Another scam on eBay?

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Author Message lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 713 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 4:36 pm:    Check out this guitar listed on eBay. Interestingly, the seller's profile lists the seller as located in the U.S. The listing says the guitar is in "Roma, Italy" and payment is to me made "ITALIEN PAYMENT THROUGH BANK WIRE TRANSFER TO ROME, ITALY". And the icing on the cake: there is no logo! I'm thinking a Fernandes, perhaps? A fraud within a fraud! http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEMBIC-VINTAGE-ELECTRIC-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ7357079285QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Bill, tgo keith_h Advanced Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 205 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Monday, October 10, 2005 - 6:03 pm:    Wouldn't surprise me if the account was hijacked as all of the sellers other adds are for motor vehicles and written in Italian. Keith harald_rost Member Username: harald_rost Post Number: 100 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:40 am:    If you look at the feeback history this seller was also dealing with music equipment in the past, mainly buying. Beeing a member of Ebay.com has not mean to live in the USA. I have also an account of Ebay.com because there was no German Ebay in 1998. And I got my Series 1 from Ebay in 1999. But of course internationel Ebaying is always risky. Harald yggdrasil Member Username: yggdrasil Post Number: 66 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:48 pm:    I just changed my "country of registration" to the US from Canada . I have a US ship-to address,and do not require shipping out of the lower 48, but ebay recently started an auction setting that prohibits me from even bidding because I'm "registered in a country to which the seller does not ship". At first I tried emailing sellers, guiding them through the "permitted buyers" process - then gave up & changed my country of registration to the USA. I still live in Toronto, though. Frank palembic Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2110 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 12:56 pm:    Hi Frank! Paul TBO yggdrasil Member Username: yggdrasil Post Number: 67 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 1:34 pm:    back atcha Paul! Trust all is well in Belgie! Frank palembic Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 2111 Registered: 9-2002 Posted on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 3:21 pm:    Yo brother!