I do a search for 600mm F4 lenses from time to time (dreaming really... sigh) and every few days I see 5 to 10 1-day listings for them starting at $1.00 no reserve. The auction text says something like "Don't bid, send me an email and I'll sell you the lens for $1000 free shipping" Looking at the history of the sellers it's obvious it is a hijacked account because the other items sold are like figurines or beanie-babies or something. An obvious scam. The actions are yanked by eBay within hours of posting.
Once there was a Canon 800/5.6 FD (manual focus) lens. I used one of my throw-away email addresses and inquired of the seller how he could offer a factory warranty on a lens that hasn't been produced in 20+ years. The response was "I'm an authorized dealer" Yeah, ok. Christian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derby Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 2:29 AM Subject: ebay shenanigans > > Darn, > > Wish I could have taken a screenshot. Yesterday, a large number of > auctions came onto the Aussie ebay site with a 1 day closing. High > priced items like the FA*300, mobile phones and playstations, and $55 > starting price. None had a real photo, all were commercial product > shots. The auctions had nonsensical comments like "we are an authorized > Pentax dealer", although that was the only Pentax lens they were > offering. The "seller" had 18 feedbacks. The scam was so blatant you had > to laugh. > > Soon, someone posted a warning not to buy...the auctions were placed > using a stolen account. And yet, there were still a few people bidding. > > Alas, ebay pulled the auctions this afternoon. > > Be careful out there. > > D > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > >
