u/classicvincent

I started out on eBay in 2007, selling in 2009, haven’t done a ton of sales and took a long break from selling. Recently listed a bunch of watches for sale and a “grail level” Sony Discman if you’re an audiophile, specifically a Sony D-555.

I specifically did not post a picture of the serial number, knowing that any serious buyer would request that before bidding or accepting the BIN price, but within an hour I received one message from a buyer based in China with an offer and a couple hours later another account based in China(with a shipping address in the US) bought the listing with my “BIN” price and actually paid. Back in the day we would weed out scammers by canceling the sale with the “buyer requested cancellation” option and the scammer would never say a word and the item would re-list. I suspect now they have gotten smarter or more automated because I immediately got two duplicate messages questioning why the sale was cancelled. Do I reply?(The used car salesman in me says NO!) Will eBay simply accept the order cancellation and let the listing re-list like they used to do?

I have an old country house that was built in the 1870’s, it’s has scalloped steel/tin shingles that have probably been on the house since the 1940’s but are in good condition. I was originally planning on having the roof replaced a few years down the line with modern hidden fastener steel roofing panels, but my dad is concerned about the condition of my roof and had one of “his work buddies” come over and give an estimate to replace the roof with asphalt shingles. My problem with my roof and asphalt shingles is that to my belief for everything to be done properly the roof would have to be stripped, sheated, papered, and then shingled for a proper installation, whereas steel panels could be installed on batten boards over my existing tin shingles. Am I incorrect in thinking that a steel roof would actually be faster and less expensive especially accounting for labor costs in this case? The existing tin roof is nailed on 1” pine boards with approximately 1” gaps between each board, so you can see the bottom side of the tin shingles from the attic.