I am looking at buying a Trek triathlon bike from ebay.
The guy is not a bike dealer, but has all frame sizes available (evidently).
He wants to be paid by western union money transfer, and then will ship it to me (from the netherlands).
The question I have is, is it safe? It has occured to me that this guy could be some geezer just trying to pay him £1000, and then he will just dissappear. He has no 'history' on ebay, and has only been a member since a week ago.
Any thoughts?
Anyone know of courier that can do cash on delivery?
Anyone know of companys/importers who can sell bikes really cheaply (like I mean less than half the UK list price - which is what this bike is)
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one - he's only been on there a week you say. probably cos he's been kicked off before and it's so easy to set up another ebay account
two - not a bike dealer so how did he gat all those frames
usual terms apply - if it looks too good to believe, it's probably a scam
some info on various ebay scams at www.empiresecurity.com - read the one about the Moog
I was feeling a bit nervous, and was kind of hoping someone would say "It will be fine, I've done it before use this guy ...... he's legit", but pleased that I read that stuff about ebay scams.
I have told the guy that I am happy to go forward with the deal if he can send me the bike via UPS cash on delivery, or arrange to meet me at the air port, and I will just fly out there and pay him cash.
I guess that if he really wants to sell the bikes, he wont mind doing this.
take a looks at this link - may help
http://www.empiresecurity.com/displayarticle157.html
and be wary
I've used ebay quite a lot, but wouldn't buy anything expensive!
Thanks Buddha for the link, I have sent it to my friends that use e bay.
I think FB says it best when he says - if it looks too good to be true - then it is.
WARNING, WARNING , WARNING.
NEVER, EVER pay for anything from an auction site using Western Union, especially Ebay.
From an Ebay regular user.