how fake is this auction

[lurpak]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11073&item=5767744148&rd=1

picture taken in the shop
80% of feedback is new users, paying well over the oddds for crap.

anyone got a spoof ebay account that can take this one out ?

only takes cheques..

need I say more

one fakeguy suposidly bought the ugliest sofa Ive ever seen for £99 at 4pm and left posative feedback 9am the next morning, wow thats some top courier... oh and he got free delivery

[jajaja]

looks strange yes. Seller offering free shipping with UK (dont know how expencive it is tho), but you have to be pretty stupid if you pay £2000 in advance to a new seller.
All the buyers have very low feedback too. I wouldnt bid. Can easaly be scammed :(

[v1rich]

Is this the war of the non spellurs here?

[jajaja]

Is this the war of the non spellurs here?

What war? update me please

[monantony]

oddds : suposidly : posative

expencive : easaly

;)

[RedHerring]

If you look at the other auctions, it's obvious that the seller took random pictures of his own crappy stuff to make fake feedback

[Jibbajaba]

If you look at the other auctions, it's obvious that the seller took random pictures of his own crappy stuff to make fake feedback

Yeah its pretty damned obvious that her feedback was all written by the same person. Shoot, if I were going to do something like that, I would at least vary the feedback style so that it looked legit, and maybe buy a few small things on eBay to make it look more like a real eBay account.

This is pretty funny.


Chris

[machine.slave]

Who the hell buys their wife a plasma TV anyway? ... and she makes it sound like it was an occasional use, secondary TV? That's the strangest part of all.. O_O

[Cmosfm]

The picture for that auctions looks like it was taken from a Camera Phone inside a Best Buy. I like how the picture taker really tried there best not to get any of the surrounding items in the picture.

All the other auctions sold had pretty high quality pictures.

I really hate scam artists

[rpepper9]

With all the low bidding on crappy items it almost looks like a scan ring. I could imagine a site that people join with the intent of gaining some quick ebay feedback so they can start scamming people.

What if we all started ebay accounts, bid on each others items, knowing we weren't going to have to pay for them. Then we each member of the group had a reasonable feedback from the fake auctions from the others in the group we would start selling high priced items and scamming people.

In this auction in this thread the T.V. is the only item that is worth anything. Who really wants a caluclator or a pair of stools. I would agree that this is a scam of some sort!

[Sylentwulf]

Ya, I just e-mailed the following seller question:
"Just curious, why is this item chained to a display rack, with other components displayed in a retail type setting in the background?"

[Andy_D]

Heh - I sent Ebay an alert about this seller. People like this need their nads chopping off with a spoon!

I worked damn hard to get my 525 feedback - not gonna let no con artist get easy feedback :D

[Andy_D]

Thank you Ebay :D

"Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to contact us with this information.

We have thoroughly investigated your report and taken appropriate action in accordance with our policies.

I can confirm this member is no longer a registered user. Due to privacy law, I am not able to discuss the details of another members account further.

I would like to thank you for your help in keeping eBay a fun and safe place to trade.

Regards,

Cian Savage
SafeHarbour Team



Nice to see that not all people get away with it :)

[lurpak]

I also reported it and all the other fake accounts, can we make this the official zap the scammer thread, where links can be pasted here, and we can judge the validity and mass report the offender ? hopefully before anyone gets stung.