Stolen Merida Ninety-Six RC 5000

[Pannas]

THERE'S A DUDE ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE IN PINELANDS, TRYING TO SELL A R60 000.00 MERIDA, FOR 4 500.00 - IT'S CLEARLY STOLEN - 

I'M CHATTING WITH HIM CURRENTLY - IF YOUR MERIDA HAS BEEN STOLEN - CONTACT ME - 0833915400 JOHAN GREEFF - I'LL FORWARD YOU ALL THE DETAILS I HAVE ON THIS 'PATRICK' PERSON

HERE IS THE FACEBOOK LINK: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1504429856861970/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner

 

HERE IS THE SELLER'S PROFILE:  https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/profile/100061468141620/

AND HIS CELL NUMBER - +27 60 634 1398

[Nick]

Thanks for the heads up!

But it's unlikely that the advertiser has the bike in their possession. Those photos are taken from thebikegarage's advert here: https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/dual-suspension-bikes/650961/merida-96-rc-5000-m-carbon-xt12spd-rs

The scam is usually to take your money before you receive the non-existent bike. Or worse, lure you out to get robbed.

[Pannas]

I BELIEVE HE HAS THE BIKE WITH HIM - HE SENT ME A BUNCH OF CLOSE UP PICS IMMEDIATELY, WHEN I ASKED

[Pannas]

OH DEAR - YOU ARE CORRECT..... THOSE ARE THE SAME PICS.....

[Pannas]

OR IT'S A SCAM.......

[MORNE]

@Nick, it’s clear many of BH pics get re-appropriated for dodgy dealings away from the actual site. Yes this example is different as the pics are lifted from another site too. 

But wondering if there is a way to implement some kind of watermark or something?. Would it even help though. Don't know.

On a more gloomy note, heard on the news the other day of two brothers being shot and killed in PE, responding to a dodge advert. 

[Nick]

5 hours ago, MORNE said:

@Nick, it’s clear many of BH pics get re-appropriated for dodgy dealings away from the actual site. Yes this example is different as the pics are lifted from another site too. 

But wondering if there is a way to implement some kind of watermark or something?. Would it even help though. Don't know. 

I think you have raised this before. We do have some solutions on our roadmap but they are not currently a priority for a number of reasons. Including...

There are endless classifieds type photos of bikes available on the internet which makes our efforts somewhat futile. Almost every image on the internet can be copied.

Most solutions are not too difficult to get around with photo editing or cropping. A watermark would likely have to be across the whole image.

Also, don't use Facebook 😏 We've put a huge amount of work over the years trying to make Bike Hub safer than anywhere else (with support from the community). Selfishly, we're somewhat hesitant to spend our time failing to help a competitor with their shortcomings.

[Andreas_187]

It has been lifted off the classifieds

 

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/dual-suspension-bikes/650961/merida-96-rc-5000-m-carbon-xt12spd-rs

[Jan van der Westhuizen]

I saw that advert as well, knew something was off. That price is not real....