Ebay scam? Help needed please.

Caffeine_Vampire

Bought the following -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133632451668

Found it listed by a another seller with zero feedback at less than half the price with 'interesting' postage. Here -

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/184826703689

Original seller seems legit and has reported the fraudulent listing but I'm wary.

Advice please?

AlbertC

Well it looks like some zero feedback fraudster has lifted the photos from the original listing and is trying to flog a guitar he doesn't have.
What makes you doubt your original seller? Are you happy with the guitar you've bought? Have you any concerns about it?

ICBM

It's pretty obvious which is the genuine listing and which is the scam.

uksaint7

Yes I wouldn't worry. Seller #1 has lots of good feedback selling music gear:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/fdbk/feedback_profile/theyoung83

DB1

I think the £9,999.00 'economy' delivery charge might be a bit of a deal breaker on the second one.

Caffeine_Vampire

It's just odd. Why not list the shipping at a normal price if it's a scam? No issue with the original seller, he's been very good.

CMW335

I had this recently where someone duplicated my listing, got to be vigilant 

thermionic

I once sold a Roland V-drums kit (which I won in a Sound On Sound competition, but that’s another story) on ebay. Listed as pickup only for obvious reasons. Imagine my surprise when I saw the winning bid was from New Jersey. I sent the buyer a message, suggesting there had been a mistake, then ebay stepped in and deleted all trace of the listing. I hope the buyer got refunded, my entire listing must have been cloned.

HAL9000

Caffeine_Vampire said:

It's just odd. Why not list the shipping at a normal price if it's a scam?

Perhaps the scammer hopes that the buyer either doesn’t pay attention to the shipping cost, or gives it a cursory glance and reads £9.99.

ICBM

It’s to deter the buyer from having it shipped and hence avoid a paper trail. The ‘seller’ asks for online payment and gives the buyer a false address. The buyer turns up and finds no guitar or anyone who knows what’s going on. When it goes to a dispute the ‘seller’ will claim the buyer did collect it, and there’s no proof either way. If it was paid by Paypal the ‘seller’ has already transferred the money somewhere else.

Caffeine_Vampire

Thanks for the replies. I just wanted to say that the original seller is a legit and decent guy with great taste in music and better taste in guitars