Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-29 Thread Paul Stenquist
No, I've seen the phony paypal messages, but this was real. It didn't ask for account info. I t just said I had been paid. Paypal alerts you when someone makes payment.. The funds were transfered. Paul On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: Delete that email. It's a scam to steal

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
That's good. I had a guy try a different scam the other day where he sent a bogus eBay second chance offer on an item I had bid on. He also was just looking for account info. Lots of scams out there. -Brendan --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I've seen the phony paypal messages,

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My auction gets weirder by the moment. The bidding has jumped to $577, and the top bidder is a Hungarian who allegedly retracted his bid last night. Perhaps his bid was retracted accidentally by ebay ??? Paul

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Peter Fairweather
Is it my imagination was it possible to get the details of who was bidding what only after the auction had ended? Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
Fortunately, the winning bidder is the one guy who didn't retract his bid. Nevertheless, I will be certain that I have the moeny in hand before I ship. Thanks to all the list members, who have advised me on this rather strange auction. Paul -- Original message

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
No, the bid history was available throughout. Paul -- Original message -- From: Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it my imagination was it possible to get the details of who was bidding what only after the auction had ended? Peter -- PDML

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fortunately, the winning bidder is the one guy who didn't retract his bid. Nevertheless, I will be certain that I have the moeny in hand before I ship. Thanks to all the list members, who have advised me on this rather strange auction. He did

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread pnstenquist
You're right, he did retract. Or, more likely, the bid was retracted without his knowledge. The retracted bid was his second bid. His first bid remained the high bid after all the others were retracted. I spoke to one of those whose bid was retracted. He thought I did it. He said he certainly

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Joseph Tainter
Hope you get paid, Paul. Let us know. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
I was paid immediately upon conclusion of the autction. I've checked my Paypal account several times. The money is there. I'm shipping tomorrow. However, I also received a notice from ebay that my account may have been compromised. They asked me to set a new password. Life goes on. Paul On Aug

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Peter McIntosh
On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:44:16 +1000, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was paid immediately upon conclusion of the autction. I've checked my Paypal account several times. The money is there. I'm shipping tomorrow. However, I also received a notice from ebay that my account may have

RE: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Trevor Bailey
: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still I was paid immediately upon conclusion of the autction. I've checked my Paypal account several times. The money is there. I'm shipping tomorrow. However, I also received a notice from ebay that my account may have been compromised. They asked me to set

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Peter, The notice was from my message file in My Ebay. And sure enough, I had to reset my password to get back in next time. Seems all above board. But you're right, you do have to be careful and think about what you're doing. Paul On Aug 28, 2006, at 11:03 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: On

Re: OT: Ebay strangeness grows stranger still

2006-08-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
Delete that email. It's a scam to steal your PayPal account info. I get them periodically. -Brendan --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was paid immediately upon conclusion of the autction. I've checked my Paypal account several times. The money is there. I'm shipping tomorrow.