Hi All
Got one too. I placed a bid on a 75-150 zoom and was out bid before the
auction ended. I received a msg. from photobycharlie touting his 75-150
auction (this is still before the other auction ended) in the same format
that Brian received. My W95 machine then went into auto connect mode until
I rebooted. I suspected a virus, but my McAfee scan didn't catch any and it
hasn't happened since the reboot. So photobycharlie must peruse the bidding
list for an item that matches one of his and contacts the bidders to divert
them to his auction. Or maybe he's just offering alternatives ;). Don't
have a clue about the connect glitch.
Bill Latham
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Swale <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 2:32 PM
Subject: [OM] (Fwd) Question from eBay Member
> Hi folks,
>
> Tom Scales' query about contacting an eBay member was just a day or so
> before I got this mail (below).
>
> I have been looking for an inexpensive Zuiko 50 3.5 macro (Joke ;-)
not! ) for
> my daughter and have been bidding on quite a few during the last 2 weeks.
> (The prices on this lens model have stayed remarkably constant and there
> seems to be a steady flow of buyers coming out of the woodwork).
>
> The vendor of the lens below has had only one bid with about one day to go
> and has obviously looked around to see if & where he can curry up a little
> interest. Sensibly, he thought a person who has been bidding would be a
> good place to start. Top marks for initiative and grit. So clearly eBay
now has
> a system whereby they forward messages.
>
> I nearly deleted it on the server without letting it anywhere near my
machine
> as I didn't recognise the sender and the "Subject" seemed like just what a
> virus message would have, but decided to trust the virus filters my ISP
has in
> place and my personal antivirus system.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
> ------- Forwarded message follows -------
> To: bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: photobycharlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Question from eBay Member
> Date sent: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 07:45:57 PDT
>
>
> To member: bj_van
> >From member: photobycharlie
>
> --------------------
>
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1370149017&rd=1
>
> --------------------
> This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system.
> If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member
and
> not through eBay.
>
> eBay does not tolerate spam (i.e., unsolicited commercial email) and is
> taking steps to protect members from this abuse. In addition,
solicitations
> to buy or sell items outside of eBay violate eBay rules and are not
covered
> by services that protect members such as feedback, insurance, escrow, and
> dispute resolution. If this is an offer to buy/sell items outside of eBay,
> please do not participate. Enter the following link into your browser to
learn more. Link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/email_info.html
>
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