On 21/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
Astounding!!!
So, I initially thought, after reading your post, Len, well, the other 25
bidders were just as stupid.
Then I went back and looked at the bidding history. The auction started at
$1. One dollar!
Then the thought occurred to me: The
Hmph.
BIN of $10? So, the seller is a sleaze, but only a minor one. The bidders,
especially the buyer who bid Three Hundred Whatever US Dollars really got
what they deserved.
Even ~I'm~ not ~that~ stupid.
Idiots...
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
on 12/19/03 9:09 PM, Len Paris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Holy shirt! That must be the stupidest person still able to use eBay.
To pay that much just to get the URL.
I think this sale is a fake...
Look at the seller's feedback. 28, but only the last is a sale. I think this
guy is setting up
at least he didn't charge for shipping and handling. He could have added
another $10 to type out the url and send it.
Tom Reese
I can't belive I just saw that!!! Can that be enforced?
According to feedback, the idiot buyer went and paid for it.
Joe
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The winning bidder will receive a url that opens this restricted and
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P. T. Barnum was right.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2973510727category=48539
William Robb
Hey Wheatfield, $981.00 total so far. He's saved $18.00 over retail!
Bill
- Original Message -
From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Pentax Discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: there's one born every minute
P. T. Barnum was right.
http
Hi,
some minutes it's rather more than one, apparently.
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Cheers,
Bob
Friday, December 19, 2003, 7:32:18 PM, you wrote:
P. T. Barnum was right.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2973510727category=48539
William Robb
It is still a scam and the guy should be shut down. It is like someone
selling a camera box.
Regards,
Robert
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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 2:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: there's one born every minute
It is still a scam and the guy should be shut down. It is
like someone selling a camera box.
Regards,
Robert
: there's one born every minute
P. T. Barnum was right.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2973510727;
category=48539
William Robb
He probably could have googled for the URL directly.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
-Original Message-
From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: there's one born every minute
Hey Wheatfield
A scam? He's selling information and he made it perfectly clear what he's
doing.
And, if the buyer can really purchase the camera for the noted price, with
reasonable shipping, it would be possible to buy a few for resale and start
turning a profit.
Buying a camera or lens box can be a very
Well, the seller did say that with the information the buyer could turn a
profit. You've seen that quite clearly ...
Amita Guha wrote:
Dunno if it's technically a scam; he says right up front that you're not
getting an actual Rebel.
If I were that kind of jerk, I'd put up a bunch of
cameras for sale at lots of discount stores.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
-Original Message-
From: Bob Walkden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: there's one born every minute
Hi,
some minutes it's
Collectors buy camera boxes.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
-Original Message-
From: Robert Leigh Woerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:56 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: there's one born every minute
It is still a scam
http://www.streetprices.com/Electronics/Digital_Cameras/6.3_Megapixels/SP1197239.html?sortdetail=sortdetailbylowprice%2F
Len Paris wrote:
He probably could have googled for the URL directly.
Len
* There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Nate found a thread about this auction on DPreview:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1031message=7000753
Someone posted a link to the actual website, which is
ExpressCameras.com, and others said that it is an awful dealer that
tries to make a profit on things that should be
If the buyer was a little more astute, he could have saved himself heap of
money with a BIN
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=48539item=2973781218
Bob
-Original Message-
From: Len Paris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Holy shirt! That must be the stupidest person still
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