I have noticed in the last week that on eBay UK there are lots of extremely high priced items being listed all as 3 or 5 day auctions, all with worldwide shipping and all with the same exact desciption eg: a simple "excellent working condition, calibrated."
The accounts have all either never sold before or not sold these type of items.
Furthermore I started to notice these separate accounts in different parts of the UK had
images that were taken in the same room as each other! (see images) So now I knew my hunch was right. I went online chat to warn eBay, but even though I proved the items were in the exact same room as each other, they only removed one of the items and left the others and they are still up for people to get robbed, despite my efforts.
I also messaged each seller, and they have all ignored me.
If you see these items with worldwide shipping on a 3 day auction beware, as I can almost guarantee you wont be getting your item. I wanted to warn people as eBay don't seem to care and this has happened to me in the past, with high end audio rack gear on eBay, and you have to go through a load of hoops to get your money back, so beware on bidding on some of these sellers popping up in the UK.
Listings that are still listed:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225484894484 - LCR meter that photos are taken in same room as removed 5500A listing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144997342801 - Fluke 5720A, seller never sold an item on ebay been offline for over a year, same wording as the others I found
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144997351890 - Rohde Schwarz FSIQ26 same seller as above
I hope this post can help someone avoid getting robbed.