Is it just me, or is Ebay full.of stolen bikes?

[BridlewayBimbler]

As above, there seem.to be quite a few high end bikes on Ebay being offered for seemingly random pruces?
Has anyone else noticed this?

[fatbikephil]

It's hard to say - what I'm noticing is stuff going for big money with a 1 line description or an AI description which does make you wonder. I want to message the seller and ask them if they actually want to sell anything? Or - do they not know what it is so are using the AI description to hide this....

I tend to only go for things with a genuine description and good photos.

[Hyppy]

I think the 'random' prices are a knock on effect of it now being free to sell: The fees are added to the price the seller sets, so we end up with the xx.72 or xx.34 or whatever.

And only half are nicked ;-)

[Lazarus]

Bound to be , there are a number of sellers who have a steady stream of poorly described high end parts. ..they could be stripping legit bikes but they domt seem to know much about bikes if they are.

I avoid as i do gumtree and FB as theft of bikes ends if they cannot be resold.

Clearly some legit sellers as well but hard to know for certain.

[PeddarsWayJason]

ebay is a now rats' nest of stolen stuff, counterfeits and scammers. And if you're a genuine seller, the idiots making knock-down offers make it a waste of time too. Only FB marketplace is worse.!