Hey Cottster! I totally agree, and maybe that is just the girl coming out in me, cause I always *like* to give people the benefit of the doubt - in saying that though, as I said, I would never part with any of my $$$ for something that looked even remotely suspicious...
Yep, I know about shill-bidding, BUT I had never thought of it in the respect that you are referring to, with the bidding/buying idea to build feedback etc. Actually, in retrospect, when thinking about this, I am surprised that people have EVER even bought from me, as this is almost what I did. In the first probably year on Ebay, I only ever purchased - and very small things too - usually $2 or $3 items of baby clothing. I think I had well over 30 or so "buying" feedbacks before I ever got the guts to actually sell something... Yeah, the Bulgaria thing is extremely eyebrow raising, and like I said in my last post, it was this comment in his email : "But if you want to win this amazing Pentax camera please watch auction very carefuly becuase i think that you will be outbid very soon...." that really set the alarm bells off for me... "pretty Aussie's with bony butts??" hmmm, well, not sure that I agree with the "pretty" bit, BUT let me tell you, after tommorrow and the coming days "festivities" complete with LOTS of "good eatin'", combined with too many hours sitting in front of this bloody 'puter, I fear that it is starting to "err" on the side of "cuddly" rather than "bony"... hehe... Mary Chritmoo AND (he has just added this bit) a "Nappy Nooo Year", hehe, I just love kids (and especially mine of course!) lol... tan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Slightly Dodgy looking Auction > On 23/12/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >He just expected it to go much higher > >having seen the other *istD auctions and didn't think he would *need* a > >reserve price - of course, he also didn't take into consideration his > >"exotic" location and his non-existent feedback, OR the fact that he only > >became an Ebay member two days ago. The poor guy has probably been lurking > >around ebay for years, and finally summed up enough courage to actually list > >something, of course, had it been a roll of film he was trying to sell, he > >probably would have received a much better response. > > Are you telling me that you have never heard of shill-bidding? Of setting > up two or more eBay accounts with the express intention of scamming > pretty Aussie's with bony butts?? > > There are many many documented examples of illegal activity involving > eBay sellers and suspiciously good bargain sales. Have you ever wondered? > There ain;t no such thing as a free lunch! If it looks to good to be > true, it *is* too good to be true. > > Look - if you see a seller listing a high value item like a camera, and > (say) he or she has 12 positive feedbacks, then it must be genuine right? > > Wrong. Look a little further, and you find out that thise 12 good > feedbacks are all 'B' for Buyer - meaning the seller has purchased from > 12 sellers to get 12 good feedbacks, and to top it all off they are for > Pokemon cards. Well d'uh. I'm not a genius but even I get alarm bells > ringing there. > > All is not as it seems, and this is just scratching the surface. We > really should have an eBay masterclass sometime. I learn things all the time. > > Bulgaria??? Do me a favour! > > Mary Chritmoo, > > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| www.macads.co.uk/snaps > _____________________________ > Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk >
