abowie

Assessing the veracity of Ebay auctions is always difficult.

His feedback is good but limited. He doesn't seem to have sold anything on Ebay before and the only item he has bought that I could check was a diving item (DSMB).

The "payment by personal cheque only" would put me off. Not a lot of comeback for you if it goes awry. It's possible that he's genuine. Equally he could be a scammer who has ripped off some poor bloke's ID.

The big positive is that there's a phone number to ring. I'd give him a call. He might just be reticent to give out the serial number because he's wary of people ripping off his pictures and scamming his auction. You could also ask him if he's a Rebreather World member (might well be), or knows any members who'll vouch for the unit.

Otherwise see if he'll let you go and inspect the unit. If he says no after you explain your doubts you'd feel better about not buying this unit.

Regardless, don't stress. There's loads of Classics for sale, and it's a buyer's market.

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Andrew Bowie

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