eBay tat volume 3.

[wuvvum]

On 1/31/2022 at 11:10 AM, Barry Cade said:

Are there any real listing on ebay anymore?  Everything is £1212 and a scam...

This.  There are pages and pages of them again tonight.  Surely it can't be that difficult for eBay to set their systems to raise a red flag if an account with a couple of dozen transactions over several years suddenly lists thousands of vehicles for sale all at once?  I've reported several of them but eBay seem to be rather slow off the mark with this type of thing.

[Dyslexic Viking]

I really like older cars with a tired/weathered look. 1969 Opel Rekord estate

https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=246841031

[BertiePuntoCabrio]

9 hours ago, wuvvum said:

This.  There are pages and pages of them again tonight.  Surely it can't be that difficult for eBay to set their systems to raise a red flag if an account with a couple of dozen transactions over several years suddenly lists thousands of vehicles for sale all at once?  I've reported several of them but eBay seem to be rather slow off the mark with this type of thing.

EBay don't give a flying f#@@ about this. 

Is there a way to spam each listing with thousands of messages saying SCAMMER perhaps 😀

[barrett]

Guess the car from the description:

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Collectable Classic Car

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The car is a coupe... The engine Packs a Punch

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it is a super car for a collector

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It will fit well into a collection or even for an enthusiast.

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1421301

[wuvvum]

OK, I can genuinely say I would never have guessed that one.

Also HFM?

[Nullzwei]

43 minutes ago, BertiePuntoCabrio said:

EBay don't give a flying f#@@ about this. 

Is there a way to spam each listing with thousands of messages saying SCAMMER perhaps 😀

 

Have you noticed every so often lots of people start bidding ridiculous amounts on these scammers multiple listings. In the absence of ebay doing anything it is one way to highlight the scam listings.

[tooSavvy]

4 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

OK, I can genuinely say I would never have guessed that one.

Also HFM?

As I will be punting an 'S' reg, come the day... I'm deffo keeping the wording 'on file' lol 🤡

[wuvvum]

4 minutes ago, tooSavvy said:

As I will be punting an 'S' reg, come the day... I'm deffo keeping the wording 'on file' lol 🤡

You might have to remove the bit about "engine packs a punch" though mind.

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185278985897?hash=item2b237cf6a9:g:WGkAAOSw4RZh-mDH

[D.E]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325027983755?hash=item4bad2d718b:g:pKMAAOSwC35h-h~p

[vaughant]

3 hours ago, barrett said:

Guess the car from the description:

https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1421301

Got to love these dreamers, £4k for that fucking heap, I genuinely would rather walk. 

I can imagine what the guy selling this is like, really pushy, stupid shit dad jokes, lewd comments to any female in the party, stuck in 1994. Bet if he puts his foot down, he looks at you as if to say "look at this fucking animal" while it wheezes barely up to the limit of the road its on. 

Came across a few of these wankers back in the free ads days. I'm hoping he still has that pile of crap when the market settles and gets a series of people knocking his door offering £100 scrap for it. 

[wesacosa]

3 hours ago, D.E said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185278985897?hash=item2b237cf6a9:g:WGkAAOSw4RZh-mDH

oh, a proper pre facelift CVH mk5 . I remember seeing Clarkson savaging this at launch on Top Gear.   By the time it got an oval grille and a Zeta engine it wasn't too bad but these were proper grim.  Love it

[BorniteIdentity]

K reg madness. ( @egg )

I reckon it'd be quite satisfying - detwatting it.  Stupid wheels in the nearest canal, stupid exhausts getting stamped on repeatedly.  Likely to need a tickle here and there but viable.  

The problem?  At £350 - it's going racing if you're not quick.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1132719040088900/permalink/5493367410690686/?sale_post_id=5493367410690686

[D.E]

£250 dizzel MG: https://www.gumtree.com/p/mg/mg-zt-t-estate-2004-other-1951-cc-5-doors/1425032581

[BorniteIdentity]

50 minutes ago, wesacosa said:

Love it

Agreed.  There was a willow Green MK5A Estate on here last year and it got absolutely ripped to shit. BUT I thought it looked rather beguiling after all this time.  I could honestly have seen me sticking a pineapple on the roofrack and taking it to the seaside.

