I agree. I think the original post was a fair heads-up to the rest of us.
Any reasonably wary person would be a little suspicious of such behavior.
Well done to warn us.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Archer
Sent: April 2, 2001 4:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: No Sale, Bill...
No good deed shall go unpunished.
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> dosk wrote:
> >
> > A Bill Visser (from "somewhere in Western Canada") came on this list to
sell
> > things. Checked him out with some of the long-timers here; they'd not
heard
> > of him before, or ever recall him posting anything here before.
> > Hmmmm.....
>
> Well that certainly means he's suspect if we've never heard of him.
>
> > He sent me pictures of what looked like a brand spanking new SF1n, then
> > dropped his asking price to suit me, very very quickly! Then he offered
to
> > also sell me a "Zeiss-Jena" lens (to fit on the Pentax?)
>
> Yes.
>
> > and two filters,
> > all for only $100 more.
>
> Could be a reasonable deal, depending on the lens.
>
> > And oh man he was all hot for the deal! Ready to run
> > with it, he was!
> > Too good to be true, man. I was beginning to think this guy was maybe
Santa
> > Claus?
>
> Why?
>
> You haven't specified the price of the camera, nor what lens and filters
> he was offering.
>
> > But a funny thing happened along the way; right after I said I'd only
deal
> > with him via my using an escrow account, suddenly the camera and
everything
> > else was "Sorry; just sold it locally..."
> > Now I'm not saying anything was wrong here with Mr Bill Visser's deal.
> > No.
>
> Yes. You are. Take responsibility for what you say.
>
> Maybe he sold it, or maybe he just found you to be a pain in the ass. Or
> maybe he was trying to screw you. I don't know, you haven't really made
> a case for it.
>
> > But I'd just thought I'd mention it to other PDML members...
>
> Thanks.
>
> tv
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