eBay/Craigslist BX22 eBay Auction - Is this too good to be true?!?

[Bucky4]

Hello everyone. I've been lurking in the shadows for a few weeks absorbing your superb wisdom & knowledge. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed learning. Still looking for "The One," but narrowing it down a bit. Hopefully soon!

While checking the Kubota auctions on eBay, I came across a seller with two BX22s listed. (separate auctions) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3461318718&category=41493

The price sounds too good to be true. (Yes, I'm aware of the old saying!!) Does anyone know anything about them? I'm thinking they're grey market units. I emailed the seller, but so far no response.

Thanks,

bucky4

 

[BANDAMAN]

Unfortunately, I would be 100% confident that those auctions are scams. This is a growing trend on Ebay, and these crooks are ruining it for legitimate business people. If you get a chance go to www.equipmenttraderonline.com Type in BX22 or BX23 as the keyword on the search page and you will see the exact same picture that you see on the ebay auction. These scammers search the web for photos of items they don't have, and fabricate phony auctions. I would imagine that if the person does respond to your e-mail they will ask you to send money to a foreign country and the fake BX22 would be shipped freight collect. yea right.....buyer beware!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[BANDAMAN]

Oops, forgot to say welcome to the Forum! I recently joined, and I became easily addicted!

Mike

 

[shvl73]

Definitely a scam. Why would anyone sell a BX22 for that price when he could call a dealer, have the dealer pick it up & still get 2-3 times his buy it now price. Too bad there isn't some way of nailing these con-artists.

 

[Junkman]

The worse part of eBay is that there is no easy way to report fraudulent auctions to them. They, eBay, have their heads in the sand when it comes to reporting anything that doesn't directly effect the way that they make their money..... Listing fees, and sales fees. I sell and buy a lot on eBay, but I am very careful in my dealings and have never been burned. If you are not an astute buyer, then you would be better off not bidding. Check the sellers wares and if the item that they are selling doesn't fall into a similar category, then you can be more than certain that there is some form of fraud involved. Bid with your head and you will be OK.......

 

[Inspector507]

RUN as fast as you can from that tractor.........it's a scam with a hijacked eBay ID

 

[Bob_Skurka]

One sure fire way to know that this is likely as scam is to check the seller's other auctions. In this case, the seller is probably a legitimate seller of AVON products and other cosmetics. But the tractor is a hijacked auction. I don't quite understand how the illegitimate people do this, but it seems to be a common scam. The crooks find a good ebay seller, and then somehow attach a scam item to them, usually the scam item is TOTALLY DIFFERENT than anything else the legitimate person sells. In this case a tractor is being sold by someone who sells cosmetics.

 

[herdfan]

Check out the other auctions this seller has.
Did Avon expand into the tractor business too?
Gotta love companies exploring new product lines.
Who knows, maybe McDonald's may start putting American made toys in happy meals next!
(was that politically correct? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif)

 

[frank_f15]

WELCOME TO THE FORUM! and yes it has to be a scam!!!! either that or this guy is so dumb that it would be criminal to take advantage of him. i will vote for option #1 SCAMM

 

[California]

Aside from the drastic shift in type of item sold and the unreasonable Buy It Now price, another thing screams SCAM:

"Email the seller to be placed on the pre-approved bidder/buyer list".

This is unusual and seems to be the trademark common to several auctions where an inquiry got a reply to send payment to the Netherlands for an off-ebay sale. Email correspondence allows the bogus seller to offer an off-ebay sale to more than one customer on the same tractor.

I think the scammer targets sellers with good feedback and sends them a spoof letter along the line of "your credit card has expired, please log into this (bogus) ebay screen and update your ebay account." That gives him the naive user's ebay password and that's all he needs to hijack the account. I've received five of these spoof emails so far in February, and I suppose most of us have.

A sophisticated scammer would at least have a US address to receive payment without arousing suspicion. This is probably some kid in Amsterdam putting all these tractor auctions up, hoping someday a sucker will bite and he will receive a big check via international mail. Aint gonna happen, kid.