Thoughts on this Ebay transaction - suspicious???

Hi OF,

I would like to hear your thoughts on an ebay transaction.

It's about an Omegas Seamaster Chrono 145.005 which was for sale on Ebay. I won the auction which ended yesterday in the evening.

I already had doubts before bidding as I asked the seller to send me a foto of the watch timed to a special time of day but I didn`t receive an answer. This was a red flag to me but seconds before the auction ended I decided to make a bid.

After winning the auction I received a mail from the seller with his bank details and the information that the earlier I will transfer the money the earlier the watch will be with me. I replied that I will transfer the money when he will send me a foto of the watch timed to a special time of day. Since this time I haven`t heard anything from the seller.

The seller is from Spain and accepts only bank transfer.

There were also 6 other watches sold from the seller at the same time.
What is very suspicous to me is that he didn`t sell watches in the past and the last thing he sold on Ebay was more than a year ago and all of a sudden he is the seller of 7 high valueable watches.

I don`t know why I made this bid as I already saw this red flags before (beside this I am aware that the watch has some issues but these wouldn`t be hard to fix)

For me it is the first time that I come up with things like this so I would like to hear your thoughts. Many thanks
Duffy

Vintage 1967 Omega Seamaster Deville Cal 321 Ref 145.005 | eBay

Here are the other auctions of the seller:
Vintage Omega Flightmaster, ref 145.026 calibre 911 c197172 | eBay
RARE VINTAGE HEUER AUTAVIA GMT AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WATCH WITH MK1 DIAL | eBay
Rare Vintage 1960s Baylor Heuer Camaro Valjoux 72 Chronograph Exotic Dial | eBay
Breitling Navitimer World 46mm | eBay
Large 14K Gold MINUTE REPEATER Hunter Pocket Watch by Audemars Freres c1910 | eBay
Superb 18c London Verge Double Fusee Bracket Clock C1770 | eBay

I would stay away from this seller!

Request the transaction be cancelled. You’ll be waiting for your money but if he agrees you should get it.
Don’t forget you will pay import duty plus VAT on that item into the UK if the sale does proceed.

I’d walk away, there appears to be no consistency to the various auctions photos which for me is alarm bells, much more likely that the pictures have been stolen from other people. Not to mention doing an international deal with an unknown person without the protection of PayPal...

Always buy the seller before the watch.
Never pay by bank transfer on ebay, you have NO protection.
Cancel the deal.

I didn`t transfer money by now and I won`t do this until the seller proofs that he is in possession of the watch

Auctions fotos differ and also the style of the description is completly different

Yeah you are right - it wasn`t a clever decission to bid after already seeing all those red flags but if I were the seller it wouldn`t be a problem for me to send the buyer a foto of the watch especially if payment is only via bank transfer.

May I ask you which site you use for the reverse image search?

Walk away

Do not proceed - stop transaction - details to follow

If the seller is from Spain why is all their buyer / seller feedback in English and why did they sell fence panels, upvc door and a water tank in the UK - Maybe they were getting in ahead of Brexit. The reverse image search I did was negative but too many red flags here - which combined with a bank transfer only deal would make me nervous... and life it too short to waste time being nervous when you don't need to be...
Buy the seller as someone said above...
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As I didn`t hear anything from the seller I reported it to Ebay.

I would like to say thanks to all of you for your thoughts and I have definitely learned out of this.
Cheers Duffy

Let's us know what Ebay's position will be.

I was involved in a case that the a legitimate account Ebay was hacked. An "user" with perfect feedback bought my watch. claimed to have paid for it, and was pressuring me to post it. I got suspicious and did not post the watch. Ebay warned me only days later that that account had been hacked.

Yeah I will keep you informed.

Probably this might go the same way. Hopefully no one of the others transferred money for the watches.