EBAY - be very careful
On Sunday I saw a bloke selling top up cards for mobile phones at a discount - I sent him a question and got a reply so almost purchased as it appeared to be genuine. but I was suspicious why someone would sell £20 top ups for £14! checked his account yesterday and it was locked down and loads of neg comments re his account being hijacked.
I've been looking for a new mobile - I almost bid on but then reported 4 entries yesterday for 2 users where the sellers looked suspicious - loads of positive comments but almost no feedback in the last 6 months except for a few small purchases. Also the seller says in the ad 'dont contact me via ask a seller a question as I wont reply - email me at ....'. And their spelling was iffy! 2 were cancelled within an hour by ebay! the other 2 I cant find this morning so am pretty sure have also been caught.
Last night we eventually bid on a phone which looked like a genuine sale and lost out on it but this morning ebay emailed me to say someone had hijacked the user account so the item had been cancelled from the auction and the user was being investigated. Worth noting that during the bidding process I asked the seller 2 questions via ebay but got no replys!
so just a warning of my experiences. everything I've been tempted to bid on this week has been a con! be careful.
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