Mottey on eBay - Scam?!

I knew this was likely a scam! I saw the listing from France again, and thought it was a bit fishy. Cuedoctor, if you can verify the cue's location now, I will email all bidders and file a fraud report with eBay.

Lisa
 
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thanks people!!

ridewiththewind said:
I have sent an email to cornerstone to inform him of the listing.

Lisa
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I just bid 10,000.00 on it so no one will get burnt!! thanks for watching out . but for future ref I will probly be trading it to simon the diamond ! were working on it now
 
Because we can't ebay to respond within 24 hrs. I have made contact, but to no avail, that is why I contacted cornerstone when I figured out who owned it. This very similar to the Scruggs cue that was listed as a 1 day yesterday. Started out as a no reserve, then suddenly had a 2000.00 BIN, then it was pulled by the seller, (again from France, hi-jacked account no doubt), as no longer available for sale. Just beware of highend cues with no reserve on a 1 day auction. Seriously, if you were selling a highend cue, wouldn't you want to keep on auction for as long as possible in order to garner the highest bid possible? Not very likely with a 1 day auction. If it looks too good to be true, it generally is.

Lisa
 
cornerstone said:
I just bid 10,000.00 on it so no one will get burnt!! thanks for watching out . but for future ref I will probly be trading it to simon the diamond ! were working on it now
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Yep...I saw his bid earlier and sent him an email advising that I thought this was a scam...at least I thought it was the same 'the diamond' :)

I'm gonna start scanning eBay every morning from here on out. I knew something was funky with this one and the Scruggs yesterday because all the feedback was in french, but the listings are fluent english...go figure!

Lisa
 
ridewiththewind said:
Yep...I saw his bid earlier and sent him an email advising that I thought this was a scam...at least I thought it was the same 'the diamond' :)

I'm gonna start scanning eBay every morning from here on out. I knew something was funky with this one and the Scruggs yesterday because all the feedback was in french, but the listings are fluent english...go figure!

Lisa
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Lisa,
Your scanning is turning me on. . . . . . unless you're really a 56 year-old perv who is looking to catch a cue collector . . . . oh, nevermind.....

j/k keep up the good work! :D

Seriously, we have to look out for each other other. :cool:
 
this is a real problem

ridewiththewind said:
Because we can't ebay to respond within 24 hrs. I have made contact, but to no avail, that is why I contacted cornerstone when I figured out who owned it. This very similar to the Scruggs cue that was listed as a 1 day yesterday. Started out as a no reserve, then suddenly had a 2000.00 BIN, then it was pulled by the seller, (again from France, hi-jacked account no doubt), as no longer available for sale. Just beware of highend cues with no reserve on a 1 day auction. Seriously, if you were selling a highend cue, wouldn't you want to keep on auction for as long as possible in order to garner the highest bid possible? Not very likely with a 1 day auction. If it looks too good to be true, it generally is.

Lisa
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this has hurt the e-bay sales alot , It scares alot of people out of buying!
 
ScottR said:
Lisa,
Your scanning is turning me on. . . . . . unless you're really a 56 year-old perv who is looking to catch a cue collector . . . . oh, nevermind.....

j/k keep up the good work! :D

Seriously, we have to look out for each other other. :cool:
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You can subtract 10 :p

Lisa
BTW...I just checked and eBay pulled the auction!
 
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cornerstone said:
this has hurt the e-bay sales alot , It scares alot of people out of buying!
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I am currently concerned about an auction I won.
Sent cashiers check and they are not responding
to my emails yet. I may be over-reacting but I'm
nervous.
 
Use ebay's "Request Contact Info"

hondo said:
I am currently concerned about an auction I won.
Sent cashiers check and they are not responding
to my emails yet. I may be over-reacting but I'm
nervous.
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You can request their contact info from ebay, including their phone number - PM me if you have problems doing this. Many times it's just a delay because of broken computer, illness, unexpected travel, etc.
 
hondo said:
I am currently concerned about an auction I won.
Sent cashiers check and they are not responding
to my emails yet. I may be over-reacting but I'm
nervous.
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I have gotten to where I completely shy away from any auctions that require payment via M/O or Cashiers Check. There is no real protection. I would rather use my card and pay the PayPal 3% upcharge and be protected. Most cards, including debit cards, if drawn on VISA or MasterCard, have payment protection.

Lisa
 
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