I had an item listed for 1150$ on eBay. With free shipping. Normally the buyer pays the 1150$, Paypal takes their fees out and then I also have to pay Ebay. This time the buyer paid more than what I was asking for, and tax and other stuff was taken out leaving me with 1114.27$. I find this very weird especially since the item has been listed for 2 years and all of a sudden while Ebay and Paypal Phone support is down the buyer purchases the item and wants it shipped to Texas. There’s a different name on the Ebay Shipping address than what is listed on the Paypal account that paid this money for the item. Something seems fishy. I have no way of contacting Paypal for this to see if this is even legit. What do I do? It’s an expensive item and I don’t want to find out the payment was fraudulent and end up sending this engine and then having the funds taken out of my account or something. Will I be covered if I ship the item and this ends up being fraudulent? I find it very weird the buyer haggled me on the price, and made sure there was free shipping but then paid this extra money for tax and stuff that I usually pay. I’ve never sold something this big and this expensive before? Is this normal for items costing more money? Or no. Should the payment structure for how I get payments and who I pay fees and stuff to be any different or no? What should i do? Tell the customer I can’t ship until I can speak to Paypal and Ebay customer service? Thank you.
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