There are a lot of snakes in them thar e-bay woods. In the last week I've received two of those phony e-bay messages telling me to update my personal information, or I would be unable to buy or sell on e-bay.
I report them to e-bay each time, but The e-mail address that it comes from keeps changing. Be careful out there folks. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: Loran T. Hughes To: Antique phonograph discussion list for pre-1930 phonographs Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Blatant eBay phonograph fraud john robles wrote: >Guys; >Is there a new wave of Crap=O=Phones headed our way from a Chinese seller? >Here are two shamefully misrepresented items, both being sold by the same person I suspect. Note the hideous use of English throughout the description, etc. I noted that both auctions represent a seller in China. Both of their feedback files contain negative feedback concerning lying about the pedigree of items sold, etc. >Can eBay be notified of this? >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583216342 > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583285592 > > > An old Korean proverb says "he who buys antique phonograph from China gets the crank shaft instead!" Buyer beware. Loran _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From vtm12 Mon Dec 29 18:38:44 2003 From: vtm12 (Vince Capobianco) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:29 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Blatant eBay phonograph fraud References: <[email protected]><[email protected]> <006701c3ce68$af67ec50$6401a...@seankzmr8ddhdv> Message-ID: <006c01c3ce6d$48a95580$17925...@cn487534a> Why is that XVII going so high? He is charging an extra $150 for the albums....he states further down in the ad. I agree Sean, it's fishy about the under bidders. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Miller" <[email protected]> To: "Antique phonograph discussion list for pre-1930 phonographs" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Blatant eBay phonograph fraud > This reminds me of the Victrola XVII on ebay right now. Interesting it > comes from the same city I found my Japanese 130 (and at around the same > time...I wonder if this came from the same estate...they had several > phonographs and I was an absentee bidder...) > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2212199454&category=38030 > &rd=1 > > I was looking at the bid history and one of the competing bidders lives in > the same city and his/her feedback doesn't show any other phono-related > purchases...could they be friends padding the selling prices for each > other?? One has to wonder...take a look! > > Sean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loran T. Hughes" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique phonograph discussion list for pre-1930 phonographs" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Blatant eBay phonograph fraud > > > > john robles wrote: > > > > >Guys; > > >Is there a new wave of Crap=O=Phones headed our way from a Chinese > seller? > > >Here are two shamefully misrepresented items, both being sold by the same > person I suspect. Note the hideous use of English throughout the > description, etc. I noted that both auctions represent a seller in China. > Both of their feedback files contain negative feedback concerning lying > about the pedigree of items sold, etc. > > >Can eBay be notified of this? > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583216342 > > > > > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2583285592 > > > > > > > > > > > An old Korean proverb says "he who buys antique phonograph from China > > gets the crank shaft instead!" Buyer beware. > > > > Loran > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com >
