tonysbricks Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Someone tried to pull the hotel thing on me. I called their bluff and they went away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergtp1 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Someone tried to pull the hotel thing on me. I called their bluff and they went away.whats the "hotel" thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysbricks Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 The ship to hotel scam. Search for new amazon scam or something on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legodog Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Just another warning that there are a ton of fake listings for Lego going up on eBay again. They seem to come in waves. I just saw someone buy a Cafe Corner for $157. These people are definitely getting smarter about it as they are no longer using stock photos for many of the listings and making them look much more legit. I just wanted to remind people to be careful as this problem seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Edit: Someone just bought a 10129 Snowspeeder, another Cafe Corner, a SSD and others for under $200 each. All were fake listings. If this belongs in a fraud topic go ahead and move it. I just wanted to post where most people would see it to try and save some BP members from getting scammed. Edited January 20, 2015 by Legodog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueriderbrick Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) what this guy with 20 sold items today and no seller feedback in the last year and one listing in German? with 60 bucks in shipping on listings? http://www.ebay.com/sch/mlkdeals/m.html?item=141548022618&hash=item20f4eb6b5a&pt=Building_Toys_US&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc item description For Sale is my Lego Millennium Falcon set (10179). The set is 100% complete with all the pieces, figures, instructions and box. The box itself was damaged when I dropped it onto my gun safe when moving, but all pieces are present and in great shape! Edited January 20, 2015 by blueriderbrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just another warning that there are a ton of fake listings for Lego going up on eBay again. They seem to come in waves. I just saw someone buy a Cafe Corner for $157. These people are definitely getting smarter about it as they are no longer using stock photos for many of the listings and making them look much more legit. I just wanted to remind people to be careful as this problem seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Edit: Someone just bought a 10129 Snowspeeder, another Cafe Corner, a SSD and others for under $200 each. All were fake listings. If this belongs in a fraud topic go ahead and move it. I just wanted to post where most people would see it to try and save some BP members from getting scammed. I tend to stay away from sets that have lagerdamage. No lager should be wasted on damaging a LEGO carton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenb99 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 As a ebay account holder best thing is to check on your accounts daily even if you don't use them much. These listings are all created on hacked accounts for the most part. Good feedback accounts with no usage in a long period of time. Its a good way not to lose your accounts either. Ebay is stepping in and "linking" unused accounts and putting selling limits on these accounts just to provide some safety of them getting hacked while not in use to be used for this purpose. As the account owner you can get them reinstated but its a PITA process. The last sweep they did was Nov 4th. It does say in the user agreement ebay has the right to cancel / limit accounts that are not being used. The way they do it isn't the best in my opinion as they make up accounts that you are supposedly "linked" to. Instead they could just limit it for inactivity but I guess there system isn't set up that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanvege Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supergman Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe Ridiculous, much like their other listing of 42009 for 99$. Yeah, sure, sure. And folks will fall for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zobel0022 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe Considering his account was started yesterday and you can only order one, unless you ship to multiple addresses...I would say that this is a scam and you will probably get it delivered while being purchased with a stolen Credit Card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe They joined yesterday... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHawkeye Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe If they had one at that price I'd maybe gamble on it - maybe someone trying to quickly offload a set they don't want. but more than 10 available? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Considering his account was started yesterday and you can only order one, unless you ship to multiple addresses...I would say that this is a scam and you will probably get it delivered while being purchased with a stolen Credit Card.I bet no one gets anything good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanvege Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Considering his account was started yesterday and you can only order one, unless you ship to multiple addresses...I would say that this is a scam and you will probably get it delivered while being purchased with a stolen Credit Card.good point, i didn't see that part on the one per address thing, looks like there's the hint to a big no no drop ship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO8T0 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think his account got hacked. If you click on Items for sale the 71016 doesn't show up. strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humanvege Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think his account got hacked. If you click on Items for sale the 71016 doesn't show up. strange.yes thats strange..and someone actually just bought 1. it now shows 1 sold.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 yes thats strange..and someone actually just bought 1. it now shows 1 sold....Somewhere someone is posting on a forum "You wouldn't believe the deal I just got on eBay!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissi Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 lego simpsons e-mart 71016 listed on ebay for $160 w/ best offer and free shipping. from a new seller with 0 feedback. more than 10 available. a scam? too good to be true? should i take a risk? http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEGO-The-Simpsons-The-Kwik-E-Mart-/252128143355?hash=item3ab40227fb:g:ftoAAOSw14xWIQIe reported, weird enough that the listing seems still active, but when hitting 'items for sale', there's none... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleboy Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 yes thats strange..and someone actually just bought 1. it now shows 1 sold....I'll let you guys know what happens. (The one you see is not mine...I just got one.) Accepted my very low offer...We shall see.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) I'll let you guys know what happens. (The one you see is not mine...I just got one.) Accepted my very low offer...We shall see..WOW! my condolences...you may not know what the ramifications are immediately... Edited October 16, 2015 by dcdfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleboy Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 WOW! my condolences...What could possibly happen? I either get the set or I get my $$ back... What's the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleboy Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 WOW! my condolences...you may not know what the ramifications are immediately...Again, what could happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) What could possibly happen? I either get the set or I get my $$ back... What's the problem?Your name, address, email, user name... Edited October 16, 2015 by dcdfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 What could possibly happen? I either get the set or I get my $$ back... What's the problem?Besides encouraging a scammer and helping facilitate online fraud and helping to ruin the secondary market I guess nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickleboy Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Your name, address, email, user name...So that means what? They are going to steal my account? My identity?Banned by someone for buying a cheap set? Edited October 16, 2015 by pickleboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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