Astrophysics 130EDF Ebay

[E621Keith]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Astro-Physics-AP130EDFGT-Gran-Turismo-Apochromatic-Telescope-Refractor-/251103138018?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item3a76e9d0e2#ht_500wt_1413

I just saw this ad on fleabay. However, the lack of item description and the "£2000 buy it now" statement makes me think this is either a scam or a stolen scope. (They sells for around $7.5k used on Astromart) Also, the seller have no history of buying or selling optics. What do people think?

[Stephen]

I'd like it to be legit, but smells fishy ... caveat emptor!

[Dodge]

It's a scam - I've witnessed that email address on a guitar auction that was a scam.

[DirkSteele]

Caveat Emptor indeed. That looks too good to be true which is a shame as I still have abouut 8 years to go on the wait list for a new AP scope (the larger EDF 160).

Seems someone decided £2,000 was just too much though as a bid has been placed and Buy it Now option is no longer available.

[laser_jock99]

EBAY SCAM ALERT

http://www.ebay.co.u...ME:B:SS:GB:1123

good - I see it's already been picked by vigilant SGL members.

Exactly the same the same as last two times- 'please contact me here' blah blah blah

I'm posting the scammers address email here

SteveGartner1966@hotmail.com

in case anyone searches for it online......

http://www.google.co...0.0.6kS-rUh-MrM

Listing also reported to ebay now so hopefully will be withdrawn before someone falls for it.

[x6gas]

There is also a Meade LX200, same deal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Meade-10-LX200-ACF-UHTC-Brand-New-/160840307233?pt=UK_Photography_Telescopes&hash=item2572d45221

Hmmm. So looks like 14 current items with his e-mail address in the description but the seller is different for each one. Whilst I'm not sure exactly what the nature of the scam is, you don't exactly have to be Sherlock Holmes to see that something is fishy; I'm astounded that fleabay doesn't automatically pick up on this and do something about it.

[E621Keith]

There is also a Meade LX200, same deal http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2572d45221

Hmmm. So looks like 14 current items with his e-mail address in the description but the seller is different for each one. Whilst I'm not sure exactly what the nature of the scam is, you don't exactly have to be Sherlock Holmes to see that something is fishy; I'm astounded that fleabay doesn't automatically pick up on this and do something about it.

I suspect he may be using hacked ebay accounts. A lot of those seller have several years of seller history, it'd be strange a scammer will spend so many years building up an account for one scam.

[DirkSteele]

Hmmm. So looks like 14 current items with his e-mail address in the description but the seller is different for each one. Whilst I'm not sure exactly what the nature of the scam is, you don't exactly have to be Sherlock Holmes to see that something is fishy; I'm astounded that fleabay doesn't automatically pick up on this and do something about it.

What is remarkable is some of the listing individuals have a high feedback score (the Meade LX200 is 461 feedbacks with 98.7% positive in last 12 months). Not what you normally see with scam listings.

[x6gas]

I suspect he may be using hacked ebay accounts. A lot of those seller have several years of seller history, it'd be strange a scammer will spend so many years building up an account for one scam.

Yep, that's what it looks like to me...

[DirkSteele]

The listing has been removed now so perhaps eBay admin have been altered to it.

[solarboy]

a friend of mine had just been scammed out of £2000 buying a queststar i wonder if its the same scammer

so watch your backs guy's and gel's becourse the cop's are not that interested in catching the scammer's