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Is this a scam eBay auction?

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  • CompingQueen_3
    CompingQueen_3 Posts: 64 Forumite
    Hi, I'd wait a few days and see if they get any feedback. The first buyer should receive theirs soon, surely (if it's legit).
    btw, I quite like them. x
  • emerald_starcat
    emerald_starcat Posts: 2,112 Forumite
    £12.25 and free postage? So the shoes cost about £8 maybe and the seller would have got them for about a fiver a pair? That spells FAKE.
    I love converse but it's worth paying more for the real thing.
    My daughters are my world
  • Louisdf
    Louisdf Posts: 575 Forumite
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    reported to ebay, they'll be gone soon (but will pop up on a new account).
  • DaveAshton
    DaveAshton Posts: 7,851 Forumite
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    davidhwdn wrote: »
    My security warned me and blocked it
    We saw a seller that got one of those warnings on their listings.

    I think it's something to do with a HTML script that the seller put in their description.


    OP, is it instant payment? If not, you could always buy one, then not pay for a few days. If they get feedback in, pay. If they don't (or they get kicked off), you've not lost anything.
    Back on MSE after a 5 year hiatus.

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  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    Louisdf wrote: »
    reported to ebay, they'll be gone soon .
    What are you reporting it for its not breaking any listing rules. So it wont be removed because even the ones that are listing violations don't get removed most of the time.
  • Louisdf
    Louisdf Posts: 575 Forumite
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    cyberbob wrote: »
    What are you reporting it for its not breaking any listing rules. So it wont be removed because even the ones that are listing violations don't get removed most of the time.

    Fakes aren't allowed on ebay.
  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    Louisdf wrote: »
    Fakes aren't allowed on ebay.

    How do you know they are Fakes from that listing? Are you Psychic? Without evidence not even 2% will get removed
  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    Louisdf wrote: »
    Fakes aren't allowed on ebay.

    75p says it will be there later.
  • Louisdf
    Louisdf Posts: 575 Forumite
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    edited 12 June 2010 at 7:11PM
    cyberbob wrote: »
    How do you know they are Fakes from that listing? Are you Psychic? Without evidence not even 2% will get removed

    Do you really expect shoes from China being sold at far below cost price, without original tags and boxes (the environment, yeah right) and from a seller with 0 feedback would be the real deal? He hasn't even took a photo of the shoes. Most sellers would have provided photos showing tags/COAs etc.
  • theonlywayisup
    theonlywayisup Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    Louisdf wrote: »
    Do you really expect .

    Expectation and fact are not vaguely similar.
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