Couple of Brompton clones on Ebay (being sold as Bromptons)

[biggs682]

The easiest way of getting the listing removed is for someone to go and buy them

 

[Fastpedaller]

I was reminded of this today when someone on Pistonheads highlighted a potential scam advert for an Aston Martin DB5 project at a very low price. Many people have contacted Ebay expressing their concerns, and also that the seller is using photos from an advert when it was sold 4 years ago. Ebay have stated it's genuine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/86013986...aEhGpArlCOyg=|tkp:Bk9SR9CCuK27aA&LH_Auction=1

I do like this question someone has sent the seller........

Hi, the bidding is getting close to my limit, would you accept £250000?

scha7321: Hello, we would take £250k for the project yes. That was our rough figure in mind any way.

Great! Do you take Gold bullion? You would have to send me £50000 by bank transfer first as £300000 bars are the smallest I have? Mr Goldf inger

i wonder if the money pennies dropped yet?

 

[annedonnelly]

... and also that the seller is using photos from an advert when it was sold 4 years ago. Ebay have stated it's genuine.

That reminds me. A neighbour's son & daughter-in-law went to view a house for sale. Internally it looked nothing like the photos and it turned out the seller was using photos from the last time the house was sold. It had deteriorated a lot in the meantime.

 

[Fastpedaller]

That reminds me. A neighbour's son & daughter-in-law went to view a house for sale. Internally it looked nothing like the photos and it turned out the seller was using photos from the last time the house was sold. It had deteriorated a lot in the meantime.

Wow - that's something.
I'll drift off topic.....
On TV last week there was a feature about Estate Agents using AI to 'furnish rooms'. When we looked online to see a bungalow near where my Daughter lives, lo-and-behold we saw the result! The bungalow is empty of furniture, and here in the photos it looked quite different with furniture in it. To be fair, the agents had also shown the photos of its emptiness, but they hadn't specifically mentioned the AI generation or absence of furniture. Anyone viewing it physically wouldn't be fooled of course!
Selling houses..... Going back 23 years when we moved, we needed to buy a single bed for the small room (we'd used it as a study), because people wouldn't believe a bed would fit - even when I got a tape measure out . Strange how people like to 'see' things, even if they're not included. We did say at the time if we rented a big, flat screen TV (they were all the rage then) and put it in the main room people would buy the house, and of course not get the TV . We always relied on room measurement (out own, not the EAs) rather than appearances which can be deceptive.

 

[Gunk]

On TV last week there was a feature about Estate Agents using AI to 'furnish rooms'. When we looked online to see a bungalow near where my Daughter lives, lo-and-behold we saw the result!

Breach of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

“Prohibition of Misleading Information: Agents cannot make false claims, alter photographs deceptively, or provide inaccurate details about a property”