Is this legitimate?

Post by **Phono-Phan** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:00 pm

I noticed this Ebay listing. It says it is a "Classified" ad. The location says Random Lake WI but the email to contact the seller has .UK in it. Also, the picture looks familiar from a previous post.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/274308759926?V ... 4308759926

Post by **melvind** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:12 pm

I am not sure if it is for real or not, but at the very least the second picture on all of the postings is not legal according to ebay's policies. I would stay far away if it were me.

jamiegramo · Post by **jamiegramo** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:54 pm

I don't think it's right. She's selling all her old cloths from the UK and expensive stuff like the Edison Opera and a Wurlitzer 800 Jukebox from the US. I wonder if the account has been hijacked...

Mind you, the old cloths is about all the Brits can afford.

Post by **Phono-Phan** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm

I have never heard of an Ebay "Classified Listing"

TinfoilPhono · Post by **TinfoilPhono** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:31 pm

Clearly a hijacked account. If you sort all listings by lowest price first, there are dozens of low-end clothing items listed with multiple photos and routine buy-it-now prices. After about $49 prices suddenly jump to the thousands, with an incomprehensible array of items including semi-industrial machinery. The scammer is stealing any photos he can find of expensive items and posting a single photo of the object along with the forbidden private sale notice as a second image. I reported it and I suggest others do the same. Someone is likely to get scammed.

gramophoneshane · Post by **gramophoneshane** » Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:18 pm

For future reference

Post by **epigramophone** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 am

Phono-Phan wrote:I have never heard of an Ebay "Classified Listing"

Classified Listings are commonly used on UK eBay, especially by used car dealers. They are simply fixed price classified ads.

Post by **epigramophone** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:29 am

jamiegramo wrote:
Mind you, the old cloths is about all the Brits can afford.

Speak for yourself!

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:03 pm

I would say no. Was on ebay last April

http://recordplayerphonograph.com/2019/ ... riginal-3/

soundgen · Post by **soundgen** » Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:49 am

it's interesting that if you look at the UK pages , there are more items for sale BUT the expensive classified adds don't appear !

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw= ... ki&_sop=16

And the opera has "gone" so someone has probably been scammed already !

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