Is this listing a scam?

[spider_xo]

Hi guys/gals,

Just a question plz,  thx.

I accepted the offer for an item (haven't paid for it yet) but then I found that this seller used the same photos of another listing on Ebay and the price of the other listing is 10 times more expensive than the listing I got the offer for and the other listing is in NSW instead of Vic. So is it obvious that this is a fraudulent listing / scam?

Thanks.

[padi*0409]

As one of the members said before, it's fairly common for sellers to use other listing's photos.

If it were me I'd go ahead and pay for it, so long as you pay through eBay you're covered by the MBG if things go pear-shaped.

https://pages.ebay.com.au/ebay-money-back-guarantee/

[spider_xo]

Thx. I will send him msg to ask about the photos before I pay.

[gutterpunkz05]

They also sold a similar item the day before, for $300.

Absolutely atrocious pics  (365469073701)

[spider_xo]

I made the payment for this item by paypal this morning then not sure what happened but the seller just refunded me this afternoon without any reasons. Does anyone know why? And I think can't do anything except for neg FB, right?

[davewil1964]

The seller would have had to give eBay a reason. I don't know if it would be passed on to you, but eBay require a reason. If the seller cancelled the transaction, you probably won't be able to leave any feedback.

Maybe the seller read this thread, decided you would be a problem and cancelled because they didn't want to deal with you.

[padi*0409]

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@spider_xo wrote:

I made the payment for this item by paypal this morning then not sure what happened but the seller just refunded me this afternoon without any reasons. Does anyone know why? And I think can't do anything except for neg FB, right?

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They may have got spooked by the emails you sent them about the photos of the item, I was going to mention that when you spoke about the message you sent but I let it ride.

Alternatively the item might have been suspect given it's price.

[*casey*]

The seller sold two similar items.

That could have been a mistake or one or both of the items may have been  scams.

Think yourself lucky that you didn't  have to (possibly) wait  and go through the Money Back Guarantee process.

[spider_xo]

Actually I didn't send the seller a msg to ask about those photos at all.

Yesterday afternoon the seller did send me a msg and asked if he can cancel the transaction and asked me to pay on pick-up, but I said I wouldn't have time to come to pick it up and this morning I just made the paypal payment and hope it would be ok.

Not sure if the seller refunded me or ebay refunded me after it found out the listing was fraudulent as I did report it to ebay after I had accepted the offer and found out the seller used someone else listing's photos.

[*casey*]

Not a scam then  if the seller  wanted you  to  pick up.

The seller would have refunded you as if  eBay thought it was a fraudulent listing, they would have removed the listing from the site. It's still showing as sold

And eBay don't just refund your money without going through a process.

[spider_xo]

If not a scam then why the seller refunded me? and I haven't got any msg about the item being cancelled at all, just got a msg from ebay saying I have been refunded, that's all.