17 May
1999
17 May
'99
10:52 a.m.
>. The abuse is where
>a third party pretends to be the seller, contacts the second etc. bidders
>and requests payment be sent to a blind PO Box, then skips with the funds
>never sending any goods.
>BTW I just sent an inquiry to eBay to see if this
is rumor, hoax, or fact.
This, I agree, is a scam.
Problem seems to be that Ebay is just so huge. I heard
so much about Ebay
here that as a joke I listed an old, empty, Zippo fuel can. It sold for
$22.22 plus shipping! My Lord, that explains the stupid prices for old
computers on Ebay. These people have no lives and a hell of a lot of money.
... check
http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/99may/19990516.html
(can't explane - it's a neat picture :)
Gruss
H.
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