Fraud alert???

[Butlercustom]

A friend sent me the picture of the jeep and asked if it was real. Then I looked at the other items the sellers have for sale.
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1566691266

[motorman]

No fraud the seller states in his description that the model is not original and he creates them in his spare time. These models should not fool an experienced collector.

[Butlercustom]

Yeah I just wish they were listed as custom not rare.

[motorman]

Yeah I just wish they were listed as custom not rare.

I agree however potential buyers should make sure they read the listing in its entirety.

[johnboy]

It would help if sellers were clear in their item titles. It might help prevent the odd bidiot from impulse bidding based on the photo/title alone (which does happen) and it would also stop lots of ebayers, who aren't interested in code 3's/customs, from wasting time scrolling down to read the description.

[Tinman]

I too would prefer the model not be listed as "rare." It is rare as there are not too many like this, but I would like to see that term used only for rare factory made models and not customs. I hope the fire chief does not have to go out on cold or rainy days.

[Moyboy]

Very Rare - only one I made ! I get fed up browsing through all the mdae models these days. I wish ebay would have a code 3 cat for these ones to save me a lot of time. I think Ebay Germany is almost 60% code 3 models nowadays.

[johnboy]

Very Rare - only one I made ! I get fed up browsing through all the mdae models these days. I wish ebay would have a code 3 cat for these ones to save me a lot of time. I think Ebay Germany is almost 60% code 3 models nowadays.

ebay.uk has a code 3 category (toys & games/diecast & vehicles/code3. There's around 660 listings at the moment and most seem to be decals, spare parts, etc.