Re: IML: Fraud Ebay Listings

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

"don't know or don't disclose about the cars they are listing.  "

 

Just over a year ago there was a 1968 LeBaron advertised on e-bay listed in Spokane where I live. I was not really interested in the car for myself but decided to have a look at it so that I could post a impartial description on the Imperial Club site if anyone else was interested.

 As I recall, the description was for a 68 4 door good condition and a price of something like $1500. The car was in a single car garage where the pictures had been taken. I would say that the car was in good condition except that it had been hit on the passenger side door, which needed replacing and worse had been hit all the way down the driver's side rear quarter with damage aroung the corner of the rear quarter panel into the rear turn signal light. No mention of this damage was given in the e-bay listing.  

 

----- Original Message -----
From: "richard burgess"
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: Fraud Ebay Listings
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:59:12 -0800 (PST)

Hi,  Never before have I picked up on these ebay scams before.  Same as we experience on the IML site, mispelled words, strange sentence structures.  We all saw the '60 300 ad.  Yesterday I spotted a low miliage '61 Cadillac sedan (stunning!) buy it now for $6500 or something.  Same story as the 300, father left it to me, not a car guy, "ran last mont", kinda stuff.  It has really made me wonder more and more about the ads we see.  It is so easy to paste pictures, descriptions, and text.  Another low miliage car I was looking at sold a month ago and is for sale again in another state.  I wonder just what was wrong with it that the owner is reselling it so soon.  I have a firend who actually flies out to see the cars he locates through ebay and it's amazing what people either don't know or don't disclose about the cars they are listing. 

 

Richard Burgess

'60 Crown

Scott & Lise Scheuermann <SLScheuermann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jay,

 

Thanks for the publicity on this issue. A close friend of mine (not on the list) nearly fell to this guys scam with your car!

 

Scott

----- Original Message -----

From: JAY D'ANGELO

To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:31 PM

Subject: IML: Fraud Ebay Listings

This guy is at it again.  He keeps listing my car for 6500 BIN.  Ebay has removed the ad three times in two days and I just found it listed again.

Ebay, through live chat with their Trust and Safety section, says they'll look into it.

I can't figure out why their investigators can't trace this guy thru the IP address, but I am really disappointed in their inability to nab this guy.

Anyway, the car is for sale but not for $6500.

Jay D'Angelo
64 Iml Cvt
Las Vegas

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