Ebay is getting out of control with all the maxima lights. Seller has not 1 but 2 pair. Pi$$ing me off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36476

 

add this one to the list. It's sad


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2453850056


Check out how the guys is from Union New Jersey.

e-bay is becoming a fencing operation for lots of stolen items.

 

does it matter? we should make a forum so that people can post links to ebay auctions about headlights/parts from maxima vehicles a few times a week.

 

All I can say is WoW............

 

The other guy is from Newark and he has the nerve to charge sales tax.

Memo to you guys in Jersey,

If you see an item on eBay that you believe is stolen, your best course is to contact law enforcement immediately. Under eBay's privacy rules, our attorneys will provide important records about pending and past listings with an official request from law enforcement officials. Please inform the police officer handling the case that eBay will be pleased to cooperate in the investigation, and ask the officer to contact eBay using our law enforcment-specific webform. The officer should include all relevant information, including the case number and any item numbers or User IDs.


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Perhaps if you owned a 2k2+ with HIDs you'd be a little more understanding of threads such as these. This is a 5th gen forum and a 5th gen issue. Regardless, if you're not interested, post elsewhere.

 

WOW THOSE ARE DEFINATELY STOLEN!

 

Just went to Ebay and reported these auctions. Here is the URL: http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_i...t_listing.html

Here was my message:
Due to high theft rates in the northeast, Maxima HID kits/headlights should be added to the "Prohibited and Restricted Items" list. The above auctions (I provided in a separate list) are almost certainly for stolen merchandise. This article details the problem: http://www.identificationtechnologie.../NJ%20Star.pdf. Thanks.

I think it'd be great if other org members contact Ebay as well. Getting stolen merchandise pulled from ebay is another step in the right direction.

 

someone should bid and get the payment information just to find out where this scumb@g lives.

 

Yep, it definitely had to be stolen, look at the seller's feedback. He's new to ebay. I sent and email for question, that how does he know it's for the maxima and I want to see his response would be. I'll keep you posted.

 

This guy is definitely fishy, look at the date since he was a member, secondly he has no feedback. I sent an email to ask him this? Is this new or used. How do you know it fits on a Maxima, if so what model year does it fit. I await for his response to see what's up.

 

Yes, it matters a great deal. If we ever expect anything to be done about HID theft, we must take whatever actions possible to track potentially stolen parts. If we find any suspected parts on eBay, we should notify all org members and anybody else that needs to know. If you don't like these posts, it's easy to bypass them.

 

Looks like a change in tactics. Since it's hard to explain away broken mounting tabs, they disassemble the units now.

 

I'm betting this has always been the case on the street. They don't sell the Max lights to Max owners - They sell the ballast and ignitors to punk kids with riced out civics and integras. The sad fact is our HIDs are more valuable now that aftermarket units are illegal to sell. At least the anti-theft kits appear to be working.

 

Why don't some of us just place the winning bids on these items then stiff the dude. He will then have to list them again only to have someone make the high bid and stiff him again. I guess ebay will get ****ed but do you think these guys are going to report anyone for stiffing them?

 

I just sent ebay 3 messages through this link (one for each auction)....

I want to thank all of you owners for showing such interest and support in this crisis. I'm sure the majority of you (not in the Northeast) have had no issues with HID theft, and it makes me proud of you and this forum for supporting us NJ, NY owners who have to live with this plague every day.

Housecor, thanks for the link to that article. I never read it before, and it was very informative.

The irony is I work about 300 yards off of Eisenhower Parkway in Roseland and I've never had an issue there... They just wait til I come home to take the HIDs. BTW, for you guys in NNJ, that spot in Roseland is a veritable shopping mall for thieves... The office buildings are only 10 seconds from Rt. 280, and every slimeball from Newark, the Oranges and Irvington drive through there looking for a "bargain".... Maxima's are not exclusive, many cars have been stolen from there... STAY AWAY!!!

