And Yet Another Dodgy Ebay Auction

[malcolm clapp]

This one look familiar? And 2 bids so far....

 

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...7301803224&rd=1

 

 

Looks like an identity hijack here.

 

Beware, folks!

 

Malcolm

Edited February 17, 2005 by malcolm clapp

[JimLucas]

This one look familiar? And 2 bids so far....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...7301803224&rd=1

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I especially like the location: INDONESIA, United States

 

Funny thing, though... Malcolm's link takes me directly to it, but in a search for "concertina" on eBay, it didn't show up.

[Paul Read]

Lots of bidders now. I've told ebay and warned the highest bidder. Interesting that this guy hasn't made the bidders names private like they usually do.

[Stephen Chambers]

The real auction of this instrument only finished on 6th February (here), when it was sold for what I considered an astonishing £1,040.00.

 

Usually they leave it a good bit longer before attempting a scam like this, though maybe they thought nobody would notice if it was only a one-day auction.

 

Edited for typo.

Edited February 18, 2005 by Stephen Chambers

[Stephen Chambers]

I've told ebay and warned the highest bidder.

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I notified eBay too, giving them the details of the real auction. I see that they have acted promptly and it is now an :

 

Invalid Item

 

This listing (7301803224) has been removed by eBay or is no longer available. Please make sure that you've entered the item number correctly.

If the item was removed by eBay, please consider this transaction canceled. If anybody contacts you to complete the sale, please ignore the request. Completing the sale outside of eBay may be unsafe and will not be covered by eBay purchase protection programs.