Against eBay rules and 99.99% of the time you’ll be screwed.
oh yeah... dumb of me...obviously selling in ways other than Ebay would be against the terms. Here’s one inquiry:
“Hello Seller, am interested in purchasing your eBay item for my son who is doing his birthday in a few weeks from now as a gift from his Dad and due to the quick need of the item, am ready to add $100 to your asking price and pay $150 for shipping. I will appreciate it if you can sell this item to me by sending me your PayPal e-mail and item Number to me via (814) 651-xxxx and i will deposit the fund into your account immediately. Please don’t mail me through eBay, text only because am off to work. Hope to read from you soon.”
Based in United States, user_492 has been an eBay member since Sep 26, 2016
It seemed too good to be true. Glad I asked here.