. Just go and buy 10 cheap items , like 99 p each form Chinese sellers and get positive feedback.

He interviewed me on skype and said he is from uk but it's in Germany at the mo!

I told him i ll think it over but to be honest im not comfortable with it, i have kept my ebay and paypal clean and 100 percent since 2006!!!

Absolutely not - he will get the money and the buyers won't get anything. You will end up getting into a lot of trouble with ebay for this, and perhaps will be in the news.

Tell him exactly what we have told you here. He is trying to scam you and you don't need to be nice about it. What a shame he is trying to take an advantage of someone who is looking for a job.

You will get all the flack when he doesn't send the items out, so many accounts are lost like this. Why would he want to use someone else if he is legit? If he was a genuine seller he would use his own account.

Tell him to sell it himself - too risky doing it yourself - most likely a scam.

If it seems too good to be true it usually is !

SCAM

Unless you can meet him in person, then have the items in your possession and YOU mail them out, it's always going to be a scam

Here's how the scam works. They tell you to list and sell items, then once it's sold send them the money less your £100 commission and they claim they will send the item once they receive the money. They don't send anything as they don't have anything. The buyer then files a dispute with Ebay for an Item Not received. Ebay contacts you for signed proof of delivery, which you won't have as YOU did not send the item and get a receipt. Then EBay withdraws the full amount from your account leaving you in debt. And your 'employer' disappears with your money and closes their email account so you have no way to reach them

You NEVER sell anything on Ebay unless you have it in your posssession, you photograph it, you inspect it and YOU mail it with a tracking number to the buyer's verified address. If you can't it's always a scam and you need to report the person

Total scam.

You get 'paid', send on the total-100 quid, and the the item doesn't get posted, or is fake/not as described and PayPal issues a refund.

PayPal wants the money back, and you've already passed it on.

It's good to show concern, because you don't really know if he own the things he wants to sell or if they have been stoled from some where. It's risky and makes you responsible for the things he is selling. He needs to have his own account and not make excuses for why he can't do it himself. Don't become a victim of some thing that could be crime related. He can always sell things through a newspaper ad, flyers, bulletin boards and word of mouth.

In order to sell anything - you have to fully understand the product, its features, and profitability potential. Say sure you'll be glad to sell his stuff on a commission basis given your super computer skills and ebay expertise, but that you need to go over lots of details in person about the product. Meet up to discuss.

If he doesn't want to meet you in person, he is a con artist - likely planning on getting you to 'sell' something he doesn't really have, have you collect the funds and send to him, and he'll 'send' the item to the buyer. Only he doesn't ever send it, and you are duped. I'd actually take physical possession of said item, and say that for the fee he is paying, that running to the post office is a small burden you are willing to bear to help him out.

Gotta be a scam. There are a lot of cheaper ways to get around no positive feedback. And what do you do when this guy sells 2000 bucks worth of stuff in your name, collects the cash and skips?