bluechip
Veteran Member
No doubt there are great deals on ebay. I have sold a dozen or so tractors on ebay and in fact just picked up a 67 jaguar which I purchased on ebay. I have been active since 1998. The key to identifying fraudulant listings is 1. rediculously low buy it now mentioned in the text of the ad (often only 20 percent of real value) but not actually listed with a buy it now option (they don't want the transaction going through ebay and ask you to contact for permission to bit). 2. an email address with some thing like "my ebay account is messed up so please email me directly" indicates it is a stolen ebay account and they dont want to use ebay's messaging system. You cant just go with the feedback rating because when they steal the account, they steel one with good feedback.
3. seller is selling an item way more expensive and unrelated to normal items bought and sold (check feedback, type of items). 4. lack of proper response to email question.. 5. includes free delivery, sometimes from a foreign country.
3. seller is selling an item way more expensive and unrelated to normal items bought and sold (check feedback, type of items). 4. lack of proper response to email question.. 5. includes free delivery, sometimes from a foreign country.
