We need a new forum section for Ebay discussions

[GOAT72]

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I Vote we either have a seperate forum section for them or members please stop posting EVERY ONE!

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Frank,
I vote for a new section too, but as far as "posting EVERY ONE!" -- that would be a stretch.
I reported seven bogus auctions to eBay last week and 2 other sYc members and I have traded-off emails from 4 more. Plus I'm currently baiting another one. That's a dozen in the past week that weren't reported here.
The ones that are posted here seem to be the most dramatic of the scams, i.e. Yenko/COPO cars and a Ram Air IV Judge. Probably because none of us can believe that others would fall for an auction involving a completely-restored '69 Z/28 for $7K.


I think the scam discussions will fade after awhile. After 5 baits I'm realizing how futile it is to attempt to thwart these jerks. I baited the SAME GUY 3 straight times and he's still at it - despite 3 reports to eBay and law enforcement.

But a "buyer beware" forum isn't a bad idea for ONE REASON: these scammers are always looking for a new angle, and one of these days they're gonna nail one of us, unless we are diligent in keeping up with their latest scam techniques.

My $.02... ($.03 Canadian)

Mac

[camarojoe]

I still say we need to scrap the idea of using an entire section of bandwidth for this "ebay scam" garbage. Why devote a whole new section to link auctions to cars everyone on this site already knew were scams? No one that frequents this website is gonna fall for these things anyhow. I've seen these other sites with a whole section of ebay ranting. If these folks think they are playing dectective and saving the day by showing us every ebay scam, then they become nearly as annoying as the scammers themselves. I agree with Frank, we don't need a link to every "Buy it Now" 5000.00 restored 69 Camaro, Nova, or Chevelle anyone finds on ebay. I don't think anyone on this board is "saved" by these posts, and as I said in an earlier post, the auctions are usually pulled before most site members even click on the link. Personally, I think if someone is dumb enough to think they can buy a Yenko Camaro by sending someone in some foreign country a deposit, and sitting on the dock to wait for their car to arrive, they deserve to lose their money. Someone said there are other sites with these forums on them, I say go post all this stuff on those sites. Let this site be used for the discussion of supercars.

[Mr70]

And I reinforce what Cjoe is saying,and also if you have ANYTHING to ask or say about something on Ebay,include EBAY into your topic title...I.E."Is this Aluminum Intake real?"-EBAY.
Then we can choose not to click it,if it is something we are not interested in participating in.
A seperate Ebay forum seems like a waste of bandwidth to me.

[jfkheat]

I think that IF there is a forum started for this type of thing, it should be an AUCTION forum. It should be for all auctions, not just Ebay. Or better yet, it should be for any item for sale that is not being sold by a member here wheather it be real or a scam.
Just my opinion.
James

[Belair62]

Instead of creating a new Forum...someone just start an Auction thread in the Lounge and keep posting them there from now on we can make it a sticky post...thats what the lounge is for anyway...

[396L35]

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I think that IF there is a forum started for this type of thing, it should be an AUCTION forum. It should be for all auctions, not just Ebay. Or better yet, it should be for any item for sale that is not being sold by a member here wheather it be real or a scam.
Just my opinion.
James

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I thought there was a forum for this its called Memorabilia & Parts For Sale???? I'm glad people are aware of the scams but I'm with Joe and Rick on this subject, there is no reasons to make a new forum for ebay... If you dont know post it either in the Lounge or Chevy Supercar & Musclecar Discussion and someone will answer your question.. Goat I think what your doing with the ebay scammers is great, I love to read your post on how you got another one to bite.. Mark

[Belair62]

Duh...thats even a better place...where it actually belongs !! We can still make it a sticky if we need to...

[Mr70]

For Mac..

[55chevy]

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I still say we need to scrap the idea of using an entire section of bandwidth for this "ebay scam" garbage. Why devote a whole new section to link auctions to cars everyone on this site already knew were scams? No one that frequents this website is gonna fall for these things anyhow. I've seen these other sites with a whole section of ebay ranting. If these folks think they are playing dectective and saving the day by showing us every ebay scam, then they become nearly as annoying as the scammers themselves. I agree with Frank, we don't need a link to every "Buy it Now" 5000.00 restored 69 Camaro, Nova, or Chevelle anyone finds on ebay. I don't think anyone on this board is "saved" by these posts, and as I said in an earlier post, the auctions are usually pulled before most site members even click on the link. Personally, I think if someone is dumb enough to think they can buy a Yenko Camaro by sending someone in some foreign country a deposit, and sitting on the dock to wait for their car to arrive, they deserve to lose their money. Someone said there are other sites with these forums on them, I say go post all this stuff on those sites. Let this site be used for the discussion of supercars.

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I'm with CamaroJoe. Enough of the Ebay scam [censored]. Those of us who are Ebay-literate already know a scam when we see one. Everyone else doesn't even frequent Ebay or give a damn to. Personally I'd like to see a new SuperCar PHOTO ONLY section. Screw Ebay scams. People are stupid enough without putting a magnifying glass to it.

[camarojoe]

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Personally I'd like to see a new SuperCar PHOTO ONLY section.

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Now THERE'S an idea I like.