I've recently spotted this bike listed and have been trying to search for any discussion about it on this forum. Hands up, I'm guilty of window shopping! Although I'd love a 999 to add to the garage and I do have an important birthday this year (assuming the world makes it safely to November)!!! I'm very interested to hear experienced members thoughts on it. I personally love the cosmetics of it and would've thought it would cost a fortune to replicate however, would money be more wisely spent buying an unmolested facelift 999S? Again, I did try searching for original post concerning this bike and it's listing as didn't want to duplicate other posts, but couldn't find it and gave up trawling through pages of the ebay bikes for sale links. Cheers!
WTF is going on with all these fake/scam ads on eBay? It's getting out of hand tbh. Virtually every bike I have looked at this evening is being "sold" by this w@nker "2hotcars". Every ad has 1 pic of the item and another which is a screenshot of a price (£3,800) plus an email address and the ads all have the same wording. "Selling this one of a kind unique example Looking for a quick sale Please check our photos for more info Thanks for looking and understanding" They're not just "selling" bikes either as they've also listed cars, caravans and even a speedboat (unwanted prize on Bullseye, no doubt). Here's an example: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-DUC...a=1&pg=2334524&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042 It's more or less impossible to report an item unless it fits into a specific category from a very limited range of options.
I have reported items in the past and the sellers items have dissapeared within a day. You can report by going to help, report seller and use the other option and just write you beleive the items are a fraud scam. Trouble is they just pop up under a different account, some of which I believe may have been accounts hacked from genuine ebayers. To be honest they have been going for a while, and I am surprised if many, if any fall for them anymore.
Can't you serve him with injunction......very frustrating for all us ebayers but that's ebay for you.
They (eBay) don’t exactly make it easy. It’s almost as if they don’t care and/or don’t really want customers contacting them to ask them to do something other than count their money. I agree that it’s so well known that very few people will fall for it, though even if one person does, that’s one too many, but more so that virtually every bike I looked at this eve (in several categories) was one of those ads.
What i want to know is how do they make money from this scam,do folk really hand over hard earned cash or are they just after personal information.
I'm not sure but you'd be surprised what people fall for when they think they're going to score a bargain or make some easy money.
Their money is generated from those hooked, line and sinker, transferring payment of a deposit to secure what they believe is a genuine item, for well under market value. If you can get one person to do this, result, but they aim to take as many deposits from as many eager buyers as possible and then disappear. There will always be a seemingly genuine reason for sale and why they can only be contacted by email. Then nothing.
Yamaha R! the right colour & year model. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-R1-4XV-1998-1st-generation/303851118876
!!! I think you need to move abroad, as the babylon would soon be after you if you tried relieving gullible folk of their hard-earned from this country!!! I guess the scammers are based in Uganda (George from your bike - there is a pigeon in your account - Fonejacker stylee )!!! They prey on the gullible who are after a bargain. If you look on ebay, most of the classic cars Merc SLs, etc are always the same weird start price with the same listing end date and all of the listings ask those interested to email. The prices are not silly cheap, but cheap enough to grab attention and generate intrigue, then a believable (if you're a mug, tale of woe is spun by email and a £500 deposit is sent to secure said vehicle), or ideally payment in-full !!! Remember old Quent's words from way back when, proper old Top Gear; "if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Walk away."
Didn't doubt you for a second Andy - I was joking ! Should definitely give him the benefit of the doubt though, after all, he sells those warranties that promise to cover you if anything goes wrong on your 10yo 100k mile car! He must be honest.
