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RE: [OM] complete ebay stupidity

Subject: RE: [OM] complete ebay stupidity
From: William Clark <wclark@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 09:42:58 -0400
What does that mean?  Did Ebay figure it out?

-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: July 16, 2002 9:31 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] complete ebay stupidity


And item is now "invalid".
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Couch" <jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] complete ebay stupidity


> Also look at the name of the bidder - 2good2btrew Also his one feedbnack
is from
> a person who is no longer a registerd eBay user. One of the other (three
total)
> bidders has been an eBay member since last wednsday and goes by the name
of
> stopauctionthieves (trying to warn others off maybe?! Looks like the only
> legitimate bid was the opening bid. Looks like some kind of game or scam
to me!
>
> Jim Couch
>
> "om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > This smells real bad!
> >
> > 1. Look at where the auction is from: Romania.
> > 2. Look at the ID's of the bidders: 0 & 1 feedbacks.
> > 3. The high bidder has bought a LOT of stuff ($20k+) over the past month
> > with a 1 feedback.  Where are all the feedbacks on all that stuff he/she
> > bought?  What's wrong with that?
> >
> > I'm convinced that there are very few reasons to buy from Ebay for new
> > goods.  It's too risky for me.
> >
> > I also notice that the newest toys generate the most shenanigans, like
the
> > net digital SLRs and digital cameras.
> >
> > Skip
> >
> > Original Message:
> > -----------------
> > From: William Clark wclark@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:22:25 -0400
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] complete ebay stupidity
> >
> > I was looking for a digital camera for my dad's birthday.
> >
> > Stumbled upon this:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1366865431
> >
> > Look at the bids!!!  He originally had a BIN of $525 (according to his
add).
> >
> > B&H sells them for $1950 new!!!!
> >
> > Crazy,
> >
> > -Bill
> >
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