[grogee]

Fugly Ignis with giffer restyle. £600 Cov. 

I'd be willing to bet it stinks of fags. 

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2003-suzuki-ignis-gl/1425038793?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

[grogee]

Chrysler Voyeur, £900 "Winson Green".

This is the best picture

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-crysler-voyager-12-months-mot/1425037587?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

[BorniteIdentity]

Here we go down a shit car rabbit hole.

Soon enough, £995 will be considered cheap - despite them being miserable heaps with few redeeming features.

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[grogee]

That's weird. Someone's selling a Celica in my town and it's not me. 

This one has 56k on the clock and is low owner apparently. Not sure about the wheels though. 

£1850 Southam, Warwickshire.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/toyota-celica-hatchback-2000-manual-18vvti-3dr/1425024873?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

[BorniteIdentity]

The masochist in me would STILL prefer a MK6 Escort Estate than a MK1 Focus Estate - despite them being worse by every single yardstick.

I reckon this could be made to be very nice indeed.  Just because it's Autoshite, doesn't mean you have to have a shit example of a shit car.  Nothing to say you can't have a nice one.

Blue interior seems inappropriate for a black car, which makes it all the more appealing.

[BorniteIdentity]

This looks a RIGHT babe, and I don't CARE that you're judging me.

Accented yellow trim on the grey bumpers - offering sporting pretension.  

These really do look dated now don't they.  Context photo below.

I don't think for a moment that it's £1800 yet, but you'd definitely turn a few heads turning up to the kid's football in this.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202201161425379?make=Ford&include-delivery-option=on&postcode=sg193au&radius=1501&sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&model=Escort&page=1

[Pat Earrings]

29 minutes ago, grogee said:

Chrysler Voyeur, £900 "Winson Green".

This is the best picture

https://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/2005-crysler-voyager-12-months-mot/1425037587?utm_source=com.atomczak.notepat&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_android

Couldn’t think of a worse place to buy a car from. Looks like he took it to Tesco Spring Hill as well. Avoid like the plague

[anonymous user]

5 hours ago, wuvvum said:

You might have to remove the bit about "engine packs a punch" though mind.

You say that, but I bet you wouldn't want one to hit you in the face.

[camryv6]

1 hour ago, BorniteIdentity said:

Here we go down a shit car rabbit hole.

Soon enough, £995 will be considered cheap - despite them being miserable heaps with few redeeming features.

\ 

@BorniteIdentityisn't your wife after a new car ? 

[wesacosa]

[Wack]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/610483946920426/ 

[Rustybullethole]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175135260538?hash=item28c6dfff7a:g:QVEAAOSwzn5h9qdb
 

A tad salty possibly though I may be out of touch. Love the flatulence release hatch.

 

[busmansholiday]

4 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

K reg madness. ( @egg )

I reckon it'd be quite satisfying - detwatting it.  Stupid wheels in the nearest canal, stupid exhausts getting stamped on repeatedly.  Likely to need a tickle here and there but viable.  

The problem?  At £350 - it's going racing if you're not quick.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1132719040088900/permalink/5493367410690686/?sale_post_id=5493367410690686

Pretty sure that's the one that used to live near me. I don't do facefook so it doesn't come up.

[barrett]

Look you lot, somebody do me a solid and buy this thing so I don't have to, yeah?

Now, you know I HAT Fr0ds because I'm a sophisticated gent and they're cars for knuckle-draggers BUT these things are so WEIRD MAN! Only built for two years, they were rare when they were new but were supposedly loads better than the Mk3 and supposedly go and handle really well. I love the mishmash styling, and the interior looks pretty mega. This one has a clean MoT until July and, although it has a few crusty bits, I reckon would respond really well to some fairly minor cosmetic fettling. Put it away in a nice dry barn and cash-in in a few years when this model is totally extinct. It's £500 and just up the road from me. C'mon!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/686240872388044/

[AnnoyingPentium]

4 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

The masochist in me would STILL prefer a MK6 Escort Estate than a MK1 Focus Estate - despite them being worse by every single yardstick.

Controversially, I actually like the Mk6 Escort. Particularly in estate form. I wouldn't mind an estate for the lugging stuff to the tip and that.