an iffy auction on ebay

[zoeb nj]

eBay Motors: Urgent Airstream Safari Bambi 16 Travel Trailer RV Sell (item 250121372176 end time Jun-04-07 09:09:32 PDT)

I think this auction is a scam--so please beware. I did report it to ebay--they said it doesn't look like the seller's account was hacked so the seller may be the scammer.

2 reasons--the seller requests to not be contacted through ebay, and the buy it now price is way too low.

[InsideOut]

"They" often use this image or a similar one (not text-which could be searched for):
Also, "Trailer has only been used 5 times" and "35,000 miles" two quotes from the listing add to the suspicion IMO. No doubt, it's a scam...buyer beware!

Shari

[zoeb nj]

unfortunately there are now 2 bidders.

[InsideOut]

Question...if it has been on 5 trips and 35,000 miles - how come it still has the vinyl film on the rock guards????

Uh, duh!!!!

unfortunately there are now 2 bidders.

Maybe they are just toying with the seller...

Shari

[guy99]

How do they fake the positive feedback?

[InsideOut]

I had it done to me years ago...NEVER click on a "account verification notice" that looks like it came from ebay...the scammers are very good at making them look legitimate, but they aren't - ebay doesn't EVER send out emails like that...

Shari

[guy99]

Originally Posted by InsideOut

I had it done to me years ago...NEVER click on a "account verification notice" that looks like it came from ebay...the scammers are very good at making them look legitimate, but they aren't - ebay doesn't EVER send out emails like that...

Shari

Yeah, I was just looking at the seller's other items and concluded that some scum bag must have hijacked an account.

Has anyone reported this to ebay security?

[InsideOut]

Sounds like Zoe did in the first post...but it's still active.

Shari

[zoeb nj]

yeah, I've done as much as i can d0--reported it to ebay, and emailed the seller--not at the special email addy of course!

My account was hacked 3 weeks ago in the middle of selling my Arg--and it was a nightmare--that's why I'm alert to this.

It's a perfect day to get away with something--maybe collect a payment before they finally shut down the auction.

Zoe

[InsideOut]

I just reported it to ebay too...maybe with more than one complaint they will reconsider.

Sorry to hear you were involved in one of these...yuck!

Shari

[zoeb nj]

oh, good, Shari-- I was going to suggest that someone do this. Z

[Excella CM]

Bogus 4 sure. Anytime you see an email request to avoid eBay's communication set up, it'll be a fraud.

To Report:
1) click on "help"
2.) look on the left and cliick on "contact us"
3.) fill in the blanks and send.

[juel]

Hey, the current bid exceeds the "buy it now price". Why didn't he just sell it to that guy.

[tamis]

Oh, come on now you cynics, he/she would rather give it away, then give it away in a divorce. (I've been there.)

I know, I doubt that's the case here.......

T

[zoeb nj]

so the auction was ended--I hope no one sent any money--but I feel for the seller who got hacked.

my experience was pretty horrible--it happened 6 hours before the end of auction for my Arg--and if you've ever sold a big item on ebay you'll know that it's very time consuming--you get zillions of phone calls and emails, I had people coming to look at it every day--and then to have the auction ended--infuriating--also I was put into some weird security zone by ebay--I couldn't send emails through them and all the info about bidders disappeared so i couldn't contact anyone to explain what happened.

I started up another auction right away--but that auction was being treated as suspicious by ebay so bidders disappeared and again I couldn't contact anyone--I finally got ebay to admit what they were doing, closed down that auction and started auction #3--so another week of craziness untill the Arg finally was sold!

Moral of the story--do not look at any strange emails--the one that got me was sent through ebay--which i thought was secure, BUT IT IS NOT!!

Zoe

[zoeb nj]

here's another one--jeez!

260124091990

[InsideOut]

Reported it...should disappear shortly!

Shari

[1953 Flying]

This auction has now been removed. Good catch

[Excella CM]

One day I came across a guy with 25 or 30 different boats & trailers for sale on eBay-all of them bogus. Got to keep you witss abut you.

[Minnie's Mate]

I have a couple of limited edition collectible items I bought three years ago specifically to hold onto and resell for profit (keeping the third for myself) but because of all of the fraudulent stuff going on on Ebay, I'm afraid to even try these days.

A couple of years ago my wife bought an item on Ebay and paid through pay-pal. The seller kept making excuses about being sick and couldn't get to the post office to mail it, yada yada yada. After a few days, my wife started checking and all of the sudden this seller had a ton of complaints about the same M.O. and when she filled a claim with pay-pal, they did their investigation and told her that the seller had cleared his account and there was no way for her to get her money back. Now e-bay owns pay-pal and their policy is supposed to be to guarantee transactions on e-bay. So my wife wrote our credit card company and explained to them what had happened and that she never received the merchandise and that she was disputing the charges and included the response from pay-pal. The credit card company removed the charge from our account and back charged pay-pal. Pay-pal was not happy. But neither was my wife that she had to go through all the extra trouble when pay-pal was supposed to guarantee the transaction. Since then I don't trust pay-pal or e-bay and on the few occasions that I have bought using e-bay, I have dealt directly with the seller using my credit card and left pay-pal out of the loop and out of the profit cycle!