Rick wrote:
I have seen a bobcat advertised on eBay, they want 3K USD for it,
including shiping. Its worth neerer 20K GBP.

As with all deals that are too good to be true, I am wondering what
the con is. one or two leap to mind

1) stolen - check serial numbers

2) non delivery - leave funds in escrow

any other obvious ones ?

There have been a number of mini-tractors and similar things in scams
using stolen accounts on Ebay recently. I mailed Ebay about one of
them a couple of weeks ago.

The things that immediately sets alarm bells ringing a-

Silly price.

Seller asks you to E-Mail them before bidding and then tells you
what the fixed price is, there's no actual auction on Ebay.

The payment goes to a (fake) escrow service which E-Mails you, if
you investigate where the E-Mail comes from it's *not* a proper,
safe, place.

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Chris Green