Buy it now for how much?

Do you think this is for real?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9807&item=2487972646&rd=1

Seems a little cheap at £2k for a 2004 ZX10R, or is it one of those scams
where you e-mail him to be approved to bid and he advises payment by western
union before delivery etc. etc. ?

 

Its a scam.
Its always a scam.
--
Alex

YZF 600

"I laugh in the face of danger"

"Then I hide until it goes away"

www.upce.org.uk
www.drzoidberg.co.uk

 

Which on closer inspection of the photo appears likely as that appears to be
a photo of an American spec bike in what is very likely a car park full of
American cars, possibly in America somewhere.

 

Having checked his feedback, and noted it's good and that he's
invariably a buyer not a seller, I reckon he's had his Ebay account
hacked by a low-life scum.

In other words, it's a scam, it's always a scam (tm).

(x-posted to the Ebay ng for their feedback)

 

FFS use your brain.
"Pre-approved bidders", "email me for more details", "will post
worldwide". Plus photos of a USA model, taken in a car park full of
pick-ups.

It's a hijacked account and it's a scam.

 

Plus its got the classic ship worldwide!..

 

Really, do you actually have to ask?

£2k for a ZX10R. Hmmm.

I would think the details don't really matter unless you fancy doing
a reverse 419 style routine on him.

 

FFS read the post - did I say "look everyone a bargain - bid now 'cos I
certainly am"? No? Didn't think so.

 

Right, obviously that was a well thought out post of mine. It was meant as a
kind of rhetorical question, but maybe I should have read and revised before
sending.

And now this sounds like a back peddling 'cos I've been a numpty and
realised the errors of my way post. Fuggit, I'm off to bed.

 

No, but you did ask "Do you think this is for real?"

 

Tend to agree - the 'seller' has no visible history of buying anything to do
with motorbikes, and I'd LOVE to see a set of golf clubs carried on the
pillion of a Kawasaki.

It's a scam, it's always a scam.

 

And what a surprise - he also appears to have a 2004 Honda CBR600RR for
£2000 "buy it now" - for pre-approved bidders or buyers only.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9806&item=248797297
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As the last few ebay transactions on this acoount seem to have only involved
buying golf clubs and music CDs I would bet that this is a hacked ebay
account being used to reel in a couple of gullible punters before the
genuine owner of the account realises that its been hijacked.

Tony

 

It has to be a scam.

Since it costs nothing, and it's risk free, I've fired off questions to the
buyer, and asked to be added to the pre-approved bidders list.

I'll come back and tell you if I get an answer...

 

No he didn't.

 

Umm, ok, he did. <bitch slap>

 

*ding*

The item you requested ( 2487972646 ) is invalid, still pending, or no
longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If this
message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet available
for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available.

 

Well done ebay. I emailed them last night with a "potential fraud alert"
after finding that the same vendor had another £2000 "buy it now" new bike
advertised (CBR600RR - listing has also been pulled). There may also have
been other fraud warnings sent to them. Its good to see a prompt response
by ebay to such blatant scam listings.

Tony

 

^^^^^^^^
ITYM *rare*

--
Alex

YZF 600

"I laugh in the face of danger"

"Then I hide until it goes away"

www.upce.org.uk
www.drzoidberg.co.uk

 

No answer to my enquiry of the "seller", and the item has now been rmoved
from Ebay.

 

Point taken, see subsequent post (it was late, I was tired, the dog ate it
etc. etc. )