Strange eBay listing

I stumbled across these listings on eBay. Some of the resort names are close, but a lot seem to be completely made up.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/unitedstatesrealestatedevelopmencompan0/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Any idea what the angle is? Does not seem legit, but i can think of how they could make money off these..

Totally bizzare. I was going to report a listing as bogus, but none of the choices on the drop down menu matched "bogus listing."

Very strange indeed. It would be interesting to know who / what (if anything) is at the Fort Lauderdale street address indicated in the seller details.

they are all 100k?

$100,000 or best offer

I'd offer $1, but I'm afraid that I might win one.

Bizarre is an understatement.

Zero feedback. Perhaps they have loaded a bunch of listings to make it look like they will have some completed listings and lots of positive feedback?

dioxide45 said:

Zero feedback. Perhaps they have loaded a bunch of listings to make it look like they will have some completed listings and lots of positive feedback?

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Interesting idea, but to post feedback they will need to close a sale. Even if you sell it to yourself or close associate eBay will charge you for the sales fee.

Even without any sales i think you still pay for each listing.

1Kflyerguy said:

Interesting idea, but to post feedback they will need to close a sale. Even if you sell it to yourself or close associate eBay will charge you for the sales fee.

Even without any sales i think you still pay for each listing.

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Though there is the make an offer. For classified type ads, is the Ebay fee the amount of the listing or the amount of the final sales price, or is it just a flat fee? It might be worth it to them to do this to run up positive feedback. No one usually wants to bid on zero feedback sellers when it comes to timeshare listings.

Pretty comedic. Had to chuckle at the description.

United States Real Estate Development Company is officially recognized as the Leader in building the Luxury Resorts around the World.

Our 20 Luxury Resorts are :

1st. American Billionaires Resort

2nd. American Celebrities Resort

3rd. American Multi-Millionaires Resort

4th. American Film Stars Resort

5th. American Sport Players Resort

6th. American Music Stars Resort

7th. American Senatorial Resort

8th. American Presidential Resort

9th. American Congressional Resort

10th. American Gubernatorial Resort

11th. American Mayoral Resort

12th. American Diplomatic Resort

13th. American Royal Resort

14th. American Imperial Resort

15th. American Economic Elites Resort

16th. American Noble Persons Resort

17th. American Intellectual Elites Resort

18th. American Richest Persons Resort

19th. American Industrialists Resort

20th. American Aristocrats Resort

At the bottom of every listing you will find a link saying "Report this item". That takes you to a form you need to fill in to tell eBay why you are reporting.

I reported as Listing Practices/Fraudulent Listing/You suspect the listing is fraudulent. I think they could also, and maybe better, be reported as Listing Practices/Search & Browse manipulation. Don't expect much to come from it because the eBay boards are full of stories about trying to report fakes and the listings never go away, but every now and then the powers that be will surprise us. Listings are obviously bogus, so maybe somebody (or some bot) with half a brain will look at them if enough people complain.

Money laundering comes to mind?

Are all the listings now gone? I get a No search results message when I go to the link in post #1.

Yep, all gone. Good for eBay taking action.

clifffaith said:

Yep, all gone. Good for eBay taking action.

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Wow they moved fast on that one... For what its worth the seller is no longer registered either.