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glocke
Advanced Member
Username: glocke

Post Number: 221
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 6:21 pm:   Edit Post

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alembic-Series-II-5-String-Bass-97-Free-ship-to-Co-USA_W0QQitemZ150139503039QQihZ005QQcategoryZ67816QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
evilgus
Junior
Username: evilgus

Post Number: 39
Registered: 7-2005
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 8:32 pm:   Edit Post

I emailed the seller and the reply sounds very dodgy indeed, mentioning "the deal" a number of times and "an eBay program that will protect both of us". Huh? Escrow, perhaps? I asked why it was so cheap and a private auction running for 3 days only, have had no response so far.

Cheers,

EG
88persuader
Advanced Member
Username: 88persuader

Post Number: 309
Registered: 5-2004
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 - 9:33 pm:   Edit Post

You should NEVER e-mail someone like this!!! Often they have ways to steel your information (I don't know how it was done but it was) by you simply e-mailing them and then they use YOUR good name and e-bay account information to scam other people. I replied to someone like this once and a few days later got a message from e-bay telling me my account had been compromised and was being used in a scam so they FROZE my account. I had to call them and jump through a few hoops to clear up my account. I also had to get new account names and passwords for both e-bay and Paypal to make sure the jerk wouldn't rob me or use my information in the future. It was a big pain in the butt and all because I sent someone an e-mail. Evilgus ... if you e-mailed this person I would suggest you change your e-bay and paypal passwords just to be on the safe side ... even if e-bay doesn't contact you.
effclef
Senior Member
Username: effclef

Post Number: 489
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:38 am:   Edit Post

The above link was removed...but it's back!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300127956767

Reported it.
EffClef
lowlife
Advanced Member
Username: lowlife

Post Number: 277
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:51 am:   Edit Post

Interesting that the "text" mentions a Buy It Now amount, but there is no Buy It Now button. Doesn't smell kosher IMHO.

Ellery (Lowlife)
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 800
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:53 am:   Edit Post

Everything this person added under the id is a starting price of $13.00 with a buy it now of $1200.00. Not to mention the real owner of the account appears to be French. These folks aren't very bright are they?

Keith
effclef
Senior Member
Username: effclef

Post Number: 490
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 4:59 am:   Edit Post

Well, all of us were new to the Internet once. All it takes is one newbie to get taken and the scammer has $1200, if not more (like a bank acct number).

And like 88P says, the French acct was probably stolen in a similar fashion.

BAD KARMA. Phooey.

By the way, a google search of the scammer's email addr shows up in a list of scammed auction names.

EffClef
lowlife
Advanced Member
Username: lowlife

Post Number: 278
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 5:22 am:   Edit Post

Looks like the add has been removed again.

Ellery (Lowlife)
effclef
Senior Member
Username: effclef

Post Number: 491
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 5:28 am:   Edit Post

Yay!

I do think that Alembicians are pretty good at looking out for each other, don't you think?

EffClef
juggernaught
Member
Username: juggernaught

Post Number: 71
Registered: 3-2007
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:20 am:   Edit Post

I think that's the bazillionth time I've seen that one on ebay. Look! There's 2 of them there now. How many accounts has this person stolen?
lowlife
Advanced Member
Username: lowlife

Post Number: 279
Registered: 12-2003
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 8:30 am:   Edit Post

EffClef I agree with you 100%, but it only works is the Alembician is a member of the club.

Ellery (Lowlife)
speicky
Advanced Member
Username: speicky

Post Number: 225
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 9:00 am:   Edit Post

not quite, Ellery...

you can shoot an email over to the potential buyer to warn him. I was warned two years ago when I was a noob, and I took advantage of that feature twice to alert somebody else.

However, nowadays I see more and more eBay auctions with anonymous bidding history such as high bidder "bidder7", second high bidder "bidder2"... I guess eBay does this to protect second high bidders from receiving fake "second chance offers", but the downside is you can't warn the high bidder in those auctions anymore... oh, well.

Christian
effclef
Senior Member
Username: effclef

Post Number: 492
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:02 am:   Edit Post

I think ebay's policy is going toward anything that bids over $200, the bidders list becomes private.

And you can't always directly contact a bidder, because now they sometimes block emails unless you are the buyer or seller in an auction.

Ebay is too big to police itself, really, nowadays. A shame but probably true.

EffClef

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