I agree with the irritation at ebay for not catching these. I sell on ebay through a store and auctions. I am so above board that I even automatically refund shipping when people overpay for multiple purchases.
When I list an item I get an automatic email from ebay. The scammer seems to be using id's that don't have a lot of other active listings and is hoping they don't check their email account often enough to catch it before it's over.
Seems like it's up to us to catch these...ebay isn't...keep up the good work!
I just found another fraud auction on Ebay. It was for a brand new Bambi, listed in the wrong categories. The auction started at $87.00. It was a one day auction, had 23 hours and 23 minutes left.
I reported it to Ebay, went back to bid on it, and it was gone. I didn't have the ebay number for it and because I backed out of it I lost the page. For some reason Firefox doesn't show any history so I can't get back to it.
Is it possible that Ebay has an automated system that if I've reported 3-4 fake auctions correctly that it now immediately pulls the auction from public view until they can investigate it? I'm talking the discover and reporting time to trying to get back to it was less than 3 minutes. Well I guess on the next one I'll find out for sure, but I'll definitely capture the item number 1st next time. I'm just thinking that was too big of a coincidence for my reporting an auction that just must have shown up and it being pulled immediately after I reported it. Pretty bizarre!!
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# is 7214584611 I reported it to ebay, went back to look and it was gone. I had one of those fraud report from ebay replies in my email immediately. This time there was only one at that price...2005 bambi...buy it now $5800. Seller was asking for emails to be directed to him with the same story about not receiving emails through ebay. Also a one day listing under collectibles and sporting goods categories.
I looked up the # doing an advanced search after it dissapeared from the current auctions...still was there said "seller ended early because of an error in listing".
Either ebay is getting faster on this scammer or maybe the person that's listing id was used caught it when they received the listing comfirmed email from ebay. I did see that the listing id had another item up that looked legit...a drum set...so maybe they checked their emails faster than the previous ones.
Still looking for the 7 listings to confirm scammers just a practical joker!
Lynn
I think you did get it first, but still, that's extremely quick for Ebay! We've waited hours before and when I was there it had only been 37 minutes since the listing was written, and my past experience says new listings don't show up in a normal search for at least a half hour after they've been submitted. I was really shocked at how fast that got cancelled or pulled down...
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I think the person with the real seller ID probably shut this one down. It came up as cancelled due to an error in listing. These too good to be true listings are one thing but what about a scammer that lists at a believable, great deal, with a buy it now. I think a lot of people that haven't been following this thread would go for it.
Some of the common characteristics in these fraud listings are:
- listed in category other than what an airstream trailer, not in ebay motors
(rv's are normally listed in ebay motors categories)
- listings are for 1 day only
(legitimate sellers would want more exposure time than that)
- scammer seller asks for emails to be sent to an email address rather than
being contacted through ebay message
(ebay messages goes directly to the seller ID's registered email address)
Can anyone think of any other common characteristics of these scammer auctions for people to watch for? I really hate for these scammers to give legitimate ebay sellers a bad name.
When a bank is robbed ... do you blame the robber or the banks poor security procedures??
I think that it is Ebay allowing this kinda STUFF to happen that is giving Ebay a bad name. That and doing nothing about deadbeat bidders!
I always thought that it was against Ebays rules to use another email address in an ad ... thought it used to be the same with links to other web sites ... maybe that was in the early years.
I would bet that this scammer has no idea how he is being popped so quickly with his little scams .... If he only knew that the AIRSTREAM FORUM WATCHDOGS were hot on his tail ..... he would try some other product like an island in Brazil or something!!
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