Suspicious Mark IV auction on eBay

[Hurricane]

Hi!

I just came across this auction in UK eBay, which seems to be a little suspicious and wanted to share this before bidding.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120154783099&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002

First of all, the description is very brief. Nothing about the history of the amp or so. He also doesn't accept paypal, which has buyer protection. I mailed him about shipping to Estonia and he answered, that it would be 33 pounds. He has also made it a secret bidding, so nobody could see who has bidded for the item. But his feedback is the most suspicious thing. When I am in "My eBay" section and refresh the page, then after a while the number of feedbacks change from 34 to 0. Here is the screenshot I made:

http://www.dczone.planet.ee/pildid/ebay1.jpg
http://www.dczone.planet.ee/pildid/ebay2.jpg

So what do you think? Is it normal or should I report it to eBay or something?

 

[Anonymous]

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[deny]

Yeah, I thought the feedback was odd also. Like you said, could just be a coincidence, but it does put you off a little.

 

[lento]

Back on again ..... btw, how on earth can shipping to Estonia be £33 ????
More than likely he doesn't know where it is !
Steer clear of this one.


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mesa-Boogie-MkIV-amp_W0QQitemZ120155627434QQihZ002QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[holdsworth]

I bought my Mark IV from ebay but I insisted on driving about 200 miles to pick it up. There's no way I would trust someone to send something of that value without any buyer protection.

 

[matt09]

Hi,

Does anyone know anything else about this guy? I recently bought an Amp from him as a second chance offer which seemed a bit odd but I ended up getting a good price after making a deal with him. He requested payment directly to his card which worried me with no buyer protection. I then find that the seller is no longer registered with Ebay and email him instantly. He attempts to reassure me and gives me his mobile number so I am able to speak with him in person to assure me he is not a scammer. I phone him up and all seems ok, he was pleasant enough and explained the situation, we came to an agreement that I could pay 50% now and the other when it arrived - £75 so I ended up making a payment. It has now been two weeks and nothing has arrived, I phoned him after a week and he reassured me that it had been sent and he was supprised it had not yet arrived. I will be phoning him again tonight. I realise it may have seemed stupid to make payment when this should happen but his positive feedback and verbal communication appeared fine. I will be contacting Ebay shortly about his suspension.

 

[MusicManJP6]

Sorry to alarm you Matt, but the auction with the Mark IV is no longer up, so apparently he is a scammer. I hope not, for your sake, but it is never a good idea to settle anything outside of ebay... I hope you receive your item!

 

[matt09]

The auction won't be up anyway because his account was suspended