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Post by Dragonclaw on Nov 10, 2013 16:29:51 GMT -5
So....did anyone here make a run on it? I was tempted until I saw the feedback...only one as a seller and it was a pretty bad sounding negative. still a cool piece and good luck to whoever won, I hope my gut feeling is wrong.
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Post by bourno on Nov 10, 2013 16:45:25 GMT -5
Was debating to make a thread for ended auctions, and starting with this one. The seller feedback looked really bad for only 1 feedback as a seller. I miss the old days of ebay where you could see real names of who was bidding  I see the Daiku Maryu was pulled, with another seller with zero feedback. |
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Post by bowhntr66 on Nov 10, 2013 17:07:30 GMT -5
Long conversations on facebook about that auction. Those pictures were posted before for sale somewhere. The whole thing just seemed fishy. If it really looks too good to be true, I usually don't even look twice at it.
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Post by mikedeco on Nov 10, 2013 19:28:35 GMT -5
All the pictures and even the text were stolen from a previous auction of a very good friend. I've report the auction three days ago but it seems that ebay doesn't care....
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Post by truecrud on Nov 10, 2013 21:33:18 GMT -5
I thought that text read like I had seen it before. I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw that.
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Post by timpopkid on Nov 10, 2013 22:00:53 GMT -5
I was watching, but it was never in my budget, I was just curious how high it would go for. Where's the Facebook page where the discussion was taking place about the auction being shady? I would like to check that out.
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Post by zambot3 on Nov 11, 2013 2:52:17 GMT -5
Are you talking a out the Daikumaryu? Did ebay close that auction or the seller?
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Post by bowhntr66 on Nov 11, 2013 6:41:41 GMT -5
It was pming back and forth with me and a couple of friends timpopkid.
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Post by MazinKaiserSKL666 on Nov 11, 2013 8:39:18 GMT -5
Yeah I saw it too. I'm not a gambler and I rarely even take an educated risk. That auction had the description ripped from that seller in Belgium that's been selling a lot of jumbos lately and the pics were ripped from a previous auction of someone else's. That plus feedback stating that he's a scam artist. I wasn't interested even if I could win for $100. That just means I'd be throwing away $100. I'm actually shocked that anyone bid. Hoping against hope I guess. I really hope it wasn't anyone here getting ripped off. You guys seem pretty sharp and savvy. I know I am! Lol. |
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Post by devoidofemotions on Nov 11, 2013 8:53:44 GMT -5
hi all both that auctions definitely scams..
i saw the pictures before...
and why are there bidders still for the godmars to US$3000+++ ?
i am puzzled lol..
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Post by luclin999 on Nov 11, 2013 9:04:55 GMT -5
hi all both that auctions definitely scams.. i saw the pictures before... and why are there bidders still for the godmars to US$3000+++ ? i am puzzled lol.. Note that the "winner" of that auction had very low feedback (8). This could possibly mean one of two things. 1. They are fairly new to purchasing items like this and were basically scammed. 2. It is someone who realized that the auction was a scam and they used a "throw-away" account to out bid everyone else with no intention of paying in order to block others from purchasing the item and to prevent anyone else from being scammed. |
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Post by devoidofemotions on Nov 11, 2013 9:09:31 GMT -5
hi all both that auctions definitely scams.. i saw the pictures before... and why are there bidders still for the godmars to US$3000+++ ? i am puzzled lol.. Note that the "winner" of that auction had very low feedback (8). This could possibly mean one of two things. 1. They are fairly new to purchasing items like this and were basically scammed. 2. It is someone who realized that the auction was a scam and they used a "throw-away" account to out bid everyone else with no intention of paying in order to block others from purchasing the item and to prevent anyone else from being scammed. Hi luclin999, to me pointer number 2 seems to be more likely, really kudos to people like this to help upheld justice  best doe |
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Post by MazinKaiserSKL666 on Nov 11, 2013 19:00:45 GMT -5
Lol!! Scammer got scammed. For great justice take off every zig! Awesome
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Post by mikedeco on Nov 12, 2013 11:19:30 GMT -5
Thanks for this great move Kaus. I've report it but seems like ebay is not taking lots of actions and in the report section there's nothing to point out that it's a fake auction. There's lots of things but not that. The whole auction, text and images were from a previous auction it's just a big copy/paste of the whole page.
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Post by MazinKaiserSKL666 on Nov 12, 2013 12:25:39 GMT -5
eBay is notoriously oblivious to fake/ fishy/ or just plain blatantly false auctions. They even have a specific report for sellers who jerk around with sale fees and add it into shipping to gouge Ebay (ie. a $75 valued item with a buy it now of $20 but the shipping from HK is $75 when at best in reality should be $15 to ship). This directly screws ebay as they can only collect their sales fees on the selling price. Yet any time I had reported such an auction to them nothing ever happens. I gave up long ago. I steer clear of ebay unless it's something I want to sell and have already tried every other avenue without success or it's something rare I gotta try and win. ala a Jumbo.
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Post by luclin999 on Nov 12, 2013 13:03:58 GMT -5
This directly screws ebay as they can only collect their sales fees on the selling price. Actually Ebay started charging their fee based upon the total end value for the auction's selling price plus shipping fee well over a year ago just to close that loophole in the system. |
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Post by MazinKaiserSKL666 on Nov 12, 2013 14:11:02 GMT -5
Really? I never realized that. Guess I'm not surprised given their greed. Lol
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Post by magengar on Nov 13, 2013 1:17:12 GMT -5
Brother, Welcome to RJ... YOU are a Hero in this hobby. Thank you so much for exacting Justice by giving that eBay scammer a dose of his own medicine. I would have done the same thing if I had thought of doing something like that. But I would have to open a fake disposable account at eBay and do it with a fake username. I have a real account at eBay with just 25 Positive Feedbacks, therefore I don't wanna ruin my rating with my real username there. lol  zozo-mag It is a 2, because it was me lol |
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Post by jumboman on Nov 16, 2013 6:39:29 GMT -5
Wow.....I didn't realize they did that. I had bid $1500 on that. I'd have been mad if I'd gotten ripped off!!!!
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Post by bowhntr66 on Nov 16, 2013 15:54:37 GMT -5
If in doubt jumboman, ask.... If it seems too good to be true, it usually is. PM somebody if you have questions on a live auction, there's a great bunch of guys here willing to help.
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