are they bonkers

hazzie123

I dont understand this,someone has but an Asda giftcard for auction but it doesn`t even state how much is on the giftcard.
So I can go to asda tonight,buy a giftcard with a fiver on it and auction it off for a ridiculas amount? Without mentioning there is on a fiver on the card?

Is this how they do it?

alooof

what is the scam here?

i would have thought its one of 3 things:
they returned a dodgy item to the store and managed to somehow get refunded in the form of a giftcard
they pulled a scam to get the money put on the card in the first place
the card doesnt have any money on it at all


if they were genuine bidders, they risked getting burnt for a saving of just £50, or just over 10% - which is then restricted by only being spent in asdas. im still surprised people trust zero rated sellers

pinkgem

alooof wrote:

what is the scam here?

i would have thought its one of 3 things:
they returned a dodgy item to the store and managed to somehow get refunded in the form of a giftcard
they pulled a scam to get the money put on the card in the first place
the card doesnt have any money on it at all

or that there is no card, they are going to keep the money and not going to send anything

danmanchester

Well...scoot200700 seems to be at it again...

possibly doing his bit for the environment and recycling that Asda gift card with £462 on it :rolleyes:

130087631255

oh and £500 worth of M&S vouchers too....oh and Take That tickets

Considering they've sold £2,500 worth of stuff since 28th Feb isn't it odd he's neither received nor given any feedback yet?

zztopgirl

I like the username of this
bidder:rotfl:

Shaunm_2

This sellers been busy!

over £3000 worth of stuff sold since the 5th march!

http://www.goofbay.com/getSellerLists.html?seller=scoot200700&Submit=Check

alwaysonthego_2

he's got a neg now! Someone actually sent him money

danmanchester

alwaysonthego wrote:

he's got a neg now! Someone actually sent him money

omg I hope they didnt send money...:mad: reported all his guys listings but nothing done yet. Sadly peope are STILL bidding even after the neg - can only hope they are auction wreckers.

tentickles666

i love my ebay account far too much to get kicked off for warning these people off but i feel like i cant sit back and watch them get conned. what can i do to help?

tentickles666

by the way has anyone rang the phone number the seller keeps quoting..... lol