Anyone sold a mobile phone on ebay ?

[Lilyloo]

DP wants to sell his phone.
It is worth quite abit and even though i am a regular seller and buyer i am wary of selling phones.
Are there many phone scams or am i being paranoid ?
If i do sell is there anything i need to know to protect myself beforehand.
TIA

[thisisyesterday]

i have, a few times. never done anything differently tbh,just chucked them on there and sold them

[Oblomov]

no, nothing to do. dh has sold quite a few of ours. every time we get an upgrade.
registered post or recorded mail as an option. offer first class aswell , so cheaper, but state that if they choose this you take no responsibility.

go for it.

we sold 2 for £90 each the other day.
and the time before that £110 for each.
is your dh's that kind of price or maybe int eh 100's - actually don't answer that, it prob doesn't make any difference.

say no zero bidders ? maybe ?

[Knickers0nMaHead]

I sold a phone a year or so ago. When I sent it to the buyer, I decided to look at his feedback. No word of a lie, he had bought 20 of these phones within two weeks. I got an email the following day saying it didnt work. Told him to send it back so i could check the imei number and the security markings. He sent a phone back which was knackered. Casing broken etc. Checked some of the other listings n it was one of those. Emailed to let him know but never heard back. Btw, always send special deliuery. Dont let the buyer have the option of normal delivery.

[ThisBoyDraculaDrew]

Don't sell abroad.

Small electricals - including mobiles are hot targets for fraud originating in Nigeria and other African countries.

We sell ours every upgrade - and as long as you sell UK only we haven't had a problem.

[notcitrus]

Insist on special delivery or international signed-for/Airsure, and request international bidders to ask for postage costs before bidding - helps filter out most idiots. Note that Airsure doesn't even cover all EU countries - Italy and Ireland aren't in it. Was nervous when I sent a phone to Italy for about £70, but it was fine. I tend to offer to send to EU and USA/Canada and refuse elsewhere. Lots of Americans enjoying the strong dollar!

There's an option to rule out people with negative feedback but no idea how anyone gets that nowadays. I think you can put in the text that anyone with fb of less than a certain amount will have their bid cancelled but you;d have to check.

[Oblomov]

UK only. agree.
Paypal = only option. doesn't cover you completely, but helps.

[Lilyloo]

Thanks all
knickers that's what i am worried about , what is an imei number etc

[Knickers0nMaHead]

The imei number is on the back of the phone under the battery. Every number is unique.

[ADealingMummy]

I bought a sony ericsson on ebay last year , and it was absolutely fine.
My DH bought one a few months ago , and it was scratched to bits! He even accidently left good feedback , we raised a complaint through paypal and got a full refund!
Definitely pay for the phone through paypal.

Good luck