suspected scam attempt as a seller | Questions and answers among users

massimilianob · 2023-05-02T10:34:10.858000Z

good morning,For the past two or three years I’ve had some antique prints (chromolithographs) on ebay and have occasionally sold a few.In mid-April a user from China contacted me and asked for information about the prints and the shipping costs to China.After checking the shipping, I told him the cost; he added that he wanted quite a few prints (about fifty) and asked me for a small discount.I offered him a discount and asked him to send me a list of the prints he had chosen; the price is 10 euros each, so even with the discount the final amount is interesting.I wrote to him that I would be out of town for a week and that upon my return I would provide him with an ebay link where I would have grouped the prints together.In the meantime I’ve received purchase offers for dozens of prints from at least a couple of other users, as it happens always from China.When I got back, the first user wrote to me asking if we can go ahead, but I have serious doubts about this whole thing ... Prints that don’t get much interest suddenly become highly sought after by 3-4 users all from the same country? Could this be an attempted scam? What kind? How can I protect myself, in your opinion? thanks a lotMassimiliano

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