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OT Buying excavators from eBay
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 ? Rick |
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OT Buying excavators from eBay
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. -- Chris Green |
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OT Buying excavators from eBay
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 ? x-posted to uk.people.consumers.ebay: they are wise to every scam there is. Would be helpful to provide the listing number for scrutiny of the listing, but I guess you don't want to publicise it just in case it *isn't* too good to be true! david |
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OT Buying excavators from eBay
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 ? Rick Theres also the more mundane fact that it may be utterly and totally knackered. NT |
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OT Buying excavators from eBay
On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 23:47:35 GMT, Lobster
wrote: 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 ? x-posted to uk.people.consumers.ebay: they are wise to every scam there is. Would be helpful to provide the listing number for scrutiny of the listing, but I guess you don't want to publicise it just in case it *isn't* too good to be true! david It was indeed a scam, it was a very bad scam, not even vaguley convincing. Rick |
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