Private sales and Scams

Posted by: Carl Leermakers on 27 January 2004

Crazy. There's someone selling a pair of 135's of ebay ("less than one year old" - heu?) on a so-called "private bidding"; wants an e-mail confirmation before you can bid.

http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3073890663&category=14973

So I sent him one, also asking for the serial numbers (which if you look carefully -but I hadn't yet- are legible from one of the photographs on the ebay listing anyway!).

The 'seller' replies that he can't give the serial numbers because he has his "personal reasons". I wonder what personal reasons one can have to not mention a serial number???

Pfff, I just decided I'm not buying from anyone who doesn't use his real name when offering (or a name that sounds like a real name... Confused)

Or is it me being paranoid?

(NOTE: just to avoid being labelled a complete idiot and/or starting something: I DO understand that some people on THIS forum prefer to use nicknames. Some may do it for "security" reasons they feel justified (it be burglar, wife or boss!), and others, in doing so, in any case add humour to this place (e.g. the "vukists").
Posted on: 04 February 2004 by MichaelC
It's never ending. I have been bidding on a couple of items and within 24 hours had received three emails offering to sell similar items. One of the emails was from Monsieur scamster including a link purporting to be that of a listing he was running on Ebay.fr. Shame he used the same picture as for the item I was bidding on. A quick check via Ebay.fr showed that he did not exist. The other two were so unbelievably amateurish it simply defied belief.

Buyer beware

Mike
Posted on: 04 February 2004 by Trevor Newall
you have a private topic.

TN
Posted on: 04 February 2004 by Simo
just today there was a pair of 135's for 500 dollar, serial 144xxx and free shipping Eek but 0 feedback.
What do you think?
Posted on: 04 February 2004 by Thomas K
Also, if you have a look at the serial numbers on the boxes:



they seem to be pasted in (using Photoshop or something)! It always amazes me what lengths people go to in order to avoid doing proper work.

Thomas