Definitely a scam. The big image embedded at the end of the description with the "contact me before bidding or I will cancel your bid" is a dead giveaway. That sort of demand is against ebay rules. The scammers put those words in an image file so that automated processes don't see them. That way, the auction will stay up a little longer.
That auction will disappear within a few hours but the scammer is hoping a bunch of gullible guys will come along and send him $2,500 each before ebay shuts it down. The account is probably legitimate but doesn't belong to the scammer. He has undoubtedly hijacked a legit account -- probably due to an easy to guess password. 73, -Doug, W7KF http://www.w7kf.com On 02/17/2012 03:09 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: > Hi Bill, > > What makes you think it's a scam? Reads OK, and there's nine days left to > bid. > Ad reads OK. If I was listing mine, I'd start the price very low also > ... helps generate > "interest", and keeps the listing fee low. I once sold a Bird, > offering it for $10 initially. > > 73! Ken - K0PP > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 2:50 PM, William Evans<w4ish.b...@w4ish.net> wrote: >> There is a complete K-line offered for sale on ebay, for a ridiculously low >> price. >> I checked into it and it is a scam, so be wary. >> auction # 250998469533 >> >> W4ISH >> Bill > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
