Ebay dodgy bidder?

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Mark S. - 15 Sep 2003 01:07 GMT

For reasons i'll not even try to explain I have been biding on the
item below (not most people's taste but there you go...) ;-)

Anyway new bidder shows up, pulled his completed auctions and smelled
a bit haddocky to me.

Anyone care to confirm or just call me overly suspicious?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2431795795&category=9858

Mark S.

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Glen - 15 Sep 2003 10:06 GMT

> Anyway new bidder shows up, pulled his completed auctions and smelled
> a bit haddocky to me.
>
> Anyone care to confirm or just call me overly suspicious?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2431795795&category=985
8

> Mark S.

Dodgier than a dodgy thing from dodgy street! Report 'em.

Glen

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bigegg - 18 Sep 2003 08:03 GMT

>> Anyway new bidder shows up, pulled his completed auctions and smelled
>> a bit haddocky to me.
>>
>> Anyone care to confirm or just call me overly suspicious?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2431795795&category=985

> 8
>>
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>
> Glen

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Alan - 15 Sep 2003 11:43 GMT

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Alan

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http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/vauxhallradiosales

No-one has commented on the photograph. Isn't there something odd about it?

Why photograph the car from 'across the street' and behind some bollards?

Why not take a decent close-up photo from the other side?

The photo shows nothing in detail which makes me suspicious.

Alan

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Trooper - 15 Sep 2003 12:15 GMT

> For reasons i'll not even try to explain I have been biding on the
> item below (not most people's taste but there you go...) ;-)
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>
> Mark S.

looks fine to me, the car hasn't reached reserve yet anyway...

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Mark S. - 15 Sep 2003 23:02 GMT

>> For reasons i'll not even try to explain I have been biding on the
>> item below (not most people's taste but there you go...) ;-)
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>
>looks fine to me, the car hasn't reached reserve yet anyway...

As a follow up mad bidder Dave from Lincs (isn't Peterborough in
Lincs?) has won it but surprisingly I've an email from the seller
saying that as I've shown an interest in it I can have it for £300.00
- er, no I didn't win it and it's not a second chance offer just an
email.
I'm no Ebay expert (only 337 positive feedback/no negs so far) but I
know when someone is pissing about.

Mark S.

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Trooper - 16 Sep 2003 08:58 GMT

> >> For reasons i'll not even try to explain I have been biding on the
> >> item below (not most people's taste but there you go...) ;-)
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> I'm no Ebay expert (only 337 positive feedback/no negs so far) but I
> know when someone is pissing about.

Having read the rest of the thread and seen what people are on about, i
can see the dodgyness now.

T.

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bigegg - 18 Sep 2003 08:05 GMT

> Having read the rest of the thread and seen what people are on about,
> i
> can see the dodgyness now.

still bluddy stupid tho, it's cheaper to start at the price you want, or put
a reserve on, than pay "final value fees" and risk being booted.

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