eBay - LAC/NAC

[Jim Jordan]

Hi,

Don't be so trusting of the sellers on eBay with high feedback numbers;
some of them, maybe many, salt those numbers liberally and eBay has little
way to stop it.  Moreover, there are some bidding schemes that are patently
unfair to the uninitiated.  I don't consider myself to be "initiated".

A selling forum like eBay is just too full of opportunity for crooks.

Cheers!

Jim Jordan 

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Max Wellhouse [mailto:maxjoyce at ipa.net] 
>  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 7:35 PM
>  To: Mike LaRosa; cobram at juno.com; iceisit at earthlink.net
>  Cc: quattro at audifans.com
>  Subject: Re: Fwd: For Sale '89 Audi
>  
>  I got jacked around on a $700 kayak sale via ebay with a 
>  similar Modus Operandae.  they sent me a $700 money order 
>  that really looked legit.  I deposited and waited for them 
>  to come get the boat.  They never did.  After spending the 
>  $700, a month later the bank calls with the bad news, it's a 
>  forgery.  It's the typical Western Union tap dance and the 
>  post office said the reason they get away with the forgery 
>  is that the bogus routing numbers on the Postal MO keep the 
>  check floating in the system since it has no where to go.  I 
>  was out a total of  $12 for a Western Union fee and that was 
>  enough of a lesson.
>  
>  Lady from Chicago bought the boat on a subsequent auction
>     Live and learn.
>  
>  3 and 4 digit ebay feedback folks are inherently more 
>  trustworthy, IMHO.
>  
>  DM&FS
>  
>  At 08:41 PM 9/14/2005, Mike LaRosa wrote:
>  >all the time fay, usually they are from nigeria though....
>  >
>  >some prince wanting to give me money... somehow the checks 
>  always seem 
>  >to get lost in the mail...  :)
>  >
>  >Mike,
>  >
>  >--- cobram at juno.com wrote:
>  >
>  > >  "Cat     ^. .^   ~" <iceisit at earthlink.net> writes:
>  > >
>  > > > Any body else on the list get correspondence like
>  > > this ???
>  > >
>  > > Only about 10 times a day.  The "Lads from Lagos"
>  > > are prolific if nothing
>  > > else.
>  > >
>  > > BCNU,
>  > > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>  > > We'll be spontaneous when we have time.
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