EBAY Alert...This is good
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98MODMTR
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Good stuff.
2002_Viper_GTS_ACR
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Its cool he is telling people, but then looking for donations ? hmmm.. I dunno, ebay charged him $150 so far ? I guess he has run it a number of times ?? Who knows. But he is stating the obvious, aka common sense.
Jon
Jon
AviP
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The scam ad seems like a scam! Here's why. Why would someone run an info ad with a $50000 opening bid when insertion fees are based on it? All info ads usually run under $1. Why pay those ridiculous fees for listing in Ebay Motors -> Parts & Accessories -> Other? And then ask for support.
Sorry but I'm not gullible. Funnily he's doing nothing illegal by being a clever beggar.
Sorry but I'm not gullible. Funnily he's doing nothing illegal by being a clever beggar.
There are definitely lots of scams out there. In the last 2 months I have seen MY car on Ebay 5 times! Each time I have to email the Ebay "security" people to inform them of the fraudulent auction, they keep stealing the pictures from here:
http://www.suprastore.com/19trdwi95hks.html
Since then www.suprastore.com added the "watermark" you see on the pictures to prevent this from happening again.
I emailed the guy "auctioning" my car and he wanted me to send $7500 (shipping included which would of course be like $3000+ so this guy would have sold my Supra for $4500) to the Czech Republic (Prague) through Western Union. He said the send the $$$ in something like my own fater's name (recipient's name) then he would send the car to the US (which of course is in my own garage since I own it!). When I decided that I was happy with the car I would then change the name of the recipient to his name. He of course gave me the address the $$ was supposed to be sent to (though Western Union).
Some serious snakes out there.....
http://www.suprastore.com/19trdwi95hks.html
Since then www.suprastore.com added the "watermark" you see on the pictures to prevent this from happening again.
I emailed the guy "auctioning" my car and he wanted me to send $7500 (shipping included which would of course be like $3000+ so this guy would have sold my Supra for $4500) to the Czech Republic (Prague) through Western Union. He said the send the $$$ in something like my own fater's name (recipient's name) then he would send the car to the US (which of course is in my own garage since I own it!). When I decided that I was happy with the car I would then change the name of the recipient to his name. He of course gave me the address the $$ was supposed to be sent to (though Western Union).
Some serious snakes out there.....
99 R/T 10
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The reason why he got charged $150 is because he started it at $50K, it will get the same exposure if he starts at $1. I emailed him to state the obvious, maybe that will cut his cost
AviP
Enthusiast
For somebody who has an ebay rating of 67, all of it being from selling, he should know better. I still maintain that he's a clever beggar.
BigCarrot
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Well, if I'm searching for a car, I'll start from the most expensive and go down so I don't have to look at all of the keychains and matchbox cars. He listed it high so people would actually see it. My 2 cents.
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