Suspect Promat on Ebay

Fred Eddie-Quartey · Post by **Fred Eddie-Quartey** » 30 Nov 2009 8:02 am

Here's the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Planked-Maple-Mahog ... 3efaa80d08

Philip Mitrakos · Post by **Philip Mitrakos** » 30 Nov 2009 8:23 am

this listing on ebay is a scam ,,its been on there before

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 30 Nov 2009 8:37 am

So how are they able to keep doing this? Do they just steal the pics and description off the forum? Doesn't ebay have any way to flag recurring scams like this?

I guess all of us had better be checking to see if our guitar pics are showing up over there.

Carl Vilar · Post by **Carl Vilar** » 30 Nov 2009 8:37 am

Yep two of those pics were taken by me. Probably only one Promat in NJ mine.

Carl Vilar · Post by **Carl Vilar** » 30 Nov 2009 8:43 am

WOW I just checked he's got 1003 items up for sale all scams someone's going to get burned.

Roger Prigmore · Post by **Roger Prigmore** » 30 Nov 2009 9:34 am

The listing was closed by eBay only a few moments ago. Good work guys!

Carl Kilmer · Post by **Carl Kilmer** » 30 Nov 2009 6:44 pm

I reported this to Ebay this morning and they removed it
within 10 minutes after I notified them it was a scam.

I can't figure out how this stuff can even get posted.

Carl "Lucky" Kilmer

bob Ousby · Post by **bob Ousby** » 30 Nov 2009 7:26 pm

Are you referring to the Promat for sale by "the dartt65"? If so it's still there.

Carl Kilmer · Post by **Carl Kilmer** » 1 Dec 2009 5:04 am

Hi Bob,
Not this one. The other looked exactly the same, but the starting
price was $77.00, but after reading the post, it said he wouldn't
except any bids on it. He would only sell with "BUY NOW" for $1700.00.
His feedback was "0" so I looked at his other items that were listed.
He had many pages of expensive equipment for sale, and every item listed
started at either $66 or $77 with no reserve, and the same ending times.
I don't remember the the sellers name, but the location was Trenton, N.J.
I just looked and it has not been relisted on Ebay, as yet anyway.
The one for sale by "the dartt65", looks OK and I think it's on the forum.

Carl "Lucky" Kilmer

bob Ousby · Post by **bob Ousby** » 1 Dec 2009 5:28 am

Lucky...Thanks for the info. Glad that guy was found out.

Rick Barnhart · Post by **Rick Barnhart** » 1 Dec 2009 5:35 am

Carl Kilmer wrote: The one for sale by "the dartt65", looks OK and I think it's on the forum.

Doesn't this nick name sound familiar, fellas. Isn't he the guy who was removed from the forum for being involved in some questionable deals? I'm just saying...

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