*then sent me a message saying I was "cruel" and that they were "personally offended" by my comment. Now the entire page is gone.*
** Mmmmmmmmmh, to me their reaction looks very much like a scam!!! Indeed! Christa On 16/06/07, Colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Well I think it was quite right to ask why they were showing a picture of the instrument BEFORE they had it rather than as it is now (they didn't say how long they had it). Imagine selling a second-hand car and using the showroom picture, I don't think so. If nothing else it asks the question "what have they done to it". It was silly of them to use someone else's picture of the instrument in the first place. I think you were quite right to ask the question. They could have done a lot of damage to it during the time they had it or, it could have still been in the box. They should have used a current picture. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [HG] Another gurdy for sale re: picture > This one was not a scam, but I posted a comment on the page for their > instrument asking why they were using the maker's photo and saying > I'd be careful of buying an instrument sight unseen. They quickly > revised the page to say that the photo on Mike's site is of their > instrument and then sent me a message saying I was "cruel" and that > they were "personally offended" by my comment. Now the entire page is > gone. > > -Arle > > On Jun 14, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Tracie Brown wrote: > > >> I had > >> no idea about this type of scam and you say it is > >> fairly common.. > > > > About every two or three months someone will alert the harp > > mailing list to another fraudulent eBay listing. Sometimes the > > listing will use the same picture as an earlier fraudulent listing, > > either because it's the same person behind the listing, or the new > > crook is lazy and has stolen the same photo. Sometimes the photo is > > originally from a legitimate listing, sometimes from someone's > > website. The other harp-related scams (though not limited to harps) > > are "I want you to teach my children harp and I'll send you a bogus > > check for more than your fee, just send me the excess in real money > > please, quickly before my check bounces" and "please I am wanting > > to order 30 of your harps, please send them to Nigeria thank you." > > > > The gurdy sale, while not via the usual channels, looks on the > > level. At least there are photos of the seller playing the gurdy on > > his web site, and he's a known musician and presenter of > > traditional music. And contactable. > > > > -- Tracie > > > > >
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