Originally Posted by
socalrider
The scam is a seller on CL will find a high end listing on ebay and take the photos and description and sell it as if they own it..
You usually get some lame excuse that they are out of town on business but if you sent a deposit they will hold the bike for you.. Normally this happens with expensive bikes and it is being sold for 1/2 its actual value..
I actually had someone steal my pictures and description and list the bike on eBay before. What was really nice was that my listing hadn't even ended yet. Because of that people were afraid to bid on my auction because they saw where it was listed twice. The scammer ended up costing me about a grand since the bike sold for much less than it should have.