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Would you say this auction is dodgy?

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  • shellsuit
    shellsuit Posts: 24,749 Forumite
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    Well they certainly have a lot of phones to sell judging their other items for sale!

    I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole!
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  • gamma
    gamma Posts: 763 Forumite
    yeah thats what I thought - it could be a classic hijacked account get money quick?
  • The price is worryingly cheap (assuming his quoted RRp is accurate) but I can't see any other warning signs... yet...
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • Could be - if you look at his previous auctions the listings are a good deal cruder!

    I don't know if the charged location on the current phones (Swansea to Bridgend) is significant.
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  • loonee
    loonee Posts: 35 Forumite
    All previous feedback is for small items, used clothes etc. Bit of a difference to what's being sold now. Maybe genuine but.....
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    I'll guess at a hijacked account ,,,,,
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  • neilwoods
    neilwoods Posts: 2,304 Forumite
    Does seem a bit dubious, gone from selling items from his own home to 10 brand new phones.

    His last purchase was from New Zealand for a cheap game.

    Plus if you check out the bidders for these phones, they all have low feedback scores. Allways a good sign of a scam.
    Mansion TV. Avoid at all cost's :j
  • loonee wrote:
    All previous feedback is for small items, used clothes etc. Bit of a difference to what's being sold now. Maybe genuine but.....
    They've recently got some positive feedback for 3 phones which have been sold, and the buyers have respectable feedback scores too.
  • loonee
    loonee Posts: 35 Forumite
    They've recently got some positive feedback for 3 phones which have been sold, and the buyers have respectable feedback scores too.

    I think 2 of these phones were bought, not sold and secondhand. All of them were for under £20, not quite the same as 10 brand new phones of the same model. Auction had ended now so I guess the winners will find out soon.
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