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Marketplace => eBay Finds => Topic started by: evo550 on April 22, 2013, 08:07:45 pm

Title: I smell a rat..
Post by: evo550 on April 22, 2013, 08:07:45 pm: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2013-KTM-250-SX-M-/330911205043?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item4d0bd846b3
Check out other listings.
Starting bids .99c no reserve.
$50 shipping from China.
0 feedback score.
But people are bidding :o
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Paul552 on April 22, 2013, 08:13:46 pm: Quote from: evo550 on April 22, 2013, 08:07:45 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2013-KTM-250-SX-M-/330911205043?pt=AU_Motorcycles&hash=item4d0bd846b3
Check out other listings.
Starting bids .99c no reserve.
$50 shipping from China.
0 feedback score.
But people are bidding :o

Ok if you pay with PayPal and dispute it when it is a rat!!!!!
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: dalesween on April 22, 2013, 08:23:52 pm: It sounds too good to be true... and you know what they say about that.

cheers Dale.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: foxy999 on April 22, 2013, 08:38:01 pm: TECHNICAL DATA is what you would be bidding for! ;)
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Canam370 on April 22, 2013, 09:30:01 pm: .........or a little kit model :-\
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: albrid-3 on April 22, 2013, 09:50:07 pm: I would say its a very big rat, ( Danger Danger do not put a bid on it )
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Mike52 on April 23, 2013, 07:15:59 am: There's been a lot of cheap quads as well.
Free postage looks good.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: 3858 on April 23, 2013, 07:21:22 am: Quote from: foxy999 on April 22, 2013, 08:38:01 pm
TECHNICAL DATA is what you would be bidding for! ;)

Yep got it in one..... - M is probably for manual...
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: SON on April 23, 2013, 07:24:12 am: Expensive brochure I would think
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: GMC on April 23, 2013, 07:51:57 am: He has 5 of them going, all finish about the same time!!!
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/fdsfsds147/m.html?hash=item4d0bd846b3&item=330911205043&pt=AU_Motorcycles&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2562
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: smed on April 23, 2013, 08:37:35 pm: I asked the question "What are you selling a model,a brochure a real full size motorcycle?
If I win the auction what will I receive"

Answer "you will get a real full size motorcycle" ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: dalesween on April 23, 2013, 08:42:48 pm: Go on... someone buy one,and let us know the outcome :'( :'(

cheers Dale.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: DIRTPILOT72 on April 23, 2013, 10:28:23 pm: You all have been into this VMX stuff for too long. KTM's are now made in China and can be ordered direct from the factory, saving you thousands. Fact.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: OverTheHill on April 24, 2013, 08:07:22 am: hold me back, looks 'real', even if delivered to aus at least it's nearly here [nz]. Na, can't be , can it? looks like new seller--no previous sales or feedback. Mmmmmm gonna stop looking mmmm just one eye!! bugger wish i hadn't seen it now.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: OverTheHill on April 24, 2013, 08:32:11 am: asked a question on the auction, see what comes back, under questions it says [when you go into it] doesn't offer international shipping.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: zorroz on April 24, 2013, 08:50:38 am: Its a scam guys. There was a heap of 1000cc road bikes listed in the same way. Chinese seller, no feedback and by the end of the auction the listings were pulled and sellers accounts closed. Keep an eye on these ones same will happen ebay will shut them.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: OverTheHill on April 24, 2013, 10:19:16 pm: got a reply from the seller!! I Had asked if they'd ship to New Zealand [Spelt it in full rather than just NZ]. Asked if these are an exact copy of a KTM 250 SX-M plus asked the cost of shipping. This is the full answer, [3-7 days can be shipped to your location]--i smell a Bigger rat--[don't i?], god i wish it were true, i'll keep watching!!.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: evo550 on April 24, 2013, 10:30:09 pm: Quote from: VMX247 on April 24, 2013, 09:37:58 pm
Quote from: DIRTPILOT72 on April 23, 2013, 10:28:23 pm
You all have been into this VMX stuff for too long. KTM's are now made in China and can be ordered direct from the factory, saving you thousands. Fact.

Been in VMX long enough to confirm with an MR MX champ,Aust Title holder and a KTM business operator -that KTM are not made in China.
Fact :)
No even worse....India.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Lozza on April 25, 2013, 01:58:32 am: Does anyone know the mechanics of this, just how this scam works? Is a switcheroo pulled with the item like you get some life size photocopy or something?
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: oldskool on April 25, 2013, 07:22:15 am: If it's a fullsize bike it could be the chinese copy.There is one on the market and parked side by side they are almost identical.A bloke at capalaba sells them they even come from the factory with KTM sticker kits :o.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: oldskool on April 25, 2013, 07:33:43 am: Can't find them just went to have a look can only find the aircooled ones that don,t look anything like a KTM but there is a water cooled version that looks almost identical.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Mike52 on April 25, 2013, 07:38:05 am: Quote from: evo550 on April 24, 2013, 10:30:09 pm
Quote from: VMX247 on April 24, 2013, 09:37:58 pm
Quote from: DIRTPILOT72 on April 23, 2013, 10:28:23 pm
You all have been into this VMX stuff for too long. KTM's are now made in China and can be ordered direct from the factory, saving you thousands. Fact.

Been in VMX long enough to confirm with an MR MX champ,Aust Title holder and a KTM business operator -that KTM are not made in China.
Fact :)
No even worse....India.
Saw a doco on this.
KTM and some Indian company are making the littlies in India.
The KTM guy said that the Indians did not have a clue but after retraining were well up to the job and that KTM was very happy with the end result.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: OverTheHill on April 25, 2013, 08:27:05 am: yes, couldn't find it today, only other stuff that shows when you hit the link on here. Went back through history to when it was live yesterday & now says this listing has been removed. [You did tell me this would happen] slow learner 'me', ahh well. I'll have to learn how to use these emoticon faces, some pretty appropriate ones there!!.
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: Stan S on April 25, 2013, 08:31:31 am: Ebay seems to have gotten rid of the smelly rat ;D

Item 330911205043 is no longer available.

eBay My World: fdsfsds147( 0 )

No longer a registered user

Member since: 21-Apr-13
Location: China
Title: Re: I smell a rat..
Post by: zorroz on April 25, 2013, 08:49:46 am: Quote from: Lozza on April 25, 2013, 01:58:32 am
Does anyone know the mechanics of this, just how this scam works? Is a switcheroo pulled with the item like you get some life size photocopy or something?

My guess on these scams is they always have several listings that end at the same time in hope that all the buyers pay up using pay pal, the seller will transfer that pay pay funds elsewhere and close the bank accounts down so ebay can't get the money back from them.