Beware,,,,ebay fakers - Page 2

Poppy · 12th April 2012, 00:35

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Originally Posted by Dragrad

And with such an astute person as yourself, he crossed swords with the wrong person

Good on you

But your post serves warning that parts can be found elsewhere should you take the time to shop around

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS....He did Andrew....... All good things come to those that wait as the saying goes.....

Poppy

Devilish · 12th April 2012, 01:59

I remember a discussion on here relating to this very item (I think). at the time members believed it to be a Land rover sleeve, as did I. In all fairness I believe he did not list it as genuine but machined to fit a 75 as you said. He may have been astounded as to the bidding, or not suprised, because from what I understand people including club member/s have actually bought and re sold them for the price you paid. They to listed them as Land rover I think, I know they did not list or try to pass them off as genuine.

I did buy several myself, I modified them for free and forwarded them to international members for what I paid (£10), because the original seller would not ship outside the UK. I also fitted several for free.

Alan_G · 12th April 2012, 07:40

Ebay is full of it, esp all these sellers in hong Kong that sell "genuine" items. As others have already said, its not often u pick up a bargain on eBay anymore, its best to check around. I think ebays fees have started to price then out against sites like amazon, u also have to watch postage fees from some of these sites. Buy an item for a few quid then pay 10 quid postage!

versus · 12th April 2012, 08:29

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Originally Posted by Alan_G

Ebay is full of it, esp all these sellers in hong Kong that sell "genuine" items.

Agree, many times not received items from Hong Kong...

can not say anything bad about sellers from Germany.
About seller from UK... good too... but in one case I bought black window tint for my 75 and it was very low quality, paid about 15-20£

Canon · 12th April 2012, 09:14

Ebay at times can be a bit of a minefield, you take a step and take your chance, but saying that ive been lucky and always got what i wanted, my only real gripe is some deliveries were sent by pidgeon post

Good to see you back poppy, missed your humour

Pauly · 12th April 2012, 10:28

Crooks on E bay..... surely not.....
Mrs buys all sorts of thing, Our postmans in hospital for his hernia opp..lol
just gotta be carefull,if it looks dodgy.. probably is...
glad you got it sorted...
thanks
Paul

STUBIE · 12th April 2012, 11:29

If you can get a Walnut freelander handgrip for £9.99 plus postage then please let me know, as these as far as I have seen cost around the £40-£50 mark from LR dealers.

Stubs

lovema75 · 12th April 2012, 11:32

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Originally Posted by STUBIE

If you can get a Walnut freelander handgrip for £9.99 then plus postage please let me know as these as far as I have seen cost around the £40-£50 mark from LR dealers.

Stubs

I want one too to match my walnut gearknob! But I've never seen any cheap ones.

uk_dave&gill · 12th April 2012, 11:40

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Originally Posted by STUBIE

If you can get a Walnut freelander handgrip for £9.99 plus postage then please let me know, as these as far as I have seen cost around the £40-£50 mark from LR dealers.

Ditto!

There was someone posted on here a while back with a similar tale (about how he'd paid a fortune for one off eBay but then went to his local LR dealer who had 50 or so on the shelf......)

versus · 12th April 2012, 11:45

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Originally Posted by lovema75

I want one too to match my walnut gearknob! But I've never seen any cheap ones.

Some times ago they were relatively cheap. Look here> http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/...INAL_HAND.html

I need one too.

12th April 2012, 01:59	#12
Devilish Been round the block 75 Tourer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Cannock Posts: 4,125 Thanks: 3 Thanked 189 Times in 121 Posts	I remember a discussion on here relating to this very item (I think). at the time members believed it to be a Land rover sleeve, as did I. In all fairness I believe he did not list it as genuine but machined to fit a 75 as you said. He may have been astounded as to the bidding, or not suprised, because from what I understand people including club member/s have actually bought and re sold them for the price you paid. They to listed them as Land rover I think, I know they did not list or try to pass them off as genuine. I did buy several myself, I modified them for free and forwarded them to international members for what I paid (£10), because the original seller would not ship outside the UK. I also fitted several for free. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, hide the evidence

12th April 2012, 07:40	#13
Alan_G Posted a thing or two MG3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Falkirk Posts: 1,507 Thanks: 242 Thanked 153 Times in 123 Posts	Ebay is full of it, esp all these sellers in hong Kong that sell "genuine" items. As others have already said, its not often u pick up a bargain on eBay anymore, its best to check around. I think ebays fees have started to price then out against sites like amazon, u also have to watch postage fees from some of these sites. Buy an item for a few quid then pay 10 quid postage! __________________ http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...5signature.jpg

12th April 2012, 09:14	#15
Canon Gets stuck in 75 Connie Auto CDTi SE Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Liverpool Posts: 923 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Ebay at times can be a bit of a minefield, you take a step and take your chance, but saying that ive been lucky and always got what i wanted, my only real gripe is some deliveries were sent by pidgeon post Good to see you back poppy, missed your humour __________________ http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...1f7d5496b4.jpg Mods done: Towbar - EGR replaced with SS straight pipe - Synergy 2 - Aircon resistor replaced with JMA - Walnut and Leather Steering Wheel - Walnut Hand Brake and Walnut Auto Gear Stick - Walnut Dash - Sean's DD Unit with DVBT - 2.0 CDT Torpedos - Boot Badge and mk1 Chrome Plinth - D Pillars - Union Alloys - X-Power Upgrade Slowly adding pre project bits and bobs

12th April 2012, 10:28	#16
Pauly Loves to post Rover 75 Tourer 2.5 V6 with a Rottey asleep in the back... Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Epping Posts: 339 Thanks: 39 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Crooks on E bay..... surely not..... Mrs buys all sorts of thing, Our postmans in hospital for his hernia opp..lol just gotta be carefull,if it looks dodgy.. probably is... glad you got it sorted... thanks Paul __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]My 4th Rover, 1st, Rover Metro Rio,... 2nd,Kensington Green Rover 414i,... 3rd White Gold Rover 600 2.0l si ,... Other Car Marine Blue Dodge Caliber 2.0 ltr Sport Auto SXT. Membership No: 001 118 This vehicle was the 17th 75 Tourer in Cimarron Green to be made out of 161 Cimarron Green 75 Tourers

12th April 2012, 11:29	#17
STUBIE This is my second home Back in a Rover Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Peterborough Posts: 4,926 Thanks: 131 Thanked 357 Times in 261 Posts	If you can get a Walnut freelander handgrip for £9.99 plus postage then please let me know, as these as far as I have seen cost around the £40-£50 mark from LR dealers. Stubs Last edited by STUBIE; 12th April 2012 at 11:34..