[CR]Crooked British Ebay seller

(Example: Framebuilding:Norris Lockley)

From: "Ken Sanford" <kanford@comcast.net>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:32:09 -0500
Subject: [CR]Crooked British Ebay seller

Sad story of my gullibility.

Seller goes by Ebay moniker of onlinebitsnbats Ebay rating was 587 with 99.7% positive Name is Ian Tucker Resides in Bracknell, Berkshire Banks thru Lloyds TSB...

Item in question was item 200054401597 - still visible - a lovely 1951 Claud Butler Olympic Sprint Track Bike

http://ebay.com/<blah>

I thought there would not be a problem. Last I heard, he could not figure out how to get past parcel2go's requirement of less than 4 cubic feet. No communication since 26 January. No responses to emails. Reported to Ebay, made claim, etc, etc. Little recourse from this side of the pond...

Since this guy often deals in bike parts, I thought it appropriate to advise listmembers.

take care
Ken Sanford
Kensington, MD