my thoughts exactly, the "selling for a friend who has no computer" chestnut
he could be a full on scammer, or a hacker using someone's genuine account (i fell foul to a hacker a few weeks ago, someone listed a shedload of fake designer handbags on my 100% positive account)
cancelling genuine bids is an absolute disgrace
Sorry, but I think you're all wrong about this guy. Clearly he's not a scammer as a Google search will show that the owner had previously indicated his intentions to sell and many local newspapers have already covered the story, plus the fact that he's selling the electric car as well. Secondly, he put in the bit about the sellers needing to prove they were genuine as part of the original listing. Something like this is bound to attract idiots who have a few too many stellas and then think it would be fun to bid a ridiculous price that they have no intention of paying. Note that the electric car has a good bid history. Of course some genuine buyers will get caught up in any effort to root out the fictitious bids, but if they are genuine, I'm sure they wouldn't mind as they would not wish to get caught in a bidding war with fraudulent buyers.
According to the listing, "shortly after the car was wrecked he [the owner] suffered a near-fatal heart failure". I'm not surprised he enlisted the help of a friend to sell it.. I'm afraid, I don't understand some of the harsh comments being directed towards him. :-? I'm damn sure he regrets listing it now though.
Of course, it's good to have a healthy scepticism about ebay products, but this car (bit of scrap) has received such notoriety that it totally unlike your average private motor sale. Thus, the usual ebay criteria go out the window, IMHO.
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