To All re ebay
This type of auction "pre-apporoved bidder type " is currently under
investigation by several agencies. The auctions are run by individuals
who have stolen anothers email identity and use it to list items on
ebay. A trick to picking the cons is to see what the seller has sold
in the past and I bet it wasn't computer gear. They will ask you to
depoisit money through western union and also say they are sending you
a UPS booking number. They may also give you some bull about it being
part of a bankrupt store sale OS. UPS will give anyone a booking
number without sending goods as they give out quote numbers for
transport. Please report to ebay and if you get caught the federal
police who will take details of the site/auction. Also there is the
escrow service that ebay offer however the scammers will give you a
reason why they can't do that.
It is similiar to scams running involving cheap plasma screens, digital
cameras, large LCD screens. most are coming out of central Europe and
are very difficult/almost impossible to track.
Buyer beware.
Note ebay only give fraud protection to $400 and then its all your
cost. .
In closing if you can't touch it don't buy it.
Talk soon
Lindsay
On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 10:50 AM, Steve Woods wrote:
Regarding:
<http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3596423832&category=11115>
Slightly off topic, but is it 'safe' to buy things from Ebay? I just
noticed a dual 2gig >>G5 with 500 gig of 7200rpm drives, an apple 23
inch cinema display and all the
other bells and whistles going for $3800.
Usually if it's too good to be true, it probably is!
There are a number of e-bay con artists selling either stuff that
doesn't exist, or stuff
that's stolen. My rule is usually don't spend more than you can afford
to lose.
Definitiely a scam of sorts.
Important points with this particular one:
"Note: This listing is restricted to pre-approved bidders or buyers
only.
Email the seller to be placed on the pre-approved bidder/buyer list. "
(ie: Please sign up for our spam list and get hassled to buy all sorts
of
junk :)
and the Feedback shows that bob6960_0 apparently hasn't ever sold
anything
on Ebay (but has bought an odd assortment of Xbox and elctronics gear).
Identity fraud on eBay is a potential problem to watch out for. (ie:
sellers hijacking someone's account that has reasonable positive
feedback)
I've used eBay a number of times with no problems whatsoever, but you
do
need to be able to spot a scam, and do your homework. I'd _always_
contact the seller prior to placing a bid, and prefer to "buy local",
so I
can see the goods before parting with my hard-earned.
My 1.8c
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SciBi Computing Pty Ltd Ph: 0411 258 619
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