Scams on ebay

Are not them Police too busy doing historical sexual acts against celebrities now? If you are done over and it is obviously fraudulent and you have the persons details and go round and start remonstrating with them they will call the Police on you. You know what happens then, the Police will start on you as its easier to do! Sometimes if a thing looks too good to be true then it usually is. There is also the dreaded EU tax shambles if you buy from the other side of the Channel, it upped my payment by about 20% on a quality lens I bought from Holland. Of course if I sell that lens I will add that 20%

Clive

Thanks for the info Alan. I had no idea this sort of thing was going on and no, certainly in my case, you are not teaching granny (or grampy) to suck eggs.

Rik

Forgot to include the hacked ebay account scam, where the seller appears to have plenty of good feedback.

have a look at this, which i reckon is an example of a hacked account.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-Vertical-Machining-Center-Haas-VF-0-CNC-/371098179398?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Then do a google search using the advert title..........recognise the picture !

The American flag is a bit of a give away too.

Ok could be someone selling a genuine item and using a stock photo, but i doubt it......scammier than a scammy thing i reckon.

Edited By Alan Waddington 2 on 08/07/2014 21:31:39

Crikey, it only had one bid of 99p when i posted the link, its up to £311 now!........are you lot bidding on it

Not really, I have made that mistake myself when ebay has helpfully completed all the fields for me.

What stands out really is the total lack of information. Where is the machine, what was it used for, that sort of thing. But the alarm bells really start when I read the last sentence:

am happy to answer questions by email sunyday02@gmail com - if you need any further information about this sale please do not hesitate to contact me sunyday02@gmail com
Great buy it now price!!!

I will bet it is a great!!! Buy!!! it!!! Now!!!

Anyone who reads that last bit should immediately be aware something is up. I fancy biding it up myself for a laugh. I sometimes do and make outrageous demands of the seller. You know, My Uncle is going to pay you but it will be an overpayment, would you get the cash ready for when he comes to collect. That sort of thing is always a hoot.

graham.

Interesting. The machine was for sale in March and April, located on the Isle of Lewis at that time.

Same wording (1068 hrs) and spelling mistakes.

**LINK**

You'd think Ebay would have the experience and resources to automatically combat this type of goings on.

Steve

I see it is located in Usk. I nearly fell for a similar scam once - located in remote Scotland. A friend telephoned the local post office who confirmed the address was a summer holiday letting property! This would only work in small villages of course!

Read about a chap recently who was making money by searching out items on Ebay that had typos/spelling mistakes or misplaced categories that hid them from normal searches. Because of that, they didn't attract bids so he was able to buy them cheaply and sell them on at a profit.

Geek alert Google searches for more than just words!

Open a google page, and at the top right, click images or use this link - or text search "images" perhaps..... anyway, get to the google images page here.... **LINK**

if you have a browers that opens multiple tabs(if you don't the theory is the same), as many do these days, have the listing open in one tab, and the images search in another - and click and hold the auction image, and drag it to the search box on your google images tab (hover over the tab "image in hand" and your browser will flick to that tab, then drop it in to the search box)

it will spit out a list of places that image is used. This is useful if people are using library pictures etc. as you can find the source of the image (Tesco direct or Chronos tools perhaps and so on) - try it with an image from someone's signature, and you'll get links to everywhere their picture appears! (there's two pages full for John Shepherd )

Well worth having a play with this powerful search function - it can uncover all sorts of information just from a picture.

Edited By Russ B on 09/07/2014 11:47:13

Geek alert Google searches for more than just words!

Thanks Russ. I got that to work, did not know that existed.

I could not leave it alone though. I then went on and installed the google image search Add On for Firefox. Now if I right click over an image on a webpage, the 'right click' context menu that appears has the extra option 'Search Google with this image'. Simply left click the new menu option to enter the Google image search. Nice.

Steve

Ditto, I'm installing that add on now thanks!

Edit* also, if you use Google Chrome rather than Firefox, you've already got this feature - right click any image (almost any)

Edited By Russ B on 09/07/2014 13:49:24

Just right clicked on an image here and found I was knee deep I didnt know about it either.

Martin P

Looks like the advert got pulled by ebay so at least no one got stung this time........Been around a bit has that machine.

Originally for sale in the States, which of course would be the genuine article, then started to appear on UK ebay

March winning bid £11,700 Isle of Lewis

April winning bid £5600 Isle of Lewis

July winning bid £4300 Oldham

July winning bid £???? usk

Its a minefield out there for the unwary buyer......and a sad reflection on society......tread carefully folks

I always think that its important to get a balanced view of these things! I trade a lot on Ebay & in the main I am just amazed at the honest people out there who are either looking for a bargain or to turn a buck. I have sold stuff all over the world from Japan, Australia to Europe & from a sellers perspective I have to say that the deck is very much stacked in the sellers favour! Some people bid on items with no intention of buying & the seller often gets stiffed with fees. Items are sent back for no other reason than the seller has changed their minds, often the packaging is so badly damaged on return that the seller can no longer sell as new. Claims are made of non delivery when you know full well you mailed the item & suspect the buyer is stringing you along just to get the item for free & don't even get me going on Ebay charges which even run to a percentage of postal costs. The only real recourse a seller has is to block the buyer, but even buyers are changing their ID's faster than I change my socks! The bottom line is that a seller has to cover their risks somewhere & as with the cost of theft from a high street shop, these risks are reflected in higher prices, which again only adds to the coffers of Ebay. One way around all of this is to use Ebay to select the items you want & once you have a relationship with a reputable vendor, for repeat business deal with that vendor outside of Ebay....prices will be cheaper! Check out my Ebay listings for quality items from Groz. Regards R

Crabtreeengineer,

Selling has always been a hard game to be really successful at. Engineers are fussy people as you can tell from the items they photograph and place on this site. If that doesn't tell anything then perhaps you shouldn't be selling to engineers? Bear in mind, If the description doesn't match expectations or do the job they had hoped to do, then most will return said goods.

Ebay is it's own worst enemy for selling "Bargains" which to an older man means a pot of gold for a pot of silver.

Hard choices both sides of the fence considering the amount of money pensioners have to blow on toys which give them more work. However I do wish you well because if it wasn't for people like you perhaps there wouldn't be a popular hobby such as this.

Jesse

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