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Another ebay scam in progress?
Follow this link in the NZ\Australia forum Bill Douglas: Your car is on ebay. The picture IS of my car and the guy is selling a car in California. Just a warning; don't bid on this car or you may loose your money.
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I would notify E-bay immediately. Is the VIN number the same as yours....
Anybody want to chip in to figure out how to bust this guy?
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someone should send the bidders a link to the thread if you're 110% positive that the picture shown is absolutely yours.
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So let me get this right. This guy is selling a 911, any 911, but he is using the picture of your car to represent it? Am I getting this right?
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I just e-mailed him for more pics... He is sending pics of a CA car. I think he just used Bills' picture
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Here ya go...
  
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I sent him email asking if the picture was of the actual car, and he didn't answer that question, but instead sent a bunch of pictures of the "actual" one.
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08-07-2003, 05:44 PM
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I think he's just using Bill's nice picture. Maybe he should e-mail him and ask him to change it.
I don't think he's trying to scam anyone, just using creative marketing. After all, the picture of a Burger King Whopper on a billboard isn't really an edible sandwich, just a doctored up one! Karl
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The only benign explanation I could see is if they guy does not have a digital cam so he just stole the best representative pic off the internet that he could find.
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I sent him a nice note...
Thanks. I'd change your e-bay photo. The car in the e-bay photo looks like yours, but belongs to a gentleman in New Zealand. This may potentially hurt your sales since the word is getting out... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/122470-another-ebay-scam-progress.html#post910213 Good luck.
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Excellent point! I don't think you will get much from e bay either. they got bigger fish to fry and can't get them. I also think he knows he's busted. i.e. the REAL photos appear. send him an e mail. I think all else would be a "cease and desist" letter from a barrista. But i don't think it's worth the fight. I don't think he scammin either. consider it flattering that he admired your car enough to steal it's picture. Makes me wonder how many times my own car was sold somewhere! Stealing a pic from the web is just too easy.
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A guy did this once with pictures of my Jaguar.
It didn't meet reserve. 
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Yep, it looks innocent enough now he is sending his own photos. And I guess flattering he choose mine. I'm blocked from accessing my favorite sites such as ebay, atkingdom and hotmail here at work so I could'nt see what was going on too well. So thanks guys!
LOL, now I would be concerned about that Jack. |
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It...just....might...WORK! Bill, wait until this one doesn't hit the reserve. Then you will understand Jack's pain. |
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LOL. That terrible thought never occured to me
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Is that all it takes? I think I'll sell someones 935 tomorrow!
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Can't blame the guy Bill, that is a GREAT picture of your car.
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what a differance one letter makes.
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The Pelican Police strike again!
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