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A2OC Donor
Needed some parts for the car so looked at ebay and found exactly what I wanted and the price seemed good and most importantly from a very low mileage car, delivery was shown as " free" Clicked buy It now only to find that a message popped up that the seller didn't deliver to my area which was strange considering I am not in the highlands or islands. So I clicked on and asked for an invoice including delivery, nothing came back so I rang the number on the advert and the person on the end of the phone rudely explained that they don't deliver under any circumstances and that was clearly explained on the listing. After proposing lots of suggestions I agreed to get a courier to collect and the seller sent me an invoice from his own company which I paid by bank transfer as he claimed that he would not accept PayPal or credit card because the charge could later be reversed and that he had been ripped off by unscrupulous buyers this way. ( despite this being clearly offered on the eBay advert ) After much tooing and froing my couriers finally picked the items up but soon after they were collected I had an e mail saying that the original low mileage perfect items had been substituted for some older ones that had been stripped of all the ancillary parts and that the ones that I had bought and paid for had been sold to a bidder abroad for twice the price. Not amused!
The same item was then advertised again under two headings with exactly the same unique description at a cheaper price which leads me to believe this is part of an orchestrated ploy.
It would seem that the scam involves advertising a perfect and very desirable part and then substituting it for a poor quality one in a way that gives the customer no actual redress and gains the seller more money for poor quality items. The seller will never address any issues directly and claims to be too busy and talks endlessly about what a great business he has and how much he sells abroad but never actually answers any questions then gets rude and angry when repeatedly challenged.
The seller is probably known to some members but it would seem that there is a new strategy in town to part A2 owners with their cash...
The same item was then advertised again under two headings with exactly the same unique description at a cheaper price which leads me to believe this is part of an orchestrated ploy.
It would seem that the scam involves advertising a perfect and very desirable part and then substituting it for a poor quality one in a way that gives the customer no actual redress and gains the seller more money for poor quality items. The seller will never address any issues directly and claims to be too busy and talks endlessly about what a great business he has and how much he sells abroad but never actually answers any questions then gets rude and angry when repeatedly challenged.
The seller is probably known to some members but it would seem that there is a new strategy in town to part A2 owners with their cash...