ebay fraud

[Roslyn]

I was looking at ebay seen this and would like some opinions as i think is fake listing i seen this bike at dealers? they were asking about £11,000 for it about the going rate now for a old triumph any one please yes I like pre war triumphs and it is sin on this web site i have reported it to ebay and wonder if i done the right thing? it looked a wrong one

oily rag 1935 TRIUMPH 51 500cc VAL PAGE PRE WAR GIRDER MOTORCYCLE. not restored | eBay

In very good overall condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[Roslyn]

took another look at the sellers items prices seem awfully low for what they are?

 

[Roslyn]

VINCENT HRD 500 GREY FLASH REPLICA | eBay

In very good overall condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

And grey flash vincent

 

[vin998]

When an advert posts a photo of the contact details thus circumnavigating eBay communication it gives a hint as to a scam because any communication outside eBay invalidates any eBay buyer protection. Secondly always look at what else the seller is listing and if there are quite a few different bikes and other high value vehicles all at a low price then the seller is either very poor at valuing a vehicle or more likely the sellers profile has been hacked and its a scam.
They currently have 1500 plus bikes, cars and boats for sale, now let me think about that!

 

[kerry]

He scams accounts every week, currently has 1562 items for sale, ones already sold by others, he will take a few deposits and disappear, he has been doing it for 2 years or more eBay don't stop him very quick or seem to care. Kerry

 

[Comet Rider]

And the so called Grey Flash replica is the late Brian East's Grey Vomit (his term)

 

[LoneStar]

Fun to bid, though. I'm currently on track to win a 1977 Yamaha RD400 at only GBP 60,100.

 

[Jez Nemeth]

Note of caution folx, this guy/chap/chapess has hacked quite a few accounts of the innocent, as mentioned ebay seems resolutely reluctant to do anything about it!? Bizzare

 

[vibrac]

Yes that's the real scandle the lack of control
Apart from moral aspects it's just bad business

 

[LoneStar]

Ebay will eventually cancel the auctions, but it takes them up to a couple of days to get around to it. I think they hire very minimal support staff, who have to act on such complaints, in an effort to cut costs. This is similar to most large eCommerce sites - try contacting a human at Google or Amazon.

That said, some very basic screening could automatically flag these - look for a large number of new high-dollar postings in new categories, from an account that had only limited activity in the past.

But they probably don't care much. Ebay takes no loss when someone makes a deal directly with the fraudster, as invited by these fake auctions. And really, you have to be pretty naive to think a Buy It Now offer of c. 10% the true value of the bike, bypassing Ebay, is the real deal. A fool and his money...

 

[Russell Kemp]

Bidding is a risk as he will then list anything that you have listed. I found this out when he listed a 14" black dildo that I was selling as the wife no longer needed it

 

[MartynG]

Got to love this one ..... not!

Lambretta SX200 | eBay

In very good overall condition.

www.ebay.co.uk