Can someone please explain to me what is wrong with this picture?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7175275038&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
No reserve, no buy it now price…bizarre!! 2 days to go and sitting at $711.00…retail value is ~$8000
We posted that at the same time. I don’t know that would be a steal. That thing as to retail around $7000.
Well the seller has a “0” feedback score for one…if and I say IF it’s a legit auction I guarantee you’ll see a flurry of bids in the last 2 minutes. The last bike I bought on ebay (yes, I have a sickness: I’ve bought 2TT and 1 road) was artificially low and the price almost doubled in the last 10 minutes.
Miguel in the 'No…El Tribato
Ha ha…I saw that!! Great minds! I can’t figure it out either…there were 2 retracted bids because the seller changed the description…but nothing in the change seemed out of order. I agree with your post though…something doesn’t seem right!
It is a 60cm which is a pretty large frame. Hell I would buy it for the components for a decent price. It is one of my all time favorite looking frams though. Tempting.
timestamp on picture is kinda old.
from the seller…
"the bike is brand new it comes with original manufacturer papers and 3 yrs full int’l warranty.
buy now price is $4000 USD incl shipping and insurance.
I am from Chicago but at this moment am in London. The bike is at TNT office in Chicago, packed and ready to ship. I am an ebay square trade member and they will guarantee for me in this transaction. I will deal only through eBay."
so take it for what it is …not sure what everyone else thinks…
My friend here in Dallas got the EXACT same reply to her inquiry. WORD for WORD.
Be careful…it is sounding more and more like a scam!
try the link now…the response sounded VERY much like a response I got to a listing for a motorcycle last year and then this same thing happened to the listing…
My friend here in Dallas got the EXACT same reply to her inquiry. WORD for WORD.
Be careful…it is sounding more and more like a scam!
Perhaps, but if you’re getting multiple inquiries wouldn’t you as the seller want to make the same points in your reply? I do the same thing with my auctions when needed.
What’s suspicious to me is the zero feedback rating, but everyone has to start somewhere. And no reserve, no minimum bid is actually a good way for the seller to create a major bidding war and get a good final price, assuming enough interest in the auction.
I wonder if he will let me pick it up for you…I could bring your money to him, or his office…
when I first tried the link I got an eBay error…“listing removed, cannot be found…stolen account…blah, blah, blah”. that’s why my earlier post. Still, the response about being out of the country, square trade seller (especially for a first time seller?), etc, is exactly the type of wording I got to enquiry about a motorcycle listing that turned out to be a scam.
This is more than likely a scam, or stolen bike. I’ve debunked lots of these scams over the years, and it’s quite easy. Ask the seller if you can pay cash and pick up the bike in person. In London, no problem, you’ll do it when he gets back… I’ll bet that this will not be an option, since this is really coming from Nigeria, where they have whole schools training their folks how to scam unsuspecting Americans on Ebay…
Item has been removed from Ebay.