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Filter out sellers that have zero feedback as those are scammers (happened to me buying a 3090 on eBay - seller claimed to have shipped it but didn't give a tracking number then private messaged me with a tracking number that goes to a fake chinese website. Spent months with eBay and my bank getting the entire thing refunded)



This is a great point -- thanks! Do you think there a possibility that anyone with zero feedback is just new and it's their first time selling?


"Do you think there a possibility that anyone with zero feedback is just new and it's their first time selling?"

Not if it's a brand-new 2024 account and the first sale is an ultra-high-demand NVIDIA graphics card with high VRAM.


Yes, but as someone who uses eBay frequently, I’d never buy from someone with no feedback


Good point - perhaps I'll add in another filter that allows you to filter out listings from posters with 0 feedback.


I think it may be possible to have negative feedback, so I'd do less than or equal to 0 (or at least some threshold like > 5)


I have added it in!

Let me know what you think.




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