I can also tell a tale of woe. buying on ebay beware.. I tried buying a Kodak dcs pro in an auction, thought all was going well, ebay saying that the seller was ok etc and that the sale was covered by their insurance etc. only to discover after paying that the emails from ebay were fake(identical to the real thing, all the links worked, and the sender etc all looked like ebay). the seller took my money, and then no camera, and no seller to be seen, ebay have said that its nothing to do with them. the police are vaguely interested. but I would only buy on ebay again if I could afford to lose the cash without worrying about it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "edward bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "prodig prodig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "edward bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 2:29 PM Subject: [PRODIG] buying abroad
> I don’t enjoy telling derogatory tales about myself but here is one. I > bought a little digital notebook camera from a site on e bay. The > sellers appeared as if they were in the U.K. but the camera was > imported from Hong Kong. The price was very attractive and greed > overtook caution. There was a substantial charge for packing and > postage. After a fairly long delay the camera arrived in an envelope, > the camera box covered with a suggestion of bubble wrap; but with a > huge import charge plus a parcel post handling charge. It turned out > that it would have been cheaper to buy off the shelf from John Lewis > here in London. These extra charges are not mentioned on the > advertisement on e- bay. I read from time to time of members importing > equipment from abroad; but in my case, never again. Furthermore it > serves me right. > > Regards > > Edward bowman > > My web site is at; www.edbowman.com > > =============================================================== > GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE > =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
