Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / February 2005

I was on ebay recently checking for the market price of used R1s. I found
plenty of scammers.

Here are the common traits:

1.) A very popular bike.
2.) Low mileage.
3.) A promise for free shipping worldwide.
4.) A buy it now price that is HALF of the actual market price.
5.) Several auctions with photos of the same bike.
6.) The "location" will say something like "email for info", but they still
won't say.
7.) They frequently have several transactions in their ebay record, and a
decent score. (haven't figured out how they do this yet).
8.) They have restricted bidding.

Here's a listing for a 600cc R1 -- must have changed the engine out :) --
with most of these traits:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4530000426&ca
tegory=50053

What do you guys thing-- Is this a scam? Or just a seller who doesn't know
what they have.