Author: John Merlino
Date: 08:54:00 06/29/05
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On June 28, 2005 at 19:58:49, Steve B wrote: >> >>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 > > >look at this John >same seller,another(same?) Spanish speaking Voice Challenger ..different auction >also with restricted bidding and this auction is for 21 days..3 weeks > >its not like a Spanish speaking chess challenger is all that common where he >would have two so easily >of course its possible,but given your post on scams..this is certainly looking >that way to this Ebayer > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14629&item=8201936231 > > >Skeptical Regards >Steve Well, from now on, I will always be very suspicious of any auction that requires requires pre-approval. However, in this case, there are two bits of evidence that point in the seller's favor: -- The seller's rating. Yes, it is certainly not unknown for accounts to get hijacked by other sellers, but it's not particularly common, especially when it's very simple to just create an account and get people to bid anyway, even when the seller's rating is zero. -- The fact that the site is in Spanish and I have no idea exactly what it says. :-) Well, actually, now that I look closer, this is a wash. The seller has put a large amount of his text not in actual TEXT, but in images that cannot be handled by online translators. You should get somebody to translate the entire site if you are truly interested. I'd definitely leave it alone, though. That's what my gut says.... jm
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