Yes, it would have been a scam. I asked the seller a question, got an email from eBay about security and now the item has been removed. I was shocked at the mumber of high bids I saw yesterday. Let's hope nobody got hurt.
John Betmanis Woodstock, Ontario Canada
At 07:38 AM 10/24/06 +0200, alex m wrote:
>To me it should be obvious it s a scam : no activity
>for years, link to someone else s site without saying
>it s not his, someone with no past bike references
>brings out some Rene Herse large flange Maxi Cars
>of@which there are only a handful of pairs existing
>in the world? Plus no Paypal, three day auction,
>private bidding????
>
>Thanks to CR members for bringing this to my
>attention... I m travelling at the moment and very
>short of time, could everyone reading this please if
>they have time try to contact eBay via the "live help"
>button???
>
>In my opinion eBay is doing very little to fight this,
>they just occasionally remove an item but never seem
>to bother to follow up penally.
>
>Alexander March
>Bordeaux
>France