Does this seem a little suspect to anyone else?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7121888521&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
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Don’t know, his feedback looks good. He could be hoping the bid price would rise up.

Absolutely suspect - stay away from it and save your cash

It is claiming to be an item in Florida - although the currency on the auction is Australian Dollars.

I have seen this bike on ebay before - a month or so back - I don’t recall it being in AUD - as an Aussie I pay particular attention to this.

Nice rides on ebay at low low prices - typically are fraudulent auctions.

Ask the seller to fire you off more photographs and if nothing else - ask if he will accept COD.I am sure you will get a response offering a western Union transaction

At that point you know with certainty it is fraud.

AJ

Yeah, I thought about that. Usaully when a size isn’t noted, and I didn’t see one here, I get a little suspect. I think all those Cervelos on eBay being sold from the UK are the same way. No size and incorrect information.

You know the rule, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Unfortuantely, if this isn’t I just alerted the whole world and I know someone that would love to have this bike as a gift. :wink:

I contacted the seller yesterday I think it was regarding size. NO response. Adds to my suspicion.

In addition to what has already been said I will add that nobody sells a high dollar bike with a 1 day listing.

I agree with That Guy. I’ve seen that exact bike on that exact porch for sale before. It definitely wasn’t AUD dollars either. I remember because I bid on it. (I was going to paint over that horrendous paint job.)

Don’t know, his feedback looks good. He could be hoping the bid price would rise up.

If you look into his feedback history though, most of the comments are from sellers who have sold items to this person - not from buyers who have bought items from him.

One common ebay scam to get a “good rating” so that people trust you is to sell a number of low cost legitimate items (i.e. CD’s), and to do it “well” so that they get good reviews and a good seller rating. Then the bogus seller will put a larger ticket item up for sale and those who trust his seller rating will later find that they’ve been had. It can be a good idea to look at the seller’s recent auctions to see if they exhibit patterns of selling cheap stuff with good comments followed by a big ticket item that you’re interested in. Not to say that all sellers fitting this pattern are cheats, but it is a pattern that can help you to proceed with extra caution.

Clay

Does ebay have a means to allow users the ability to notify the administrators of suspicious posts?

I say on a bike like that, if you can’t get the bike’s serial number over the phone aand verify it is real and pay with a credit card (so you can refund in case of fraud,) don’t do it.

No frame size, no paypal, money order or cashiers check only. Bells should be ringing on this one!

Ebay does have a system for alerting them to spoof auctions, I was contacted by a seller last week offering a 2003 model for $2000 but shipping from France, they also offered the Sqare Trade seal but after several checks I discovered thankfully before parting with any money that it was a fraud.

I would say if they want paid in any means other than Paypal forget it.

This guy has probably also placed his own bids on it, to rack up the price on it and to make it look like there’s some real interest in it. Another common scam technique.

Look at the bid history for a laugh. Someone named scammer-do-not-bid put in and retracted a $5000 bid. Also note that both of the intial bidders have zero feedback with the second one bidding himself up repeatedly?