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Mark Evans 
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 Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:14 am Post subject: Who got it/Scam warning! |
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There was a NICE '66 ghia vert on Ebay yesterday listed with a Buy-it-now price of $5600!! 
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Ghiaddict
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We restored that Ghia and the listing is still active,
as far as I can tell.
Something is fishy there though, with the location change from
Florida and the low price.
I've emailed the seller twice and so far no reply.
WTF?
EDIT: This auction is a SCAM!
I just spoke to the owner and the Ghia
is still in Pensacola, FL
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ovalboy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:33 am Post subject: |
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| The ad is gone. |
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Ghiaddict
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theghiagirl
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: 66 vert |
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| This 1966 Ghia convertible was listed back when I had my 1958 convertible on EBAY (about 1 month ago). I think the bidding started at $10,000 and there were a few people who had bid on it. I don't remember there being a reserve on it, so it should have sold back then unless the buyer backed out of the deal. |
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Ghiaddict
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: Re: 66 vert |
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| theghiagirl wrote: |
| This 1966 Ghia convertible was listed back when I had my 1958 convertible on EBAY (about 1 month ago). I think the bidding started at $10,000 and there were a few people who had bid on it. I don't remember there being a reserve on it, so it should have sold back then unless the buyer backed out of the deal. |
Correct on that but the highest bid I saw was something like
$14,100.00 and the reserve was never met. Turns out the current
listing is a total scam because the Ghia is not in PA and this Ted
guy, who is listed as the seller, knows nothing about a car for sale.
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dmercer
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From the ad:
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First owner, purchased in Shavertown in 1966. Included is the original owners manual and window sticker. Car is located in Shavertown, PA.
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Heh. Maybe global warming is happening faster than I thought, but I bet good ol' Shavertown, Pennsylvania doesn't have *too* many palm trees about.
Anyone contact abuse @ ebay? |
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Ghiaddict
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Yes, the true owner of the Ghia has made contact
with eBay. The auction should be deleted soon.
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cnelsonct71
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| Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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This type of thing happens all of time on Ebay. I bid on a KG listed to be in East Boston this winter. It looked nice. Total Hoax. The tip is that they don't want you to use the "Ask the seller a question". They list a hotmail email address to contact them.
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Ghiaddict
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This scam auction has returned to eBay once again:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Karmann-...7775QQrdZ1
They sure are getting a lot of mileage from those photos. 
BEWARE, this auction is a hoax!
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72Coupe
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How do they expect to get anything out of this listing if the purchase is CASH ONLY, IN PERSON?
I am not aware of how that hoax works. |
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rumplestilskin
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| i live 20 min from palo alto. i e-mailed him to see if i can look at the car tommorow |
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Ghiaddict
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We contacted the original owner, for whom we
completed the restoration, and this Ghia is actually
still in the Pensacola, FL area.
Not for sale and the auction is bogus.
The scammer is asking for "cash sale only",
but I think the "in person" provision was added by eBay
when that payment method was selected. I think he/she
is relying upon some type of instant cash transfer to
scam the buyer, which is warned against right on
the same auction page.
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Mark Evans
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| Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:55 am Post subject: |
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And still a lot of bids!
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Ghiaddict
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Yes, maybe we should bid it up this time. 
Not sure if it's been reported to eBay at this point,
but I have informed the original owner.
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boxman
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How do they expect to get anything out of this listing if the purchase is CASH ONLY, IN PERSON?
I am not aware of how that hoax works. |
In more than few cases (I'm told), the 'seller' will reverse course on the buyer in order to fake credibility---instead of demanding the entire amount site-unseen, they'll push for a deposit--'just to be sure you're serious about buying' ---anywhere from a couple hundred to a couple of thousand--depends how high the auction goes--which implies how big of a sucker you might be. OK, so how is it worth it for $500......use a multiplier! The scammers will work the line ---go down the list of bidders, contact each one by email and advise that the high bidder backed out, and if you want it, it's yours...as long as you get him a deposit by 5pm (or some such nonsense).
Of course, a dead giveaway in this case was a seller with a rating of 0.
(My) SOP---never even consider an item for sale from a seller with a rating of less than 10, has to have sold items before, and has been a member of EB for more than 3 mos.
BTW, I 'm really glad of the crackdown. When I was shopping motorcycles on that Craigs site, there were so many fraudulent posts that legit visitors
banded together and out-ed every crap post until they just stopped (and prob went to EB).
I look for Ghia stuff for fun on EB, I shop serious on Samba.
(another) John m.
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