>From Mike Wilkinson > This back is currently �2500 but the seller is anonymous,wants cash in the bank,does not > know the serial number etc > Be warned if anyone is bidding,it sounds like a scam to me.
I have been following the sale of over a dozen other Imacon items on ebay over last few weeks and have found another probable scam and loophole in Ebay's security setup. *Seller from Andorra * no previous history * private auction ie no id, hides behind a username eg uisaj723 *payment wanted upfront in dollars, *replies from three different company names and three different email addresses (but all from same London address). *In each case the seller wants buyers to contact them first - and sends an identically worded reply * then the item is withdrawn from Ebay sale. Clever trick! This means no downstream sale can be attributable to Ebay jurisdiction because the item number is invalid but the seller has used Ebay to garner potential buyers. Also because the item number is invalid it is **impossible** to complain or report this to Ebay using their automated 'Contact Us' service which only works if a valid Item Number is quoted (I have tried, and tried.... and tried....) The Police Fraud Squad are not interested - no crime committed, similarly Trading Standards will do nothing. Ebay won't listen or get a human to read any correspondance. Result, I wouldn't even buy a legit Imacon item from Ebay - no matter how tempting it sounds. I am frustrated with Ebay - if any of you have an Ebay email address that reaches a human then please let me know I am warning all of you but someone somewhere is paying over large sums of dollars to these crooks even now. regards Brenda at skyscan.co.uk =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
