@chasebroda wrote:Someone has listed a Jayco 2007 caravan on my local buy, swap, sell. I contacted the person as it is so cheap - really too cheap. She emailed with a story, which may be genuine, saying husband tragically killed. She left for Alice Springs with new travel job. She said I would have to give name and address and eBay will arrange delivery with 5 days to view and decide. Has anyone heard of EBay doing these kind of deals/services?
eBay are only a site to buy and sell they have nothing to do with the delivery of any item anywhere.
That scam has been going for a long time and it keeps getting used because there are still gullible people
that get caught out.
As you''ve said cheap,too cheap and that always means scam.
@chasebroda wrote:Someone has listed a Jayco 2007 caravan on my local buy, swap, sell. I contacted the person as it is so cheap - really too cheap. She emailed with a story, which may be genuine, saying husband tragically killed. She left for Alice Springs with new travel job. She said I would have to give name and address and eBay will arrange delivery with 5 days to view and decide. Has anyone heard of EBay doing these kind of deals/services?
I read quite a while back that something like 30% or so of all car ads are scams at the moment. That isn't just on ebay. That's on carsales, newspaper ads etc
The give away is the car is always 'interstate' when you enquire, or somehow not available to view, but can be delivered after payment.
The scammers just use photos from real ads but have nothing to sell.
I imagine that is true of caravans too.
So don't just be sceptical about this ad, be very careful across the board. Don't buy unless you can see the actual goods and paperwork.
The other giveaway this is a scam is the fact they said ebay will arrange delivery.
Plenty of people advertise in more than one place. So someone could put an ad on Facebook plus an ad in ebay. But in that case they would just write 'advertised elesewhere' and you would be able to see the ad on ebay too. How on earth could an item be 'delivered by ebay' if not even sold by ebay? Ebay doesn't deliver in any case. Australia Post does, or couriers do. Or people pick up items. Ebay is just a website where people advertise.
You sound as if you sort of know this is probably a scam but you're also sort of hoping this 'may be genuine'. Resist temptation.
