beware ebay at this time of year

[dracken1]

there are a lot of genuine dealers on ebay but this time of year brings out the scam artists.

beware of sellers with zero feedback or people with very little feedback for buying cheap items who suddenly have a lot of very expensive items for sale.

this link is an example. but i want to state that it is only an example and that this seller could be 100% genuine
ipod (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5830084993&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2F search.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D5830084993%26f vi%3D1)



even if you buy off a seller with a lot of feedback, check how long ago he received the last few as we then have the identity theft twats to deal with.

these are people who send you the "your account needs verifying ones" and a lot of people fill them in thinking they are genuine :(

[Gypsy]

good point well made, things like ipods at this time of the year are a good scam

[Crofty]

iPods at any time of year are a good scam, My mate got one for his 21st 2 months ago, still hasn't got it to work!

[minxy]

And if in doubt, always pay via paypal so you have some comeback if you need a refund ;)

[Bosun]

cheers for the shout dracken1

[shaggy696969]

And if in doubt, always pay via paypal so you have some comeback if you need a refund ;)
only if you apply in the first 30 days even then they are limited as to their responsability.

I worry about kkm 's bidders no marks bidding high ... hope he gets his money.

[dracken1]

seems i was correct everything they were selling has dissapeared :mad:

[Gypsy]

there was some guy that uploaded 15000 dvd's onto ebay, spent the next month collecting the dosh , not a DVD to be seen, police done feck all :mad:

[xjtriker666]

it was on tv last night.everything was taken off.cops checking guy out..

[Gypsy]

it was on tv last night.everything was taken off.cops checking guy out..
this is going back a couple of years :D

[Doro]

the reason he got away with it was because each conned buyer had only lost approx £3.00 each so the police reckoned it wasn't worth their trouble - tho the guy himself netted over 50k with his scam - he also played the sickness card -- zippymilk -- that was his name - he conned so many people they even had a yahoo group for folk who he'd ripped off

yeah and I lost £3 too :mad:

[Parky]

The gadget show on channel 5 last night had some good information about avoiding scams last night maybe they will have some information on thier website

[slob]

there are a few auctions now where you can buy feedback, these are private auctions so someone who has very little feedback all from the same source and private are dodgy as fook.

[kitkatman]

only if you apply in the first 30 days even then they are limited as to their responsability.

I worry about kkm 's bidders no marks bidding high ... hope he gets his money.
had the person come round for the bike and offer me £500 less than they bid for, i told them to get fucked, they never got to see the bike or where it was stored, but just incase the virago is living at the garage at work for a few weeks.......nice and heated and at least i can service her in the warm.....

[Gypsy]

there are a few auctions now where you can buy feedback, these are private auctions so someone who has very little feedback all from the same source and private are dodgy as fook.
some peeps use the private feedback to stop spamming :D its become a bit of a nighmare getting spam from peeps cos they have looked thro what the user has bought in the past

[oggers80]

That would explain why I got a second chance offer on an item I hadn't even bid on! Must've looked at my feedback and seen something similar. I reported it to ebay & it's not happened since.