The following link is a product for sale on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=180163546590&Category=31411&_trksid=p3907.m29
How can a gift worth $50.00 be sold for $1.00?
There is more information further down on the page.
I'm new to eBay, so...
...is this a scam of some sort??
Thanks!
2007-09-27 04:39:26 · 14 answers · asked by Life On Wheels 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Yes. This is a scam. You don't get the $50 gift card, you get information on how to get a $50 gift card. Big difference. Save your dollar.
2007-09-27 04:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by gcason 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought "free airline tickets" off ebay once (winning the bid for about $30). But I was actually buying a Weight watchers diet recipe CD and a free gift of airline tickets. When I received the CD, a paper said "now send in $25 to this travel agent and we'll tell you how to get your free airline tickets..." I never pursued but I felt scammed. SOO - yeah, it's probably a scam.
2007-09-27 11:51:36 · answer #2 · answered by Newly Eloped 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds a bit fishy.
I sold a $75 gift card for less than face value on ebay once because it was a gift.
2007-09-27 11:44:59 · answer #3 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is it has to be a scam. What it so outrageous ... to good to be true, then more than likely it is. Ask a few questions to the seller? What kind of gift car? Is it his? how did he get it? Depending on his answers you'll glean the truth of the matter. Gift cards nowadays have magnetic strips on them but it wouldnt be hard for a counterfit copies to be created.
2007-09-27 11:43:40 · answer #4 · answered by dionysus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM! It doesn't say they are selling you the gift card. They are selling information on how to get a gift card. Most likely they will send you a link to one of those take 8 million surveys and get a gift card sites.
2007-09-27 11:51:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it is a scam. you will get used to seeing things like this on ebay along with many more scams. Just beware of alot of sellers on there. Take a look at the sellers feedbacks.
2007-09-27 11:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by sparklle0913 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all they are not selling the card just the information on how to get them. I have no idea what that entails, perhaps filling out survey forms or heaven knows what. If you have the time and .99 give it a try. I just wouldn't get your hopes up.
2007-09-27 11:46:13 · answer #7 · answered by Don 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It claims to be selling you the "secret" IT IS A SCAM!!!!!!You can also see that the seller has an awful feedback rate...you can even take a look at the actual complaints....beware
2007-09-27 11:42:56 · answer #8 · answered by momofthree 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
BEWARE..any time something sounds to "good to be true"
it probably is .It doesn't even look like a real e bay page.
I would never deal with some one who is an unproven seller
2007-09-27 11:46:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned this from my mom: "If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is"! Don't do it Sweetie. I'd hate to see a sweet kid like yourself fall victim to some scam...even if it is $1.00!
2007-09-27 12:25:37 · answer #10 · answered by M. Rod 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