Rob wrote: "When I said I was a North Sea Fishing inspector and was often around the islands the machine suddenly moved to his grandmothers cottage in London.... etc"
Then tell the guy, "Well, well, well....a small world after all....I just happen to have an uncle in London who works for Interpol." Walt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Plavzic Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 1:21 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] a cheap Idelia - the seller's response Hello My input to "Bigfoot & the Idelia" (since he claims to be in Sasquash country) His IP address places him in Romania. So I suppose another point to add to our "things to watch out for list" if the seller is living in an area so remote that he recons no one else lives there, be careful. I recently had a scammer from the Outer Hebridese islands. When I said I was a North Sea Fishing inspector and was often around the islands the machine suddenly moved to his grandmothers cottage in London.... etc thanks Rob On 2/9/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mike, > > I had a deal similar to this recently with a repro Kreusi machine. The guy > said he was in Greece for a medical emergency, but told me the machine was > being held by a shipping company. All I had to do was wire the amt. to the > supposed company, and the machine would be shipped to me. The money would > only be released after I received and approved of the machine. He even sent > a nicely constructed phony shipping page, but one of the admonitions was not > to contact the company, as this would only slow the process. Needless to > say, my antennae were at full extension by this time. I contacted the > shipping company and was told they don't do business that way and that it > was a scam. He kept after me for several days, asking to send the money, and > even gave me a UK address to wire the money. I made out a fraud report with > Big Brother, but never heard from them. I saved all the correspondence from > this jerk just to remind me, "They're Out There". > Bill > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: [email protected] > > > I asked the seller if I could pay and pick up the machine in person > since > > I live in Washington (I don't really). His response had nothing to do > > with my question, in Nigerian English. > > > > "Good day, My name is Martin Trance and i have this EDISON IDELIA D2 > > CYLINDER PHONOGRAPH for sale.The price as you probably know is 1899 usd. > > As soon as you ll decide to buy the PHONOGRAPH i ll need your address to > > ship this. You need to have the cash ready,i cant wait for a loan cause > > may take several days. The money will be transfered under my name as > > soon as you ll check the shipping.Let me know soon. Thats all i have in > > mind for now but please e mail me so we can talk more. Have a nice day" > > > > Heh. Any thoughts on a good response to keep him going? > > > > Mike > > > > > > > Nope, it still seems to be there. The link below is active, as well as > > > pasting the item number into eBay's search engine. > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2006, at 4:57 PM, tom jordan wrote: > > > > > >> It looks like this listing has been removed by e-bay. > > >> Tom > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [email protected] > > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On > > >> Behalf Of Doug > > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:15 PM > > >> To: Antique Phonograph List > > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] a cheap Idelia????? > > >> > > >> I'm not an Edison fancier, much less an expert, but all of the > > >> re-doing that > > >> > > >> the guy purportedly did, anodizing, re-plating, etc. would tend to > > >> make the > > >> thing far less desirable than a preserved and cleaned-up piece. The > > >> comical > > >> thing is his starting bid, vs. his desired price. This guy must have > a > > >> loose > > >> > > >> wire. And as I write, no bids! > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: > > >> To: > > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 12:10 PM > > >> Subject: [Phono-L] a cheap Idelia????? > > >> > > >> > > >>> This is interesting.............................. > > >>> > > >>> > > >> http://cgi.ebay.com/EDISON-IDELIA-D2-CYLINDER- > > >> PHONOGRAPH_W0QQitemZ6603884768 > > >> QQcategoryZ38029QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Phono-L mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> > > >>> Phono-L Archive > > >>> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > >>> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Phono-L mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > >> Phono-L Archive > > >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Phono-L mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > >> Phono-L Archive > > >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > > > > Phono-L Archive > > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > Phono-L Archive > > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
