-- Ryan Coleman eBay seller for 4.5 years
On Tuesday, July 15, 2003, at 12:47 AM, Illovox Media wrote:
on 7/14/03 9:40 PM, Ryan Coleman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What he is referring to is the fact that most powerbook titled auctions
are actually for 'information' on how to get free or cheap stuff from
the government and other businesses. Yes it is false advertising but it
is in no way a scam. They say in it that it is for information not a
computer. Hell, they show 10 different computers. You think you are
getting those computers for $50? Well, then, you fell for it. You will
become the laughing stock of the world when you get an envelope in the
mail full of papers and not a computer like you thought you were buying.
No, I don't think so. You look around at all the ads for current ti and al
books and you will see impossible deals, weird requests to contact off ebay
and arrange the deal that way, strange foreign sales, etc. Even of late, I
was bidding on a 1ghz g4 book which the PDX seller cancelled near close at
$990 only to email me and tell me I could have it for $2500. I asked him
where he got them, the history of the units, and he obliquly replied from
"an Apple reseller" wherein he woul load them with illegal software and pump
the price because of the *free* FCP4 installed.
That's a scam, and I run into it all the time. ALL the time. Pismos are
another matter, as are earier books. Legit owners are legitimately
upgrading. HOWEVER, talk to your police dept. They will tell you that a
not insignificant portion of ebay wares are in fact STOLEN. EBAY is the
wild west.
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