Just my opinion but, this is probably more laziness and stupidity than fraud. $200+ is just not enough moola to attract the fraudsters. They will go for high 3 figures or low 4-figures all the time.
I've been at the wrong end of 4 frauds so I am something of an expert. All were in the music or camera equipment area. I made the mistake of paying by money order the first time and lost my money. The post office did nothing even though I went through all their bureaucracy, worked with the local police as they recommended, etc. Lesson learned: Money orers protect the seller, not the buyer. The other 3 times were all by PayPal. In all 3 cases PayPal recovered my money. Two of them were for purchases just over $100 for which the seller just never sent the item. One seller even had the nerve to complain to me afterward about the bad feedback I left! The third one surprised me. I tried to buy a $2K plus audio mixer on eBay and PayPal would not let me send the money to the seller. They said the seller already had fraud claims against them. I researched the seller (because it was quite a bargain--in retrospect probably "too good to be true") and sure enough, e-mails bounced and phone calls went nowhere. I was on my knees thanking PayPal over tha one. This guy just looks like someone who doesn't know what he is doing and is trying to remain anonymous. Just an idiot, probably not a fraudster, IMHO. He probably found the pic in a google search and that saved him from having to take one. 73, Don Merz, N3RHT --- Jim Candela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim, > > There is an interesting disclaimer at the bottom > of the auction: > > > "NOTE: Pictures shown are reproduced from the > Motorla web site, and not of the actual item" > > I never knew Motorola made an HT-32! :-) > > Regards, > Jim > JKO > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
