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10 June 2004, 13:46
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
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Mercury 225hp Optimax (Brand new) £2,250
Mercury 225hp Optimax V6 2 stroke (Brand new) currant bid on Ebay £2,250
with 21 hour to go, sounds like a bargin
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1
It is also on Boats & outboards for £8,500
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/view/F34851/
Only wish my transom would take it!
Nick
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10 June 2004, 13:50
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Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: bojangles
Make: scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: yanmar
Join Date: Apr 2003
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sounds too cheap to me!
been a few scams on ebay, I think there are some other threads on here about them.
Ozz
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10 June 2004, 13:56
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Southampton
Boat name: DynaMoHumm/ SRV/deja
Make: Avon8.4, 5.4 & 4.777
Length: 8m +
Engine: Cat3126 Yam 90 &70
MMSI: 42
Join Date: Dec 2003
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does it include free shipping?
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10 June 2004, 13:57
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Country: UK - England
Town: Farnborough
Boat name: Narcissus
Make: Cobra
Length: 7m +
Engine: Optimax 225
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 2,291
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Doesn't seem to bear the usual hallmarks of an ebay scam. Doesn't mean the engine's not knocked off of course.
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10 June 2004, 13:59
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,252
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Yes I know about them but this one has been on B&O for some time I think he just wants to shift it!
Nick
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10 June 2004, 14:09
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: portsmouth
Boat name: bojangles
Make: scorpion
Length: 8m +
Engine: yanmar
Join Date: Apr 2003
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just had a look. Does seem ok. Total bargain and very tempting!
Bet it will go up now it has been mentioned on here!
No reserve either
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10 June 2004, 14:21
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Anyone who stands a 225hp outboard on their best lounge carpet, leaning on the recently emulsioned anaglypta has to be genuine! 
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10 June 2004, 14:42
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,252
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Yep it gone up to £4,100
Nick
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10 June 2004, 15:11
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Country: France
Town: Côte d'Azur
Boat name: Beaver Patrol
Make: Avon Searider SR4
Length: 4m +
Join Date: Jan 2004
Posts: 5,934
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I think it's an outboard dealer or something, cos he has quite a few engines for sale.
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10 June 2004, 15:23
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Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 12,791
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looks totally genuine to me - the feedback history is the thing to look for - also they list their phone number etc etc
Wish I had spotted this one earlier - still auction hasn't finished yet - they tend to go crazy last minute!
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10 June 2004, 18:30
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Country: Netherlands
Town: Maastricht
Make: Bombard
Length: 580
Engine: Yamaha F100AET
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 24
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I've got exactly the same (hahaha).
It's for sale for 5.100. And it also is a bargain.
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10 June 2004, 22:21
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 961
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You know there are sites on the web that automatically bid for you in the last 10 seconds of an auction? That is why things go 'mad'
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10 June 2004, 22:24
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Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
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Can you point me to one? Could be handy!
John
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10 June 2004, 22:59
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Country: UK - England
Town: Lymington
Boat name: Farfetched
Make: Solent Ribs
Length: 6m +
Engine: 150hp Suzuki
MMSI: 235021048
Join Date: Apr 2004
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11 June 2004, 11:31
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Country: UK - England
Town: Bucks
Boat name: Blue & Ding Dong
Make: Ribeye,SR4 & Bombard
Length: 6m +
Engine: 115,50 & 15Hp Yams
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 3,252
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Looks like he got could feet!
"The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the minimum bid or Reserve amount. "
Nick
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Desktop\eBay item 2480826737 (Ends 11-Jun-04 115635 BST) - Mercury 225hp Optimax V6 2 stroke (Brand new).htm
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11 June 2004, 12:14
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Country: UK - Scotland
Town: Oban
Boat name: RIB Tickle
Make: Humber Assault
Length: 5.3m
Engine: Yamaha 60ETO,Tohatsu 3.5
Join Date: Dec 2003
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I don't now whether it is genuine or not but the pic is the same one that everyone slated as fake auctions the last time on the forum when one came up.........
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11 June 2004, 12:30
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Country: UK - England
Town: Devon
Boat name: White Ice
Make: Ranieri
Length: 5m +
Engine: Suzuki 115hp
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,015
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Rupert me ole chum, as far as I remember, it's a completely different picture. The first fraudulent one was hung on the back of an ally bass fishing boat with a transom extension.
Seller ending auction early... this is a bit of a habit of many Ebay sellers who don't want to put off bidders by having a reserve. It would suggest the guy's basically genuine, but want's the right money. Most salerooms and auctioneers don't do this, but clearly Ebay regard it as an acceptable practice.
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11 June 2004, 19:28
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: swansea
Boat name: Too Blue
Make: BLANK
Length: 8m +
Engine: Suzuki DT225
Join Date: Mar 2004
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It is NOT the fake pic - as has been said that was on a boat!
The deal looks perfectly genuine but as has been pointed out he has been a bit naughty because he should have put on a reserve - he obviously wasn't prepared to let it go for £4000 odd - can't blame him but should have put up a clear reserve price - if you sell with NO RESERVE you should stick by it!!!
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11 June 2004, 19:35
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Country: UK
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 4.8m
Engine: Mercury F60 EFI
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 89
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Look at the size of that engine! It's HUGE! 
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11 June 2004, 19:50
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Country: UK - England
Length: 5m +
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Ending the auction early is fairly common practice, It is the sort of thing they (ebay) turn a bit of a blind eye to and they have several reason codes for doing this.
If you are selling a high value item then you pay a lot more in sellers fees if you place a reserve on the item and are then successful in selling it. Makes sense therfore to limit your costs by having no reserve and then hoping that the auction fever or specialist knowledge of the product on sale will do the biz. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't
It may have got fairly close to his 'mental reserve' but not close enough to make it worth his while.
Frustrating for genuine bidders who are hoping for a real bargain.
I buy and sell specialist guitars on ebay so I have seen this sort of thing quite a lot.
Some of the stuff i buy is this sort of value. I would never part company with that amount of dosh without going there and seeing the stuff first hand. If the seller is reluctant/stand offish. Walk away.
If a deal seems to good to be true, it probably is too good to be true. Cliche but a good one.
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