Keep up the good work... Together we will get through this!!!

 

If the thieves are resorting to taking the risk of publicly selling these on e-bay, it must be starting to get hard to re-sell them on the street. Keeping up the pressure and being persistant is the only way to put an end to it.

 

I just sent ebay emails also about those auctions. I'm going to send the sellers emails now. Its way out of control now. I was doing some research last night and Florida. specifically dade is getting hit rwith HID theft. The target is Porsche. According to the article they are real easy to steal also. They also mention that the maximas are starting to become a problem. Let me find the article and i'll post it.

Porsche HID Theft

 

i seriously wanna get the robocop security system... with tazers that shoot out of "smashed" headlights.

kinda like a xeon hid flytrap hahaha

what fun!

 

The worst part about this whole issue is that the biggest market for these lights are the owners of 2000 and 2001 Maximas. It's sad but true, you could probably find a lot of these stolen lights just by looking at Maxima.org members. Go see for yourself--how many '00 and '01 guys have modified their cars by adding HID's? Quite a few.

 

likewise, if you do not like my post, you are free not to reply to it, nor read it.

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....&highlight=hid
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=hid+ebay
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=hid+ebay
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=hid+ebay
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=hid+ebay
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....light=hid+ebay

etc etc etc etc

 

Check this out what this seller had to say about it when I sent an email with question regards to his auction......this is what he had to say

Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2454658750
Date: 1/18/2004 1:39:15 PM Mountain Standard Time
From: X Dj Morpheous X


they came off a nissan maxima the one's that have HID in them

one of my friends has maxima and he didnt have HID in it, but i sold him a pair and he said that they just fix right in but if you want to put them in any other car you can

if you want any more info email me or if you want you can call my cell ph 973 445 6315
if i dont pick leva your ## and ill get back to you as soon as i can.




This guy is really dumb, obivously it doesn't sound very legit about the first sentence in the email. Secondly he given me his phone number to ask question.

 

I have a question... Doesn't ebay understand that the sale of aftermarket Xenon HID kits has been illegal since August of 2003? How could they allow the sale without the authorities stopping them?

Here's a link to a post found on HID Forum.com:

http://hidforum.com/forum/showthread...=&threadid=613

Can the NHTSA enforce the $5,000 per day fine on ebay since 8/15/03?

 

why doesn't someone in the area just call this guy and arrange to look at the HID's for sale "to make sure they are in working condition" or something....then a bunch of people go over there and ...um...you know what. Won't he be surprised when a bunch of maximas roll up at his house!

 

I notice in that article it says "''Mercedes has [the lights], but you can die of old age trying to take them out.''

If Mercedes has developed a good system to keep the lights from being stolen, why can't Nissan!?

 

So far my HIDs have not been messed with (loud knock on wood),
But I'm paying in other ways : INSURANCE.
Thanks to those fockin thieves MY INS. went from 15 rating to 18!.
P.S. how ya like those HIDs in your 2000 GLE?

 

Probably because Mercedes is in a totally different class and it would add big $$$ to the price of a Maxima. I would hope that they're working on something better if they plan on offering HIDs in future Maximas as standard equipment.

 

i called the seller, sounds sketchy

 

Couldn't cost that much just to add a couple screws or make stronger brackets....moot point though since there are no more 5th gens being made!

By the way, evilroadsvicitm, your cardomain site says:

"no stupid bezels or gay dash kits..."

Although I have neither a "stupid bezel" or "gay dash kit", those are strong words coming from a guy with not-so-stylin GLE stock HUBCAPS

And where did you buy your HIDs, by the way? Ebay?

 

The housing brackets for the 02-03 Maximas are the ones used in the 00-01 Maximas which were halogen. Nissan didn't really have to worry about people wanting to steal the halogens in the 3.0 5th gens, and they never expected HID to become a problem when the upgraded the Maxima's lights to HID.

