Dubious eBay listings

[Lofty]

There are two concertinas listed on eBay at the moment which seem very strange:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHEATSTONE-LACHENAL-ENGLISH-CONCERTINA/392079491221?hash=item5b49c24095:i:392079491221

 

and 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Wheatstone-concertina-Aola-squeeze-box/392079491489?hash=item5b49c241a1:g:GsUAAOSwVMtbQlDt

 

These seems to be offered at a very low starting price, but the text for the listings say that they are only available at a ‘Buy it now’ price of 2250 GBP (or alternatives in other currencies).

 

There are numerous other items offered by the same seller, all at the same ‘Buy it now’ price. 

 

In addition, I have checked on them a few times and the seller seems to keep changing.

 

My instinct is to treat these with considerable care...

 

Steve

Edited July 8, 2018 by Lofty
Minor correction

[Fdracula110]

This is someone hacking individual ebay accounts. They list hundreds of high quality items, often including conertinas, and they always instruct you not to bid but to contact them outside of ebay for a buy it now. They also always use the same pictures over and over.

They hit me once about a year ago.

[kenneads]

Both listings seem to have been removed.

[lachenal74693]

There's a thread on melodeon.net which may be of relevance/interest in this context:

 

http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php?topic=21990.0

 

Roger

Edited July 9, 2018 by lachenal74693

[Lofty]

.... and they are back again.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Wheatstone-concertina-Aola-squeeze-box/202369670855?hash=item2f1e2c1ec7:g:MpoAAOSwfb5bSj-7

 

and 

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHEATSTONE-LACHENAL-ENGLISH-CONCERTINA/202369673728?hash=item2f1e2c2a00:g:hiQAAOSwYUdbSj9d

 

I would report them to eBay if I knew how to do it.

 

 

Steve

[Wolf Molkentin]

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