Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:11:58 06/28/05
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On June 28, 2005 at 07:29:07, Steve B wrote: >the computer is a common Fidelity Voice Chess Challenger(Spanish Voice) > >but the seller will not accept bids unless he pre-approves you >this is new to me >havent ever seen that one before > >generally i hate to be a memeber of a club that would accept someone like me as >a member > >:)) > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=89183&item=5213693855 > >Pre-Approve This..Regards >Steve Pre-Approval is one of the standard tactics of the fake auctioneers. Of course, this method is (very occasionally) used by legitimate sellers. But most often it is somebody who is just looking for e-mail addresses of people who are interested in the item. The seller will typically then start an e-mail thread about how he has several of these and wants to sell them for very cheap (or just wants to sell his one item quickly -- and for very cheap). The catch? You HAVE to use a particular escrow service, which has a perfectly reasonable-looking website, such as this one: http://www.smartcons.com/ This ebay forum link has hundreds of posts giving all the gory details of people who have lost thousands of dollars because they didn't do their homework: http://forums.ebay.com/db2/forum.jspa?forumID=23 jm
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