ebay link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/385498213123)
What do you suppose that the lister of this trying to accomplish?
Larry
In my opinion it's all nonsense ..For the phone plug, it looks like an electric stove or clothes dryer plug . Sometimes I see crap like empty Coka-cola bottle and even a piece of bread !) for sale as much on Marketplace (Facebook) as on Ebay ... The moderators of these two sites are not doing their job.
This listing has reappeared a few times. The plug is probably a phone plug of a style with which I am not familiar. The listing seems to be some sort of idiotic scam.
Larry
Quote from: LarryInMichigan on March 28, 2023, 12:05:35 PMThis listing has reappeared a few times. The plug is probably a phone plug of a style with which I am not familiar. The listing seems to be some sort of idiotic scam.
Larry
That's what I think too..
The plug looks like a Swedish plug discussed in this topic.
My LM Ericsson "Ericofon" Cobra Telephone
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=22783.msg229144#msg229144 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=22783.msg229144#msg229144)
(http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=208678;image)
(http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=208724;image)
(http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=209400;image)
That makes sense. I was so preoccupied by the weirdness of the listing that I failed to notice the Swedish dial numbering. Whoever created the listing cut the pictures out of images of a Swedish phone.
Larry
The item looks legit to me but the scam I see with this listing is the shipping fee. It shows $126 to Larry's location, and $105 to my location when I open it.
Way more than it should be.
Look at the name of the "seller" and the location, also the total lack of feedback. I seriously doubt that you would receive the phone if you paid $115.
Larry
From the eBay About page.
Very true.
I'm wondering if the fees are based on it being shipped from Europe somewhere. It's not clear what the location is.
Edit. Ok I see it's Sweden and no transactions the past year.
Quote from: Witty on March 28, 2023, 01:07:34 PMOk I see it's Sweden
But the listing states it's in the US.
Perhaps it's a scammer testing a pirated dormant account.
I seriously doubt that this phone is actually being sold. If someone wants a white Ericsson Dialog, they can find one in North America for much less. I actually have a rose beige Dialog connected and sitting on my desk at this moment.
Larry
Very good point. You would think Ebay would pick up on that.
Quote from: LarryInMichigan on March 28, 2023, 11:19:54 AMebay link (http://www.ebay.com/itm/385498213123)
What do you suppose that the lister of this trying to accomplish?
Larry
To sell an Old Phone (to him) and having poor Photoshop skills, LOL!
Quote from: paul-f on March 28, 2023, 01:09:49 PMBut the listing states it's in the US.
But what is "ur dad" and "ur potato"? I clicked the links and got a map of North America with no location pins.
I asked the seller why the shipping was so high. He didn't know what the cost to me was. Sent him a screenshot of the price/postage ($126 to the US) and he told me he ships from Sweden.
What does shipping cost to EU members?
"Item does not ship to Germany".
It seems the only accepted shipping destination is USA. Obviously the seller does not have any clue what he is doing...
I agree.
The price to ship the phone from the US to Sweden is as high so regardless of every other strange thing about the listing, the international shipping seems about right, too high to buy.
a package inside Europe costs in the ballpark of 15-20 € or $ US. Inside the EU there are no customs issues either. A national package would be under 10 €. He might find customers, the starting price is not too bad. But I have given up trying to educate stupid sellers.
Quote from: countryman on March 29, 2023, 05:45:22 AM"Item does not ship to Germany".
It seems the only accepted shipping destination is USA.
Well, I see "ships to US" but the exclusions don't include Germany.
And, yes, a first time seller whose lack of eBay selling experience shows and I am also not going to help.
If you notice, right under the bidding box, it says "Ships from United States"
He should maybe correct that.
If we are now confident that this a listing by a legitimate, albeit clueless seller, I feel a bit better. I had been more or less assuming that it was a scam. There was some crook a few years ago who was creating numerous bogus listings on Etsy using images lifted from ebay listings. I reported them to Etsy, and they eventually removed the bogus accounts. I hate to see collectors (or others) be scammed, especially me.
Larry
Yes, the US but what are "urdad" and "urpotati"? Also pickup from those locations.
Delivery time is a month so not a US to US shipment. Maybe he used eBay Global Shipping from Sweden, that would be a higher cost for shipping.
Something(s) really messed up in that listing.
Seller replied to my 3 separate eBay messages within an hour of sending and he specifically told me he was in Sweden.
His best course is to end the listing and try again, but I'm not going to tell him that - it ends in 3 days anyway and won't sell (hope he didn't select auto-renew).