following the thread theme of ebay fraud reduction I will add the following exchange that just took place today. names have been removed.

buyer : What about 450?

seller : your registration contact address is shown as Tbilisi, GE, Georgia. item is only available to be shipped within united states destinations. are you using a broker or is your registered "delivery" address here in the states?

buyer : Deivery adress will be in NY

seller : is the new York delivery address the same address that will be shown and printed on the shipping label. sorry if this feels like an interrogation but I've read a lot of horror stories on ebays forums.

buyer : Dont worry its adress of my cousin and its ok.

seller : this is what I was referring to when I asked about confirmed shipping address. your offer of 450. just came in and it shows Ship to:
19726, New Castle, DE,United States

shipping to cousin at ny address = unconfirmed address = not covered

this is risk I will worry about and not accept



sorry, no deal

buyer : When i will pay i will change to ny adress . It ok what you afraid i pay for item so you need only provide tracking and you will.be covered from.ebay .

seller : sorry, no deal offer will be declined

buyer : Ok you dont want to sell but can you explain what you afraid. Adress is in us so.dont worry.

seller : 3.Alternate address confirmation. This process takes several days and is only available for U.S. accounts. To learn more, log in to your PayPal account and visit the Alternate Address Confirmation page.

simply changing ship to address without paypal confirmation leaves transaction in a gray area I am not comfortable with.

**another offer suddenly comes in for 420.00 from a buyer based in isreal**

the other guy used up his 3 offers so now using another of his id's

delivery address for isreal offer shows same 19726, New Castle, DE,United States

declined 420 offered, revised listing and dropped best offer, buy it now price will cool off things, if not item goes back in safe till scrap silver price rises again or i shop it around locally

been on ebay since late 1900's and had no fear shipping stuff worldwide, sometimes even before the buyers check arrived in my mailbox. these days though I keep it local and only risk what won't hurt if lost