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Interesting ebay ad

The seller has a positive feedback of exactly 1. All other feedback is as a buyer.

His one selling deal was 1 oz gold bars (which could be sold anywhere instantly for at least $1000) for $800 - he sold 4. That closed a month ago and only one of the buyers (who bought 2 of them) left positive feedback. This is one enormous, 4-star red flag. Build up around 100 good feedback as a buyer, wait 90 days so none of the bought items can be viewed (in order to know if they are super-cheap things), then start selling pricey stuff at crazy low prices... and deliver nothing.

I am puzzled why none of the other 1 oz gold bars he offered in the last month at the same $800 did not sell.

When someone with good feedback got all of it as a buyer, and suddenly becomes a seller but only selling high-priced items that are clearly far below real value, something is fishy.
 
It now says 5 sold, I have to find out if this deal ends up being legit. I have to agree with you kranky, I think its fishy.
 
Alternatively, if you pay via PayPal you are covered 100%. If it's fake, return it. Hell, you don't even have to return it. Just send them a package of junk with the eBay label. It could be a legit deal. Maybe a few watches fell off the back of a truck and they want to easily offload them.
 
Come on man if it seems too good to be true that you have to make a thread to ask about it, it's 100% bullshit.

This is common sense 101.
 
As P.T Barnum once said, "there's a sucker born every minute." This applies to Las Vegas and any casino. You know damn well the odds are heavly against you.
 
John Connor said:
As P.T Barnum once said, "there's a sucker born every minute." This applies to Las Vegas and any casino. You know damn well the odds are heavly against you.
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"There's a sucker born every minute" is a phrase often credited to P.T. Barnum (1810 – 1891), an American showman. It is generally taken to mean that there are (and always will be) a lot of gullible people in the world.

However, when Barnum's biographer tried to track down when Barnum had uttered this phrase, all of Barnum's friends and acquaintances told him it was out of character. Barnum's credo was more along the lines of "there's a customer born every minute" — he wanted to find ways to draw new customers in all the time because competition was fierce and people bored easily.

While some sources claim the quote is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer, it was actually uttered by David Hannum, spoken in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant Hoax. Hannum, who was exhibiting the original giant and had sued Barnum unsuccessfully for exhibiting a copy and claiming it was the original, was referring to the crowds continuing to pay to see Barnum's exhibit even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.
 
I was going to say it's probably a Chinese replica, but it says it's actually in the states. Interesting. Not often you actually find stuff on Ebay that's actually in North America these days especially niche items like this.

As a side note, WTF is up with shipping prices on Ebay?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Breitling-N...c2645a&pid=100011&rk=3&rkt=12&sd=222383739467

Why does it cost $70 to ship a watch? I guess that would be the least of my concerns if I'm spending a few grand on a freaking watch. 😛
 
Red Squirrel said:
I was going to say it's probably a Chinese replica, but it says it's actually in the states. Interesting. Not often you actually find stuff on Ebay that's actually in North America these days especially niche items like this.

As a side note, WTF is up with shipping prices on Ebay?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Breitling-Navitimer-World-Silver-GMT-Chronograph-46mm-Mens-Watch-A2432212-G571/351858291073?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=1&asc=40832&meid=b546ccb2da8e452aaf0c02bff9c2645a&pid=100011&rk=3&rkt=12&sd=222383739467

Why does it cost $70 to ship a watch? I guess that would be the least of my concerns if I'm spending a few grand on a freaking watch. 😛
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Most likely its insurance that would make it $70.
 
Red Squirrel said:
As a side note, WTF is up with shipping prices on Ebay?
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There are still some sellers that extort buyers with a low bid/buy it now price and have high shipping costs. eBay prohibits this practice and they also now include your shipping charges as a seller in the total fees payed because I guess eBay wasn't making enough money or something. But it could in fact be insurance. Sucks for the seller to have those shipping costs included in the final seller fees.
 
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