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Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:00 pm
by Phono-Phan
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
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:12 pm
by melvind
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.
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:54 pm
by jamiegramo
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.
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
by Phono-Phan
I have never heard of an Ebay "Classified Listing"
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:31 pm
by TinfoilPhono
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.
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:18 pm
by gramophoneshane
For future reference
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:28 am
by epigramophone
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.
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 7:29 am
by epigramophone
jamiegramo wrote:
Mind you, the old cloths is about all the Brits can afford.
Speak for yourself!
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 3:03 pm
by Sidewinder
Re: Is this legitimate?
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 3:49 am
by soundgen
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 !