eBay scam. Sale hijacked.

[ceti alpha]

This story came out yesterday, but I thought I'd share it with you guys/girls since we're forced, as Turbo/PCE fans, to deal with eBay. The "Local Girls of Hawaii" also reminded me. 

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/03/ebay-hijack.html

[Necromancer]

Some questions:

Doesn't ebay's vehicle protection thingy cover this guy, or is it not available in Canada?
To whom and where did this dude wire his money?
Why didn't this clown have the vehicle inspected?

It seems that some people actually want to lose their cash.

[ceti alpha]

Doesn't ebay's vehicle protection thingy cover this guy, or is it not available in Canada?
To whom and where did this dude wire his money?
Why didn't this clown have the vehicle inspected?

It seems that some people actually want to lose their cash.

I'll ask my brother about eBay's vehicle protection thing. He bought a '69 Ford Maverick from Santa Monica. He had it shipped to Boston and drove down with a friend to pick it up. No problems. My brother got the car inspected as well I think.

I feel bad for the guy, but it just seems that he didn't do enough checking before wiring the money.

As for eBay, they are not handling this situation very well at all. Not saying a word about it to the press just makes things worse. That one article alone wasn't exactly a ringing endorsement for eBay and there will sure to be more.

[Sinistron]

Why didn't this clown have the vehicle inspected?

Clown is perhaps my favorite word.  I LOVE calling others clowns.  Thought it was just a Queens thing.

[ceti alpha]

Clown is perhaps my favorite word.  I LOVE calling others clowns.  Thought it was just a Queens thing.

haha. Yah. It's pretty popular up here too. I'm also a fan of "dink" and "knob". 

[Turbo D]

that sux for that kosovo bastard, haha.

[Kitsunexus]

BREAKING NEWS: Terrorists hijack 2 eBay auctions and crash them into a JPG of the World Trade Center, over 4000 pixels dead. More at 11:00.

[rag-time4]

My thoughts on this are that ebay should be treated as any other marketplace, even though ebay does make a lot of money for hosting the marketplace.

People should be responsible for the transactions that they make.

I myself have thought (dreamed) of buying my dream car on ebay, but I wouldn't complete the sale unless I could actually see the car in person.

A 10 dollar video game I can afford to be more trusting. A $10,000+ automobile I'm gonna want to be as safe and secure in the transaction as I could possibly be.

[Kitsunexus]

My thoughts on this are that ebay should be treated as any other marketplace, even though ebay does make a lot of money for hosting the marketplace.

People should be responsible for the transactions that they make.

I myself have thought (dreamed) of buying my dream car on ebay, but I wouldn't complete the sale unless I could actually see the car in person.

A 10 dollar video game I can afford to be more trusting. A $10,000+ automobile I'm gonna want to be as safe and secure in the transaction as I could possibly be.

That reminds me, how do they get the car down to you? Do they actually DRIVE IT? Who wants it after all thsoe extra miles were put on it? What if they had an accident? Would you get your money back?

[Necromancer]

I myself have thought (dreamed) of buying my dream car on ebay, but I wouldn't complete the sale unless I could actually see the car in person.

Agreed.  If I absolutely couldn't see the car in person (and it was rare enough), then I'd hire a reputable company to do it for me.  If I'm not mistaken, ebay's vehicle purchase protection thing doesn't cover anything that would have been discovered in a routine inspection, even if it isn't in the auction description, so only a fool would buy a car sight unseen.

That reminds me, how do they get the car down to you? Do they actually DRIVE IT? Who wants it after all thsoe extra miles were put on it? What if they had an accident? Would you get your money back?

Generally speaking, you either go and get it yourself and drive/trailer it home, or you pay a fully bonded and insured transport service.

[Turbo D]

There is a service for a couple hundred that delivers the car. I've thought of buying a car on ebay, but the prices are pretty high.

[ceti alpha]

That reminds me, how do they get the car down to you? Do they actually DRIVE IT?

My brother bought a '69 Maverick on eBay from Santa Monica, CA. The seller had it inspected after the sale. The company that was shipping it to Boston wouldn't load it until something was fixed with the transmission or something. I forget exactly what it was. Anyway, my brother lucked into a good deal. He had just totaled his other Maverick that he had just put almost 10 000 into.  An 18 wheeler ran him off the road and the driver didn't even know. He just kept on driving (or he saw what happened and just kept driving.). The mechanic who saw the car said to my brother, "This is a dead man's car". Anyway, for a couple hundred or whatever it was, the car was shipped to Boston.

[rag-time4]

One day, baby.... one day...

[ceti alpha]

Damn! Haha, yeah that's awesome. There's one here in Halifax you can see driving around during the summer months. Pretty sweet. But the plutonium would be hard to come by...that assuming you can construct a flux capacitor. 

[guyjin]

One day, baby.... one day...

you want the car, or the cocaine in it?