Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Totally agree, I must be getting senile. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsluss=hughes.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsluss=hughes.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Jim Shulman Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:54 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: [Leica] OT: eBay Scams on high-dollar items This sort of scam is becoming quite frequent with high-dollar items. I've seen it regularly with expensive restored antique cars. Most often, the bidding will start (with no reserve) at something silly, like $10. There will be a notice in the description that there's a "buy it now" price at a well-below-market rate, but only if you contact the seller though a separate e-mail address. Bottom line: if it's too good to be true, that's exactly right. Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of John D. Sluss Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:46 AM To: leica users group Subject: [Leica] OT: eBay Yesterday,19 March 07 a DMR and a R8 with a DMR were advertised for 1,000 GBP (2,000 US) each. The individual "selling" the items refused to accept bids, rather he wanted to be contacted by e-mail. Needless to say it was a scam. The "seller" had a 99.1% positive responses with about 1,000 sales. I believe that someone had gotten a hold of this persons eBay sellers password and was using his site for the scam. The items were only listed for 24 hours. An eBay confirmation was sent from a msn address. I wish it were true because I really want a DMR but alas. John _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information