| Author | Message | ||
| glocke
Advanced Member Username: glocke Post Number: 221 Registered: 9-2002 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Looks like the add has been removed again. Ellery (Lowlife) | ||
| effclef
Senior Member Username: effclef Post Number: 491 Registered: 1-2004 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
