I bidded on something on ebay. scam?

[santucci218]

The guys bid said he was in chicago, than i lost the bid.

He told me he had extras of the EBS multi comp pedal and he would sell me one for 125 shipped.

It sounded good, but than i got the invoice to my email and it says he is from romania!

im not so sure that im trusting this buy. Can i cancel it without getting negative feedback, or should i just not send him the money?

what do i do?

[Max Roberts]

Just don't do anything, don't pay. If he is a scammer which he probably is, he is very unlikely to leave bad feedback. If he does you can actually reply to it to tell people why they gave you it you.

[Max Roberts]

Then again it could be totally genuine and you might miss out on a good price for a nice pedal

[tommyr01]

THat smells of a SCAM to me. Can you report the auction to EBAY?. I guess I'd try that first. can you post up the auction number for us to look at? If you lost the bid or auction, was it a second chance offer that he gave you?

[rodneyat]

If you bid on an item and did not win it, you should not be worried about negative feedback from the guy. If I understand correctly, he is selling the item to you "outside" of Ebay. It sounds like the invoice is just a PayPal invoice. I would not worry about it, if you are concerned. Don't buy it, if you do not trust it.

[kaputsport]

I had a situation with a guy on ebay for an Akai Deep Impact.

It stated he was in Ohio, but I got a "Second Chance Offer" through my email. I told the guy that we would finish everything through ebay. He said sure, however, ebay showed no second chance offer... and there were 2 email addresses... from Italy and ohio...

I ran for cover as I reported him to the FBI...

Good Luck.

[JKT]

I was recently scammed on ebay along with about 6 or 7 other people during the holidays.

To make it worse I let myself get talked into not using paypal.
It was for a lot of dough too.

The scumbag lived in North Carolina

JKT

[santucci218]

sorry to hear that JKT, but if it makes ya feel better your story may help me not get scammed!

[musicelectronix]

NO! no!

First, check your eBay message inbox if you recieve an official second chance offer. IF you don't, then it is a scam.

Try contacting the seller via eBay's internal message system (contact seller button) and ask if s/he knows about this.

Many people got scammed with second chance offer fraud, including a customer of mine and it was exactly like you described.

[EricF]

The "second offer" scam is common. Don't fall for it unless you are 100% sure it's legit and through eBay.

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by musicelectronix

NO! no!
First, check your eBay message inbox if you recieve an official second chance offer. IF you don't, then it is a scam.

+1

[bkbirge]

Originally Posted by JKT

I was recently scammed on ebay along with about 6 or 7 other people during the holidays.

To make it worse I let myself get talked into not using paypal.
It was for a lot of dough too.

The scumbag lived in North Carolina

JKT

If it's a lot of money, it would be worth it to get a lawyer in NC to serve this ass. You can get 3x the damages in cases like this and the lawyer often can convince a judge to garnish the scumbag's wages.

[Terrorstorm]

Originally Posted by EricF

The "second offer" scam is common. Don't fall for it unless you are 100% sure it's legit and through eBay.

Oh man... yeah. Bad memories come up again. Last July I got scammed with such an "second offer". Lost 1230 Euros ...I should have gotten an Ampeg SVT 2-Pro.

[Rumble Bee]

Please listen to everyone, they are right!!!! SCAM big time.

[optikhog]

Originally Posted by EricF

The "second offer" scam is common. Don't fall for it unless you are 100% sure it's legit and through eBay.

+1. I've been getting a lot of those lately, some before an auction I'm bidding on even ends.

[mrhectic]

dont buy it! 125 is alot of money to lose! why would he put false information onto his account anyway? nothing but a scam.

[Stuggi]

I sure hope this is a scam, since I don't want to know of any Romanians selling multicomps for 125 USD when I paid 175 € for mine last Friday to some German dude....

[rfclef]

Scam scam scam scam scam scam scam scam

SCAMMY SCAM.... SCAMMADY SCAM!!!!

(bloody vikings....)

[Smurf-o-Deth]

A reputable seller will go through ebay to offer a second chance at an item. You'll receive a message from ebay in your "My Ebay" message folder that looks like this:

[bongomania]

Careful what you advise there Smurf!!!! A message from Ebay that is in the "My Messages" folder on Ebay when you log in is legitimate. An "email" that arrives in your regular email inbox is probably a fraud.