 

yeah, makes sense....I was just thinking aloud rhetorically I suppose......

 

keep the to off topic...

you have a problem with my 'strong opinion' on dash kits and bezels?

hubcaps? read up on the thread a few weeks ago that says just when nissan came out with the new design for the gle wheels. that should clear it up.

 

WTF is your problem? You don't even own a 2k2/2k3 Max. I don't care how many times people post about HID's being stolen or the parts being for sale on eBay. There might not be much we can do about it, but at least we know that we're not alone in this situation and that other's know how we feel. I've had my lights stolen and unless you've been through it, you do not know the rage one goes through knowing that some punk a$$hole is walking around with the stuff you worked hard to earn. So unless you have some constructive input, STFU.

 

I thought of this too at first, but then it hit me - Maxima HID kits aren't aftermarket. They're OEM replacement. It would be illegal to put them in another vehicle, but it's totally legal to sell them for replacement of existing OEM equipment. That is, if they're not stolen. Fat chance.

 

don't you "stfu" me. thanks.

No you are not alone, nor will be the last one. Although i symphatize with anyone who has had something on their car messed with (whatever that is, and i have been there too) you have to understand that personal opinion is just that, and if you get on the case of everyone that does not chime in with something you like, then, you are just trolling around with no cause. You want constructive input? Move, use a garage or frankly, bolt your lights down with custom steel bolts and brackets to the frame. I don't see what constructive input you can actually expect since everything that could have been done concerning the ebay sales of "parts" has been exhausted. So unless you manage to file some sort of investigation with the proper authorities, you really are not contributing anything either. If you actually read my post, i suggested that a thread/forum/whatever be made for such discussions, like with the technosquare ECU, stillen headers, and other topics that have been of high interest. Now if you somehow magically skipped through that part, pity.

There are many valid headlight related posts around, but just posting the weekly "hey i found these on ebay for sale, think they are stolen *wink wink*" is getting old, to me anyway, and last i checked it is not against any rules, including the unwritten moral ones to express that.

 

There should be a sticky thread where people can go to get a list of all current suspected stolen Hid item listing numbers. I would be happy to check ebay every couple of days and list the items I find. Then people could copy the list and send it off with a letter to ebay. Each person who has concerns with hid theft could draft his or her own letter and just add the updated list of items. The addition of area newspaper clippings regarding hid theft as well letting ebay that aftermark hid systems are illegal for sale (made illegal August 2003 may prompt them to prohibit the sale of Hids on ebay if they get enough complaints. Well its just a thought.


Hotrod

 

I'm surprised HID theft hasn't become a sticky yet, that's a good idea! It should be limited to e-bay auctions so those of us that are willing to be advocates can watch for new ones and take appropriate action. It's such a big problem it deserves that kind of attention.

 

Just to clarify, it doesn't really matter if they're aftermarket or OEM. The law doesn't make all aftermarket HIDs illegal. It basically stipulates that the bulbs, ballasts, and reflectors are DOT approved as a complete package so you can't place HID bulbs in a reflector designed for halogen lights. That's what's killed the aftermarket HIDs industry since that's what nearly everyone wants to do. But it's just as illegal to sell or install OEM HID bulbs/ballasts in a car with halogen reflectors. So if an Ebay seller lists them as an upgrade to non-HID Maximas ....

 

I just called him and when he answered I said that I was police investigating HID theft and the guy just hang up. I think that everyone here should call him at like 5am and just pretend u r Police. This may scare him a lil and maybe stop future theft.

 

"I just called him and when he answered I said that I was police investigating HID theft and the guy just hang up. I think that everyone here should call him at like 5am and just pretend u r Police. This may scare him a lil and maybe stop future theft."




Thats pretty funny the dope should have never given out his cell phone number. I think i will call his cell a few times and if he doesn't have it on and I can leave a message I may leave him 20 messages or so. Maybe even spam his email addy.