Flaky eBay buyers

[1976RD400C]

ebay scams are bad enough but Facebook Reels is the go-to place for scam adverts. High priced items at low cost - web sites created to support the scam with fake reviews - website and cash disappear after the scam dries up - chance of getting money back: zero.

Reuters reported that 10% of Facebook's ad revenue is coming from allowing scammers to do their thing.

[SoCal250]

It's happened again. This time on a non-eBay Motors item.
Received a bid on Nov 26 at 4:06pm , right after it was relisted at 4:39pm.
Today, Nov 30 at 4:04pm I received a cancellation notice from eBay. No exact reason given. All records and evidence of the bid have been removed. Odd.

Message from eBay:
A previously entered bid on your item (xxxxxxxxxxxx) has been retracted or canceled. You can view the retraction/cancellation and the reason provided by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page. As a result of this retraction/cancellation, there is a possibility that the high bid amount and the current high bidder have changed. You can always view the current status of any item by going to the individual item page. (Be sure to refresh or reload the page to view the most up-to-date information.)

[sav0r (CL MotoTech)]

I think bot accounts play on there. Not sure what the scheme is exactly, but I get lowball offers that are followed up with messages about being poor college kids or broke parents, trying to convince me to sell at a lower price. Similar sob stories you'd hear when somebody "needs bus money." My guess is that they are flipping the item or just straight willing to scam you.