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Bruce Bowker

Bruce Bowker

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Just "did" about 8 scam Vettes on eBay. Most at one time. They have all been taken off.

Bruce
 
There is a rash of them this week. Dozens keep appearing - and disappearing!!!

Nice Healey for $2990 right now but it will be gone soon.
 
It's the next wave - people are getting wise to the regular "we'll send you too much cash" scams so this is the next logical progression. You send us too little cash...

Personally I still wouldn't buy a car I couldn't see. You can pretty much get anywhere in the US for $500. Even on a 10k car that's only a 5% premium.
 
I got to mine today for about $25 in gas and $15 in cigarettes drinks, and breakfast at Micky D's. Oh, and there's still half a tank in both cars!
 
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You can pretty much get anywhere in the US for $500. Even on a 10k car that's only a 5% premium.

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With me it isn't the travel cost that's the bother, its the potential waste of time.
 
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You can pretty much get anywhere in the US for $500. Even on a 10k car that's only a 5% premium.

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With me it isn't the travel cost that's the bother, its the potential waste of time.

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In these cases you would not even go to see the car. A 1967, 427 big block Corvette in 100% award winning condition free delivery to your door at $6900????? Such an obvious scam. So obvious it is too obvious.

Some idiot named Dawn (email name) selling a perfect Healey (again) at $2990??? Are there really people who fall for this?

I had fun with one Vette. Asking price was around $7000 so I bid $499,900. Unfortunately many of these scams say approved bidding only. I have never been able to get anyone to reply saying I could bid.

Bruce
 
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.... I have never been able to get anyone to reply saying I could bid.

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So what do they want- some kind of off-system bid? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cowboy.gif

E-bay provides little enough protection to buyers even as it is.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
 
They want your email address.
You'll then get a sob story about the high bidder failing to come through.

My point about the $500 was merely that if you are genuinely considering buying a car from Ebay that you could go see it for not too much, no matter where it is. I'm not advocating hopping on a plane every time you glance at an ad, more for the one you are serious about.

You then have pre-sale pictures (you'd take a camera naturally, right?) so there is no argument about any issues of condition that might arise afterwards.

I bought my TR6 through ebay btw. I drove over to look at it first though...
 
I bought my Volvo 850 off ebay. However, the car was at a used car dealers lot about 45 minutes from my house, so I tooled over there and checked it out first. Otherwise, I don't think I'd be comfortable buying a car off ebay sight unseen. If I was really serious about buying one I'd either buy a ticket and trip over to see it or find someone with some knowledge, either through a club or maybe here at BCF, that lived local to it and who would be willing to evaluate it for me.
 
Did anybody see the Aston Martin DB2/4 with the buy it now price of $5600. A friend of mine bid on it and got the pre-qualified bidders thing. I told him it was a scam. It fit the description of all the scams that Bruce points out. The e-mail response he got back asked him to take the purchase off of e-bay but asked for all of his e-bay account info. They also told him that although the e-bay add listed the car in St.Louis, it was actually in Germany. He never returned the e-mail but did report it to e-bay.

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Seems like a lot of these are "in Germany". Shipping is free too!!

Just ran a bid up to almost $400,000 to ruin it for the guy and he took it off, placed it back again and blocked me bidding!!!!


Car is gone this AM anyhow. I reported it.
 
Bruce, somehow I get the impression you enjoy ruining it for them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
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Bruce, somehow I get the impression you enjoy ruining it for them. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif

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Well just a little!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If want to have some fun run the bid up to some absurd amount.

Bruce
 
Thanks Bruce,

Went to outbid you,& the auction was pulled.
I miss all the really great deals.

- Doug
 
There are dozens showing up now everywhere. Mustangs, Vettes.

eBay better get a hold of this.

Funny the last two cars I asked about seeing were in Zagreb. Moved because of work and can't get car registered now. But will ship back to me for free.
 
Looks like a new scam may be Katrina flooded cars. Saw pictures of two and both were immaculate. Not a speck of dirt anywhere but both flooded to the dashboards.
 
I was the highest bidder on a car on ebay about 3 years ago. The car was about 200 miles away, so i didnt drive up to see it. The day I went to pick it up, the car looked nothing like the one in the pictures. It was a rust bucket. I told the guy I wasn't going to buy it he said ok. When I got home that night I had a message saying if i left him bad feedback he would leave me bad feedback. I told ebay and they didnt care. So I waited 3 months to leave feedback because I knew if I waited till the last miunte hopefully he wont be able to post back. It was a gamble but it worked. i have since thn both a car and a motorcycle on ebay. Both times I went to see them. Theres was one car the owner could never let me come and see it. So I knew it had to be bad.
 
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