Lofty Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fdracula110 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneads Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Both listings seem to have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Hare Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofty Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 .... 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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