Fishman Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 no feedback. no items sold 7 bids, 3 by the same person bidding against themselves – hilarious – I call cow poop… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wal-Bass-MK-I-1981/373259362720?hash=item56e7fde1a0:g:WFMAAOSwNsVffXju Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 I see this forum is employing China-style censoring of my typing re BS in the above post – also hilarious and totally unnecessary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I just placed a ridiculous bid and I'm the high bidder. Expect this to sell for £3k+ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 I'm going to contact them for a laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Fishman said: ...7 bids, 3 by the same person bidding against themselves... Just on that one point, things are not so simple. There are 'automatic' bids in place (they can be made visible...), which show the bidder 'upping' his bid until the auto-bid is defeated. There are more than 7 bids (at time of your post...). Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Canaries, going cheep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Am I missing something? Bids fine Poor photo, are you saying it's fake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Seller has also listed a harp for sale, not the classic sign of a scammer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) TBH I'm more surprised at only two photos, for a bass which you could reasonably expect to fetch well north of 2K. That doesn't seem scammy either; seller not used to eBay, more likely. Maybe the best thing to do is introduce them to BC Edited October 9, 2020 by alyctes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 interestingly theres a "63" precision listed from the same spanish island https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Fender-Precision-Bass/133538462183?hash=item1f178339e7:g:iZcAAOSwbFdffCjm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, alyctes said: Maybe the best thing to do is introduce them to BC Strike that, the poor sod will just wind up spending more than £3K in the For Sale anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, alyctes said: TBH I'm more surprised at only two photos, for a bass which you could reasonably expect to fetch well north of 2K. That doesn't seem scammy either; seller not used to eBay, more likely. Maybe the best thing to do is introduce them to BC Good idea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Just now, alyctes said: Strike that, the poor sod will just wind up spending more than £3K in the For Sale anyway Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, LukeFRC said: interestingly theres a "63" precision listed from the same spanish island https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1963-Fender-Precision-Bass/133538462183?hash=item1f178339e7:g:iZcAAOSwbFdffCjm Mmmmm, fair point, I stand by the harp clause however. If he’s clever enough to distract attention with that, probably not foolish enough to run two scams at once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 I emailed him for more pics of the 63.... Everything on both screams scam to me. For a start there’s not many cameras These days that can get as low Quality images Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: I emailed him for more pics of the 63.... Everything on both screams scam to me. For a start there’s not many cameras These days that can get as low Quality images Looks like its missing strings? Smells like a scam to me, has anyone done the google image check on them to see if the photo is from somewhere else? Just looking at the bidding history, why would 8***1 bid against themself from £1 up to £190? Edited October 9, 2020 by yorks5stringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 The plot thickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 But if it’s a scam, I really don’t get the harp? And he seems to know what he’s talking about musically? And you can’t bid against yourself, it just looks like you can. Perhaps the seller has MPD, genius scammer one minute, rubbish one the next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, Beedster said: But if it’s a scam, I really don’t get the harp? And he seems to know what he’s talking about musically? And you can’t bid against yourself, it just looks like you can. Perhaps the seller has MPD, genius scammer one minute, rubbish one the next If I were a harpist in the Canary Islands would ebay with an English language advert be in your top ways to sell? I I were posting a Harp from the Canary Islands would it really only cost double a bass at £200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, LukeFRC said: If I were a harpist in the Canary Islands would ebay with an English language advert be in your top ways to sell? I I were posting a Harp from the Canary Islands would it really only cost double a bass at £200? Ha ha, fair points, but if it is a scam, its an odd one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 C'mon guys, you're better than this. 30 seconds with Google, and I found this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: C'mon guys, you're better than this. 30 seconds with Google, and I found this: Damn, Inspector Jack wins again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 What I don’t get is that you’d use PayPal so how does the scammer come out if it intact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 And both ads reported right now. Please do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 But i still don't get how this 'scam' would work, unless there's a way around PayPal recharging the seller when the buyer reports a non-arrival, which I doubt, having to deal with PayPal when I had a buyer accuse me of not sending the correct item a couple of years back. Or is that what he does, he sells it and then makes out that he's been scammed "the buyer has returned a fake item", but with zero feedback that wouldn't have legs surely? Or does he just close down his bank account and hoof it? The thing is, if you're going to run a scam, there are easier fakes to sell than Wal's and harps; phones, watches, computers, cameras...... This just seems the hard way to do it! Been a long week, I'm probably missing something obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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