fishy listing

[HBe9]

if anyone is betting on the car below, it seems to have just been sold 5/31/13 by a different buyer with a different name,etc

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CS-2...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true#ht_500wt_1182

here is the old listing

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/CS-2...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true#ht_500wt_1182

reported to ebay

 

[rsporsche]

this is a fishy deal. i thought it looked familiar - had familiar pix, but fewer of them. no showing of the black paint under the hood.

if its not fishy, then it must not have been as advertized previously. i have sent an email to the previous seller asking if he will disclose who he sold it to or what state they are in. i also let him know our concerns and copied the auction listing.

will let you all know what i hear

 

[rsporsche]

it is a fraudulent listing. i got a reply from the original seller who has reported it to ebay. the buyer of the car lives in nevada and called the original seller as well.

 

[deQuincey]

and, provided it is fraudulent, if it has been reported to ebay,...why it is still visible ?
imagine a buy it now and ...voila ! someone loses his money !

 

[HBe9]

maybe its a sting operation !! hope they catch his ass

 

[rsporsche]

no idea - maybe because its sunday?


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Dear alpineweiss_m3,

Yes, its a fraudulent listing. I have reported it to Ebay. The buyer of the car lves in Nevada and called me about the listing.

- tsfarmsinc

 

[HBe9]

markhogan11 (0)

this is the guy listing it now !! no prior record

 

[rsporsche]

thats the clue - never buy anything from somebody with a 0 record - especially a car

 

[rsporsche]

well its gone ... hopefully ebay took it down before somebody got burned.

 

[HBe9]

good, seems like ebay finally took it down, crazy what some try to pull off!

 

[rsporsche]

it is seemingly happening a lot with e9 coupes. there was one in socal a few months ago that reappeared a few different ways. glad we did what we could to keep somebody from being screwed. my guess is that because there are a reasonable amount of coupes in varied conditions that it would be easy to do.

when i was first looking for a coupe i posted a WTB on the 'cca site and was approached by somebody w/ great pix and a cheap price, asked for the vin and got a number from an e30, asked about it and never heard another word.

 

[Don]

Here it is again, now allegedly

from Pauma Valley, CA.

 

[Don]

Forgot to post the ebay link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971...Cars_Trucks&hash=item3cd2dcc2b7#ht_500wt_1182

 

[rsporsche]

i reported it to ebay ... and i sent the listing to the original seller. hopefully it will get pulled again.

 

[HBe9]

The SOB doesn't quit, unbelievable !!
I saw this surfing the web while traveling to EU and glad to see its been flagged already !

 

[rsporsche]

i can't believe ebay hasn't taken it down. there are 2 bid cancellations - one for 10,500 another for 10,600

 

[rsporsche]

hooray - its taken down. i'm sure this idiot / scum will try again.

 

[coupeguy]

Believe it or not its back up AGAIN! Anybody near enough to this guy to go talk to him by hand??
I imagine finding him would take some doing, the time before last he told me he moved to Nebraska and the car was somewhere else like Montana. What a slippery scumbag.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BMW-Other-CS-2800-/261237671142?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3cd2fa84e6