[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread radish
Looks like a scam. Firstly, it's in China. Not a good start. Secondly, it doesn't specify payment types accepted, which means you'll win and then they'll ask to use Western Union or some such rubbish. Thirdly, the seller has only 14 feedback ratings, one of those is negative and most of the rest

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread gandt
Oh yes its a scam for sure but it seemed such an unlikely thing to feature in a scam - ipods and hifi wouldn't raise an eyebrow...but Squeezebox bundles...maybe its a sign Slimdevices have hit the big time! gandt -- gandt

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread barcar
gandt;138383 Wrote: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=220030489219 I can only assume its incredibly dodgy - there are lots of them on ebay.co.uk but if it were serious I don't want to rain on anybody's parade but I've reported all their listings to eBay as being

Re: [slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread andreas
radish wrote: Looks like a scam. Firstly, it's in China. Not a good start. Secondly, it doesn't specify payment types accepted, which means you'll win and then they'll ask to use Western Union or some such rubbish. Thirdly, the seller has only 14 feedback ratings, one of those is negative and

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread funkstar
The listing is now gone. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27721

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread seanadams
I missed it. Can someone explain? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27721

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread gandt
no graphics - sorry - but here is some of the wording - a scam involving Infrant plus Readynas for £180... Slim Devices Squeezebox and Infrant ReadyNAS NV Bundle Current bid: £180.00 (0 bids) Postage: £40.00 End date: 22-Sep-06 19:55:46 BST Add to watch list | See similar items

[slim] Re: anyone know anything about this?

2006-09-22 Thread ModelCitizen
Quite a nice example of an eBay scam. He had about 16 Squeezebox3's and Ready Nas for sale with all auctions ending at very similar times. Despite the bad press eBay receive in the Uk I am heartened to see that they have removed the dodgy listing already. MC -- ModelCitizen Why does it always