Scam?

[British]

Is this a scam?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Serotta-Ottrott-56cm-Dura-Ace-Road-Bike-Carbon-Titanium_W0QQitemZ250060128804QQihZ015QQcategoryZ1 40962QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[gt6267a]

i would feel very odd bidding on that bike with the number of pounds it should take to be high bidder. though the seller appears to have a lot of feedback, there are a few alarm bells for me. 1) inability to read e-mail address. this is a big one. if he really was legit, he would use the address on file or change it to an account he likes. 2) for such a high end bike, only one poor photo makes me worry. 3) no mention of ss# or like identifiers. 4) the author was very thorough about listing the parts, but the cassette is not listed as a bicycle nut would. most people into bikes would list it as da 9 speed 11-21.

if you really want the bike, maybe write the seller and ask a lot of questions to verify the auction, but there are a few warning flags.

EDIT : adding to what i wrote : i happened to have the window open and looked over the auction again. more flags : 1) userid of bidder is private 2) location, it appears this bicycle is in more than one place. 3) no comments about shipping.

Seems like an auction to pass over.

[David Kirk]

I'd be afraid.

Dave

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if it seems too good to be true than it probably is...

[justinf]

scam, that whole contact-redirect thing is the reddest of flags.

Nice bling category too.

[dave thompson]

Is this a scam?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Serotta-Ottrott-56cm-Dura-Ace-Road-Bike-Carbon-Titanium_W0QQitemZ250060128804QQihZ015QQcategoryZ1 40962QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Yup. It's got all the classic red flags that other posters have mentioned, plus the bike is listed in the very incorrect category " Jewellery & Watches > Fine Jewellery > Charms/ Charm Bracelets > Letters/ Numbers". the seller has no background in bicycles according to what feedback I can read and he's got 352 mostly unrelated items on a one day auction. All the classic earmarks of an EBay ne'r-do well.

[British]

Yeh, I think you're all right on this one. I give it 1 out of 10 scamster points - a very poor effort indeed.

[Keith A]

List has been pulled off eBay.