uy asks me my reserve price, i ask what his top dollar is.... he proceeds to offer 22,000 with a cas

[milesmerc]

I'm a fairly intelligent person. Why should people have to worry about scams, all the time. It ruins the market and creates paranoid sellers and buyers. In a fair exchange of goods and services, what is the best method of transaction?

[eburtonlab]

@milesmerc 

Scammers do not care about ruining the market or making other users paranoid; scammers are out to make a quick profit at someone else's expense. That is what makes them scammers.

You should be concerned (though not necessarily worried) because folks who are not concerned about scams are more likely to become the victims of scams.

The best method of transaction is one where everyone knows and understands the rules in advance and where risk is minimized for all parties. That way when someone suggests going outside of the agreed rules, it is obvious that something is wrong.

[atikovi]

If someone offers $22,000 on a 1984 Mercedes with 100,000+ miles, it's a pretty obvious scammer.

[dirk12955]

Maybe he wants to pay with some of the fake $100.00 bills that are floating around Northern Indiana.

[7606dennis]

Assuming that the item was being sold at auction by the fact that you placed a reserve on it, how did the person make his offer?  If he made it outside of the normal bidding process, I'd ignore the offer and block him.

If, however, he placed a bid in that amount (a nuclear bid), I'd probably block him and cancel his bid if the auction hadn't already ended.  If it had, I'd send him the item if he paid the actual winning price and thank him for his business.  If he didn't pay, I'd file a UID and block him.

[7606dennis]

After looking at your feedback profile page, I'm assuming that you aren't talking about a sale on this ID?!

[7606dennis]

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@atikovi wrote:

If someone offers $22,000 on a 1984 Mercedes with 100,000+ miles, it's a pretty obvious scammer.

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So this is a motor vehicle sale that we are talking about.  I'm not sure what the going price is for an '84 Mercedes.  However, since bids are not binding on eBay Motors it is hard for someone to profit by this if it is a scam.

[kensgiftshop]

Buyer is probably asking what your reserve price is so they wont be wasting time on bidding on the car.

If your reserve is higher then what they are willing to pay, they don't want to mess with it.

[gramophone-georg]

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@kensgiftshop wrote:

Buyer is probably asking what your reserve price is so they wont be wasting time on bidding on the car.

If your reserve is higher then what they are willing to pay, they don't want to mess with it.

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I'd think it would be FAR faster and less work to simply chuck in a bid and see if it hits reserve or not, but maybe that's just me.

[milesmerc]

what I’m getting at... this person has good eBay reviews. I know a scam when I see it. eBay is marketplace and chartatans tend to fade as word travels. I’ve had ten offers similar to this. “What’s your reserve, I’ll send you a cashiers check.” These are auto bot responses. How are not flagged immediately by eBay? Why would anyone consider selling an item when you are immediately flooded by spamscam

[milesmerc]

I’m sure you are a specialist in w126 gray market imports from from 1985. Troll the marketplace overseas, you will have a blast. 

[atikovi]

I have a 1983 500SEL gray market and if I could get one quarter of that price, I'd throw a party.