GAR DA auction EBAY????

joseph brand · 17-02-2008 07:56PM #1

Too good to be true??
http://cgi.ebay.ie/GAR-DA-AUCTION-SAMSUNG-50-PLASMA-TV-UPT0-90-0FF_W0QQitemZ120222620098QQihZ002QQcategoryZ3320QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

50" Plasma's, Xbox 360's, PSP's and Gold Nokia's.

Seems dodgy to me. Check their feedback, 3 items sold, 135 bought, all for 2 cent each???

Is this a scam?? What do I do if I have bought an item and want to cancel paypal transaction? Ring Credit card company?

Jimbo · 17-02-2008 08:05PM

Firstly why is it spelt GAR DA?

Scam if I ever saw it. You should be able to cancel the transaction through PayPal I think, if you were gullable enough to fall for it.

Robbo · 17-02-2008 08:06PM

If you read the whole listing, you'll see that you're bidding on information about police auctions, not any actual merchandise.

Jimbo · 17-02-2008 08:09PM

Robbo wrote: »

If you read the whole listing, you'll see that you're bidding on information about police auctions, not any actual merchandise.

Good spot. Dirty scumbags

yoyo · 17-02-2008 08:10PM

Notice his feedback all buyers are new comers to ebay! Don't waste your money!

Nick

witnessmenow · 17-02-2008 08:12PM

surely this false advertisement!

longshanks · 17-02-2008 08:14PM

had a look, dont know what to make of it.

woops, a bit slow replying^^

sharkDawg · 17-02-2008 08:16PM

Small Print

Sales Note : we agree that by committing to purchase we are agreeing that we will receive information on police sales only from this company. pictures are illustrations of all items available only. All rights protected under international law we will prosecute any reproduction of this listing.

Darando · 17-02-2008 08:17PM

I know Ebay is cheap but do you really expect to get a plasma tv for that price. Usual rules apply - if its "much" too good to be true then it is.

Defo a scam.

Creamy Goodness · 17-02-2008 08:22PM

witnessmenow wrote: »

surely this false advertisement!

how is it false, they are telling you exactly what you are bidding/buying for.

MayoForSam · 17-02-2008 08:27PM

Total scam, I don't know how anyone could fall for this.

witnessmenow · 17-02-2008 08:28PM

the heading reads :

GAR DA AUCTION SAMSUNG 50" PLASMA TV @UPT0 90%0FF

That describes a: 50" samsung plasma tv got from a garda auction, at as little as %10 the r.r.p

Thats not what your bidding on.

joseph brand · 17-02-2008 08:29PM

Just finished 4 x 12 hour night shifts. Sisters BF told me to get him one, his friend who is no EJIT, has bought one. Me like an idiot bought one, and only then, thought, hey, wait a minute.

"Kick my ass, I'm not asking you, I'm telling you, kick my ass" (Spinal Tap)

Jimbo · 17-02-2008 08:30PM

as long as there are fools out there, there will be people to scam them

Musha · 17-02-2008 08:33PM

can i get this guys courier
couple of hours to ship a plasma tv on a sunday

joseph brand · 17-02-2008 08:36PM

You should be able to cancel the transaction through PayPal

Anyone know how to do this??

Jimbo · 17-02-2008 08:38PM

Log into your account on their site PAYPAL.

I think you can cancel pending payments there

joseph brand · 17-02-2008 08:56PM

My sisters BF owes me 60 quid. :mad:

Payment is complete. Cannot cancel.

I would never fall for this on my own, only I took his word. He said 3 or 4 of his friends have bought one too!

Can this person be reported, their credit card must be attached to their Paypal account? Maybe what they are doing is ot illegal, due to fine print?

Thanks for your help Jimbo78.

witnessmenow · 17-02-2008 08:58PM

yes i'm sure you can get your money back. Title is grossly misleading no matter what the small print says.

Report the product to ebay, also metion what the guys have been saying above about all the people he bought things off being brand new sellers

longshanks · 17-02-2008 09:21PM

joseph brand wrote: »

My sisters BF owes me 60 quid. :mad:

Payment is complete. Cannot cancel.

I would never fall for this on my own, only I took his word. He said 3 or 4 of his friends have bought one too!

Can this person be reported, their credit card must be attached to their Paypal account? Maybe what they are doing is ot illegal, due to fine print?

