eBay Scams

Sticky thread to post alerts of items on eBay that you know to be a scam

 

[Penmoel]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-Fe...017&pid=100011&prg=1005&rk=2&sd=251245560328&

Not a scam but at £12 each plus £10 delivery a rip off

Bought from Chandlers Massey Parts main dealer, £5.90 plus delivery which was £4 for 15 of them

 

[Blue.]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kvernelan...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item4d0c131448

Been on before but its moved over the water now.

 

[roscoe erf]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Deer...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item19dc4fd66f

 

[roscoe erf]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Case-trac...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item19dc4f99ac

 

[WillFarmkit]

Interesting bit on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Case-trac...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item19dc4f99ac

 

[roscoe erf]

Interesting bit on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Case-trac...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item19dc4f99ac

snap

 

[Tim G]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Massey-Fe...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item460f8aca64
Cheap enough!

 

[WillFarmkit]

Not sure who ebay user one-eyed.jack is - some kind of online vigilante?

Is this in itself some sort of scam? Who knows...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zetor-tra...=WDVW&rd=1&ih=001&category=47103&cmd=ViewItem

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/John-Deer...=WDVW&rd=1&ih=001&category=47103&cmd=ViewItem

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kubota-mi...=WDVW&rd=1&ih=001&category=47103&cmd=ViewItem

 

[blackbob]

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...tractor-sle-with-trima-1490-loader/1019432992
Maybe not ebay but gotta be a scam!

 

[WillFarmkit]

Not ebay again but scammers at work elsewhere:

[email protected] tried to put a 2011 John Deere 7530 (reg AY11 AZT) in to next week's farmkit.com auction with a reserve of £18,000 (!).

We rejected it from the auction at our approvals stage but then found the same tractor on Farm Trader for £36,000...:

http://farm.autotrader.co.uk/used-f...-bangor-ffpa-8aa124c83ecb31c8013ecc566e415d72

I called the seller's number on the above ad to let him know somebody was fraudulently trying to sell his tractor but he said he did not have anything on Farm Trader so suspect that ad might be a scam as well...what with the price and that (the tractor is in fact 2011 not 2001 as stated in the ad)

Same guy also tried it on as [email protected] again with fake addresses and phone numbers.

Our approvals process means farmkit.com is a scammer free zone - lucky for us they're pretty stupid so easy to spot...

 

[WillFarmkit]

Same tractor / same scammer (this time calling himself marleylodg.e197) :

http://agriculture.vivastreet.co.uk/machinery+wembley-ha0/2003-john-deere-tractor-7530/72171140

The year of the tractor has changed again though!

 

[roscoe erf]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Holder-fo...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item19dceac275

 

[Blue.]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261218478848?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Looks ok but he's trying to get you to pay upfront.

 

[Grassman]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261218478848?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Looks ok but he's trying to get you to pay upfront.

What is it that makes it a scam?

 

[roscoe erf]

definitely dodgy http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JOHN-DEER...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item3a818d1658

 

[roscoe erf]

and this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-3000...K_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item3f2593d077

 

[Monty]

Is this not a scam.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-TEAGLE-RD10-Spreader-/271217194038
located in london, poor english, bank transfer only

Would it it not be more fun if we all started bidding stupid amounts rather than reporting them.

 

[WillFarmkit]

Must be hell parking that in London...

 

[Monty]

Do you screen out cheaper/older/spares machines as well on farmkit? Never see any rough looking machines on there.

 

[WillFarmkit]

Hi Monty,
A lot of it is dealer stock currently so tends to be in fairly good nick. We are "relaunching" the site towards the end of the month with classifieds as well as the weekly auctions and plan to have a "Spares and repairs" category as well as "Parts" in the classifieds.
Basically looking to copy the ebay model a bit closer but with the big advantage of offering only farm kit and screening what comes on to the site to protect users. Looking at ebay the trend seems to be cheaper machines going to auction whilst the better stuff is advertised in the classifieds. Looking to charge £1 a day for private sellers in the classifieds with a minimum 7 day insert to kind of mirror the traditional print ads in FW FG etc.
Anyway keep an eye on the site as I think it will be a big improvement in terms of what we're offering.
Cheers, Will
PS Think I might bid on that Chelsea tractor/spreader!