Many here will know my feelings on Flea-Bay and its many con-men down right con artists and such like hating using it and will now not do so, although my missus definately uses it for smaller items and has thus far had no real issues i simply think in short we that is T4 -T5 owners are essentially making it harder on ourselves [bear with me here] Bomber or any T25/T3 T2 and Splitty owners have already been through this fate, as we the enthusiasts make these vehicles more popular/desirable so prices rise and so they raise more interest from the robbing conning scum that pray on E-Bay and other similar sites preying on us to take at face value what we read DO NOT EVER do it.......If verification can not be made that the seller has the vehicle and it is theirs better and probably the safest way is to physically view every vehicle [we know its a bind, but better than loosing thousands surely] my own experiences last year where i viewed only 2 taught me NOT to go on a picture alone as they to lie BIGTIME neither was even close to as described one in particular was definately nothing better than scrap..........teaching me if i cant view and make my own mind up from what i see i wont bid on it where as if i had of just bid welll we all know what the end results are on that one...

I also do not think that E-bay do enoughj to stop these scammers, i know via IP address where everyone of our members are located if i choose to check it why cant they and cross reference this against the email, address details and payment details that an E-bay user HAS to give and decide inteligently if this is some dude in Niarobi or a dude in Dundee as he claims which would cut a lot of this type of scams out the water before they had a chance to con anyone not difficult really on so many levels E-bay are only interested in making money however they manage it seems fine by them ?????

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It's interesting that ebay seem so relaxed about letting anyone sell any vehicle with no check at all. Perhaps a copy of the V5 should be shown as a document on the ad? Odd that they don't care....

I see one of my items has a bid, so better go and pack it, that's another fifty quid in the fund...

Take care all,

Bomber

Bomber funny you should say its better for selling than buying my sentiments exactly and what we use it for now, my missus regularily sells off stuff they refused an add to sell me though try as she may she couldnt find a suitable way to advertise me that would reveal what i was ????

Its a shame really another advancement that could off been so good with even simple security measures in place to safegaurd its users but like so many of these massive sites Facebook Msn [messenger] E-Bay - and so many thousands more where they are money orientated [certain car related sites included in that to btw ] and simply do not care if they were high street stores their lack of customer service/s would of put them out of business long time ago..

Dont think you are safe on Auto-Trader or Gumtree and such like either - quite simply your NOT in my and trading standards and protection agencies views if you do NOT meet a seller at HIS home, check it is his home do not settle for standing outside ask to use the toilet and check the V5 corisponds with the address your at, and then do all the usual checks if you dont you are a fool, where possible pay in a way that can be traced and check everything several times over until your happy a geneuine seller will not be phased by this where as a con-man will get very tetchy quite quickly always take a mate or two with you all off which are to one protect you, two look at the seller when you are talking to him/her assessing their movemnets actions a conman/woman is usually easy to spot if in person the problem is they now hide behind a computer screen somewhere in the back of beyond cowards is what they are we as honest responsible VW owners i beleive have a duty to report and keep reporting until these scam ads are removed it could be you next which is the way i think of it it.... i reported both of the ones i was involved in and they were removed whether before a buyer was found i dont know ?? we all need to be vigilant and get into the habit of reporting things/items and people who are not as they seem......