Originally posted by: learning2fly
Here is my advice- cash value 1/1000th of 1 cent - ha

Be very skeptical if you plan to purchase an ATV through ebay. The scams on ATVs and other items are rampant right now.

Here are some of the possible signs.

1. It is a pre-approved bidders auction.
2. The feedback for all the seller's previous items is good, however the items normally sold are totally unrelated. Example- 99% of the items are diapers, playing cards, pictures books - and then all of a sudden they have three quads to sell at dirt cheap prices.
3. The prices are extremely cheap with "FREE SHIPPING".
4. The supposed seller will attempt to contact you with an e-mail that says they only accept western union payment, you have to 100% accept their terms, and they try to give you a false sense of confidence.
5. A lot of these scams are listed using the "buy it now" on a 3 day posting.
6. The inability of the sellers to spell words in English in their e-mail responses.

In most cases, the original seller had great feedback and their account was somehow compromised (fake emails that appeared to be from e-bay, and just plain old password hacking.)

I've corresponded with a few of the scammers who had stolen pictures from other users and websites. Why, Just to **** them off and pretend like I was buying into their scam. Then I send them a nastygram and notify e-bay. I just hate to think these axxholes are ripping off hard working Americans. People that earn their money in the hope of buying a quad for a little R&R. These people are as bad or worse as the people that steal quads. And we all know those folks should be shot.

Well, that's my rant. Be careful bidding. Make 100% sure you know who you are dealing with.

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