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steeny · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:41 am Post subject: ebay australia

did anyone else here bid on the steering hub adaptor boss kit that was available?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330144142573&ssPageName=ADME:B:ONA:AU:11

i did, and lost, then almost imediately afterwards recieve a second chance offer

now this seems a little dodgy to me. did anyone else get an offer. i assume the seller has a box of them to try and get rid of.

considering automotion want 78US for a momo adaptor, and 60US for a dino one plus shipping it still doesnt sound like a bad buy, i'm just wary of rip off merchants.

anyone got any comments?
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Paul · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:51 am Post subject:

I never respond to a second chance offer since it usually means the seller or one of his buddies won the auction.
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Ozzie · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:46 am Post subject:

IIRC I bought mine from Supacheap auto for $65. might have gone up since.
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Ozzie · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:05 pm Post subject:

This is listed again?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Hub-Adaptor-Boss-Kit-Porsche-924-Turbo-944_W0QQitemZ330135941117QQihZ014QQcategoryZ30861QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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RC · Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 2637 Location: Australia

Yes Ozzie.
This is sus now.
The same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago unless I was outbid by Steeny`s automatic bid in the last 5 seconds.

I asked this seller about 924 hubs about a month ago before he carried them as i was chasing a wheel too. He replied "sorry i dont have them".
I lost on a momo wheel on US ebay and picked up another cool looking cheapie from Smart shopping on line Au. and by then this seller had the hubs in stock. After losing I got a 2nd chance offer but asked him about his VW hub that was the same number but a VW prefix instead of PO. and still $35. He never replied. I thought "#uck this" , so cut and welded one myself. It works well!

Looks like a rort now.
Is there any point reporting it to ebay though, I`ll back you if you do.

Personally I have no time for scammers or rip offs with shipping.
Take your money elsewhere.

Roger

steeny · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject:

yeah, thats it. my bet is that he offered it to everyone who bid over his reserve. probably got 100 made up for a few cents and is trying to get as many out at possible

anyway, i dont think i'll bother. i'll look into whats available locally that can be made to work, otherwise, i'll order one next time i have to order parts from O/S.

cheers guys
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