Ebay Scams
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- mbr
I am wondering if there is any way to report scams. I've looked through Ebay, but just wondering if anyone knows of some way to at least wipe out these jerks emails.
I've talked with two guys about high end bikes, both are in foreign countries, both want to bypass Ebay, both wanted me to pay Western Union, etc.
I just asked enough questions that they couldn't answer (that anyone that had a $4k mountain bike could), and eventually just called them on it.
It's happened to more than one person I know, and one got taken.It's just f***in' frustrating that you can just say 'I've got a Ferrari, send me $10k and I'll ship it to ya'. There's always some poor sucker who will do it because the deal is so good.
Damn. I hate 'em!!Any suggestions?
- phs0
dont buy 4000 dollar mtn bikes from foreign countries:D
I bought a vx-1000 (camera) last year and it went incredibly smooth and I saved money. Trick is just talk to the people for some time, ask them questions like you were.. Make jokes, find something in common (i know its sounds gay) but the more u know about em its easier.
- sherman0
i heard of it recently as well! in my opinion by a bike from a reccomended shop here in canada. you will get a wicked exchange rate and get a warranty and eveything. dont buy bikes on ebay.
- sherman0
check this sites forum out for help
- 2cent0
beat me to it sherm!...i gots to hit you back about the camel clutch..any deals for fellow freeriders?
- sherman0
you know it!
- 2cent0
woo hoo!
- sherman0
just let me know if you want anything and we can take it from there.
- 2cent0
will do...
- mbr0
Exchange rates will really help save cash?
I have seen some pretty nice deals on Ebay, and also some folks get top dollar.
I can't afford $4k for a bike, and usually it's the too low to be real that gives the first clue. I just hate how easy it is.
Second clue is the horrible English, like "Dear Sir, blah blah". Sounds just like the Nigerian scam (which I get about 15 a day).No way to do anything, eh? That sucks.
- minge0
tell ebay, i nearly got ripped off buying a powerbook from some guy who alaimed he didnt know that much about it, so i asked him detailed qestions and he knew his shit.. which made me suspicious, then he wanted a money transfer but his communication wwas full of typos and double spaces. i just cut and pasted his text to me into google and searched to see what happened.. guess what? a site dedicated to plasma screen scams came up. smae guy but now trying his luck with g4 laptops. cunts. i just reported him to ebay. he had apparently taken over someone elses account and they didnt know. twats!
moral of this crap story?
if it seems to good to be true then it probably is!.. if it seems like a decent bargain, then hopefully it is!
i got a decent laptop in the end though.. but i had my fingers [and everything] else crossed whilst i just waited for it to turn up.
turns out to be the best bargain ive ever bought!
- mbr0
Yeah, that's the motto of life " sounds too good, then it probably is". Goes for everything.
I just hate that they can get away with it.
I tried to find a place on ebay to report. I'll have to look harder.One clue is to look at the 'See other items person is selling'
I saw this one guy that took an image (same one) from an auction that ended the previous day (for another $4k bike, it sold for $2700 used). No shit, same image. He was also selling a Honda Civic, about 10 laptops, and another 20 or so expensive items!!That was the first time I bothered to look. Ebay needs to crack down on this shit, it's just getting worse.
- unknown0
ebay is gangsta
triple quadruple check everything or you get raped
- kendo0
I've just registered myself for my ebay account for the first time, thinking that their system is pretty secure, but now I have a second thought. Does something like this happen all the time? If I'm only making few hundred dollar purchase at a time, would that be safe? I was planning to buy active monitors.
- mbr0
You could get taken for a $1 if you aren't careful.
Ask specific questions. I am not sure what an 'active' monitor is, but I'll assume you mean LCD. Ask about if it's digital or analog, how many inputs, does it have USB inputs, etc., refresh rate, all the things you should know if you really owned it.
Be careful. I am exchanging emails with a scammer right now, asking him specific things and he's just cut and pasting from the product information. So I've asked him to take a picture of himself holding a specific part of the bike. That would be hard to fake.
And that only get's you over the first mountain. Then you have to worry about them shipping it (although I don't know anyone that got scammed after they knew it was real - most people are fundamentally at lesat slightly honest).
BE CAREFUL!!
Oh, and I also knew through someone, someone that fell for the Nigerian scam! That one's amazing! Lost several thousands. Man, always someone waiting around the corner.