walk away from the deal, fraud has been increasing on ebay jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "kayoooh @ gmail" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I need your help on how to finalize a vehicle purchaseon eBay! > Hello Folks, > > I just got off the phone with the eBay seller on who's Suburban I had bid > and won a few days ago. > > First off, a lady insisted on talking to me instead of her brother (the eBay > seller who was not available as she told me!). > I know my paranoia could be playing somewhat of a role here but the lady was > definitely hostile and very unfriendly to me. > I told her that eBay encourages people when dealing with large amounts of > cash to retain an escrow service and that eBay suggests one particular > company to deal with and that I am willing to pay the escrow fee. She would > not here of it! > She insisted that I send her the money first and then she would send me the > truck. > > She then offered to drive it to me in Texas so I told her that shipping the > truck would cost me 700 dollars and that I am willing to give her a 1000 > dollars if she drove it to me. She agreed if I paid her the full bid price > plus the 1000 dollars up front! > > She also seemed to cherish the fact that I can't fly to pick it up myself > and kept repeating that I had no choice but to fly in and pay her and drive > off in it or send her the full price and then she would ship it to me! > > During the 20+ minutes phone call, I can clearly hear this male voice > whispering to her what to say. At one point I told her that I can hear a > male voice next to her telling her what to say and that I would rather speak > to him directly since he is the owner of the truck, she replied that I am > imagining and that nobody was there and that she is the owner of the truck! > > Before we ended the call she threatened me with leaving bad feedback and > reporting me to eBay unless she got a 1000 dollars deposit through PayPal by > 6 AM this morning! > > I apologize for taking the band width to tell you all this but I had to tell > someone. > > Thanks for listening and have a good night, > > Omar. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
