The car is a 99 Nissan Skyline. The seller says he bought it from a US military force guy, who previously bought it from texas. he has it now in Holland, but it was previously registered in US and has clear US title. I am still very skeptical cause the price is very low, especially for this car, but ebay's program seems legit.
2006-10-19 08:50:43 · 6 answers · asked by mbenham06 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
I have bought and sold cars on ebay but never heard of any "ebay protection program"..... are you sure it's legit and covers such an expensive car?
2006-10-19 09:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the price is too good to be true, it's a SCAM!
It's not likely that a GI could afford one of those. They typically cost over $60k in the US since there is only one company that is certified to import and convert them. And that's for an older used one. New ones are well over $100k.
If the seller has you sending money to an "agent" via Western Union, it is a COMPLETE SCAM! The listing was probably hijacked on eBay (probably for a low-value European econo-box) and you were re-directed off of eBay to a look-alike site when you clicked on it.
Send me a link to the eBay listing off-line. You can E-Mail me through my profile here. I'll look into it and explain exactly what's happening. I investigate these SCAMS as a hobby.
2006-10-19 10:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most probably's yes. The whole thing is floored people driving 10 year old cars don't do this for the fun of it. It's because they cant afford anything else. So knocking 2 grand off say a ten grand car still leaves you with 8 grand to find. It's a pointless gimmick that wont make any impact what so ever :)
2016-05-22 02:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if the US soldier was stationed in Japan, bought the Skyline and imported it into Texas - all of those conditions sound too iffy to be true. One big elaborate scam - stay away, no money, no e-mail and report to authorities.
People are using eBay to run the same scam as with Yahoo Autos. These people now claim to be eBay employees with eBay e-mail addresses. Stay away from these scams....
2006-10-19 10:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. This is the typical storyline for scams. RUN AWAY.
2006-10-19 08:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One simple rule: If you make ANY major purchase without seeing and inspecting the object(s) beforehand, you deserve to get screwed.
(and not in the "fun" way, either... )
2006-10-19 08:59:48 · answer #6 · answered by MN_OTR 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