ebay item no: 3766210619 would you buy this one?

[tony777]

Possible fraud?????

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...10619&rd=1

I haven't asked him any question, but this looks too good to be true, and there's no feedbacks, and he's only accepting cash or checks.
what do you think??

Tony

[krizz]

Mmm...list prices I see are all around $1300,- this looks a bit too good to be true...

[phlame]

Definetly a con

[Dylan7620]

this still has 4 days left, the price will shoot up dont worry

[littlegreenman]

How can you say definitely a con? The 0 feedback is a warning, but the auction still has 4 and a half days to go. If they started the auction at $1 of course it's low. Wait until the end, it'll probably reach $1000. Yes there are red flags when it's a 0 feedback seller, but if you go through life thinking every person who hasn't PROVED themselves first is a con, you'll never get anywhere

[Rich]

How do you know it's a con?

Real people that sell a guitar actually have something to say about it, not copy some promo schtick.

Real sellers [especially those with 0 feedback] would put where they were actually from in the auction, not US US. They don't want any "locals" thinking they can pick it up.

Real sellers [especially first time sellers] are NOT going to trust ebay enough to run a no reserve auction on an expensive item.

Typical cons list one item per ID only.

The phone # (64 319-2193 in the users contact info has an area code that doesn't exist.

Come on people, does ANYBODY have any street smarts?! [besides phlame and krizz ]

[littlegreenman]

alright, I didn't look that deep, in fact, I didn't look at the auction for more than the pretty picture, I just remember a time when I was a 0 feedback person and nobody wanted to deal with me either, next time I"ll read all the auction before I open my mouth :P

[bpd111]

I guess the question has been answered, but I wouldn't go near that auction for a number of reasons. Zero feedback, the picture is clearly not the item being sold, and no comment at all from the seller on the item's condition. Independently, those things would get my guard up a bit, but together my policy is to avoid like the plague.

[BeastofLove]

Just ask the seller for more pics, their phone number, etc. etc. Do what you can to verify that they exist.
There was a similar seemingly sketchy eBay auction I saw last year that many people avoided, and that's how I scored a brand new RGT3120 for $500. Well, not really, but I swapped an ok condition USRG30 that cost me under $500 for his RGT.

So if you want it, ask the questions and do the groundwork to make sure the sale is legit. Many times, it is.

-Ben