P5B, DPO 3L - Ebay Scam

We have a committee member only 5 miles from where this car is located (Cornwall) and he can confirm this does appear to be a scam.

The seller says and I quote 'Hello. I am unable with phone so please use email as primary contact option. I dont use phone for internet deals. '

I leave you to draw your own conclusions. Must say I am surprised it is still on Ebay.

About 3 years ago I was looking for a new lathe found one on Claigslist but the picture looked familiar as I had seen it at a dealers the same picture! This lathe was supposedly on the Shetland Isles at a garage. I Googled the garage and rang them as there was only one and of course "what lathe".

So I had a good time playing with this guy he did a discount if I paid Western Union

I totally understand. I have heard that it has now been reported to e bay. If there is not a problem he has nothing to be worried about.

According to the DVLA database DPO3L is a currently licensed 3.5 Litre Rover, wonder if the owner of the car knows it's being used in this way?

- the Volvo is still listed - check out the reg. number - is that for real? - ending in 'U' - hmmm! - I shall report this one too.......

Well done Steve for taking the bull by the horns. This just goes to show how helpful and useful forums can be.

It seems the Rover listing has been yanked at least but yer man's only ever a few mouse clicks from a new identity. The only deterrent will be a size ten police boot through his door at 5am.

As for the Bay; I've found their reporting system arbitrary at best and deliberately biased in favour of illicit trading. Last year I so very nearly lost a wedge on a fake bake Breitling Emergency and a hooky Franck Muller watches. I won the auction but it was only when I imported his cruddy phone pics into an image editor prior despatch of payment and zoomed in that the alarm bells rang. I called him out and gave him the benefit of the doubt but noted in my reply that I would be watching his future listings like a hawk.

Blow me three weeks later his crappy little fakes were up again. This time I spent 3 WEEKS SOLID trying to get these junkers removed and the seller banned. Not a single reply or even an acknowledgement was received. All of a sudden I couldn't file any more report forms! All the while the bids were racking up! I tried posting on the Ebay user's forum but no dice, I even emailed the administrators and mods but again not so much as an acknowledgement. In the end I tried contacting the current bidders to warn them but of course Ebay won't allow that. It used to be possible but they withdrew the facility years ago.
A reasonable person might be forgiven for concluding that Ebay are concerned only with the collection of their auction fees regardless of whether they are derived from illicit and illegal trade. They might also get the impression that their administration system actively facilitates that trade. And they'd be right.

My God there's got to be a 2 hour documentary in the subject at least for a diligent investigative documentary program maker.

Well I got no repy from e-bay or acknowledgement from e-bay so I have e-mailed BBC'S Watchdog to see if they have had similar concerns raised.

- yes, eblay are only in it for themselves but they have to have credibility in the market place, so have to do something or else they get a bad name on places like this.

I say work the system at every opportunity and highlight the scammers when ever and where ever ..... abuser jwhi8016 and piano1491 - caty - caty@liveuks.com - will not survive even with a new name -

And do report it to www.actionfraud.org.uk/ every time it happens - the net will close in on this person.

Worth noting that Car and Classic now have a Fraud Advice tab on their website - with top10 tips on how to beat the Fraudster - good stuff, eh? - they at least are taking it seriously.

- say - how about a sticky on here too, guys?

Just thought I would let you know the 'Scumbag' who cold called and scammed my in-laws was found guilty.

Yes this car has popped up a few times for sale. I have various photos of it in various locations. It seems it has been offered by this vendor previously,as i have some photos of it in the same pose. If i remember correctly it also has a post on youtube where a walkaround is given,again by the same vendor (i think he is trade )