Thanks for your help Jimbo78.

they've bought them from this auction or past auctions??

An Citeog · 17-02-2008 10:50PM

How the hell could anyone fall for that?

Do you not have a look at a sellers feedback, especially if you're not 100% sure whether or not they're dodgy. All the positive feedback comments were generated by the same 2 users (tradeups2007 and 1221done) over the space of a couple of hours today, all 295 of them.

Report the seller, as has already been done and ring Paypal to find out if you have any comeback. The seller sure as hell wont refund you the money!

andrew · 18-02-2008 12:14AM

Has anyone ever been to an actual garda auction? I hear they have them in Store St station every so often but have never been. What exactly is it that they sell?

Kimbot · 18-02-2008 12:25AM

They have them all over, most of them goto an Auction House now and are held every now and again on a Tuesday.

http://www.wilsonsauctions.com/police.asp

Rowley Birkin QC · 18-02-2008 12:35AM

Had to laugh at the name of the sellers shop : robinnorth.

jor el · 18-02-2008 12:51AM

Who actually believes that they could get a Plasma TV for €64, and that the delivery would only be a tenner? I mean, the price alone should have hit you in the face like a wet kipper, even in an inebriated state you couldn't fall for it.

It's well disguised though, just some tiny print saying that you agree that you are buying information on police auctions.

If you have fallen for this, then there's probably not much you can do other than chalk it down to experience and knowing that it's cost you €74 to never be scammed again. You could try a Paypal dispute, citing that it's a clever con. If that fails (likely) try the credit card directly.

zAbbo · 18-02-2008 12:59AM

Cremo wrote: »

how is it false, they are telling you exactly what you are bidding/buying for.

yup I agree.

E@gle. · 18-02-2008 10:09AM

Most of the Ebay Feedback ratings were given by the same buyer.

Vikings · 18-02-2008 01:00PM

jor el wrote: »

Who actually believes that they could get a Plasma TV for €64, and that the delivery would only be a tenner?

A surprisingly high amount of people!

What's even more surprising is that they don't read the auction completely... they see a picture and a low price so just bid blindly. Then by the time they realise whats up it is too late.

Claims by PayPal generally won't get you your money back. You can only claim on PayPal for tangible goods and these types of auctions are usually sent by emails so there is no come back. The only way you would have any comeback from PayPal is if the seller sent you something that was different than what he advertised - so if you did not read the auction properly it is not the sellers fault.

They are completely misleading auctions and are put out there to fool people but eBay do remove these all the time.

jor el · 18-02-2008 03:07PM

Vikings wrote: »

They are completely misleading auctions and are put out there to fool people but eBay do remove these all the time.

I'm reminded of the XBox box that sold for something like 200 pounds a number of years back. The buyer of that empty cardboard box complained to eBay, but got nowhere as it stated in the auction that you were buying an empty box. He just didn't read it and so wasn't due any kind of refund.

I'd imagine it'll be pretty similar here, it does state (although in very small writing) that you are buying information. It also doesn't say that you are buying a TV.

The only thing the many buyers here could have going for them is the questionable feedback by the seller. Using fake accounts to boost your own feedback rating is against the rules, so the buyers could complain about this, get the seller's auctions pulled, and therefore not have to go through with the buy. If they've already paid though, I'm not sure where it leaves them on a refund.

Musha · 18-02-2008 04:07PM

It has been removed from ebay, total pack of chancers :mad::mad:

Creamy Goodness · 18-02-2008 09:24PM

jor el wrote: »

I'm reminded of the XBox box that sold for something like 200 pounds a number of years back. The buyer of that empty cardboard box complained to eBay, but got nowhere as it stated in the auction that you were buying an empty box. He just didn't read it and so wasn't due any kind of refund.

I'd imagine it'll be pretty similar here, it does state (although in very small writing) that you are buying information. It also doesn't say that you are buying a TV.

The only thing the many buyers here could have going for them is the questionable feedback by the seller. Using fake accounts to boost your own feedback rating is against the rules, so the buyers could complain about this, get the seller's auctions pulled, and therefore not have to go through with the buy. If they've already paid though, I'm not sure where it leaves them on a refund.

that was the funniest thing i read, remember that well.

but even in the title it said "BRAND NEW xbox box!!!!"

GAR DA auction EBAY????

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