23 Sep
2005
23 Sep
'05
10:11 a.m.
Why are people doing this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
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23 Sep
23 Sep
10:44 a.m.
Why are people doing this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
Maybe they forgot to set the $50,000 reserve? Maybe they just don't know
how
to run an ePay auction.
Vince
10:56 a.m.
vrs wrote:
It's neither. Those people aren't the owners of the Freeman PC Museum
and are attempting to perpetrate fraud, which is why Sellam was asking,
"Why are people doing this?"
Peace... Sridhar
Why are people
doing this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
Maybe they forgot to set the $50,000 reserve? Maybe they just don't know
how
to run an ePay auction.
11:07 a.m.
>>Why are people doing this?
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
>
>
> Maybe they forgot to set the $50,000 reserve? Maybe they just don't
know
how
to run an ePay auction.
It's neither. Those people aren't the owners of the Freeman PC Museum
and are attempting to perpetrate fraud, which is why Sellam was asking,
"Why are people doing this?" 
11:19 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "vrs" <vrs at msn.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Freeman PC Museum
Then I'd expect them to be NARU, instead of having voluntarily canceled
their
own auction.
(NARU: "not a registered user", after eBay boots them for fraud.)
I'd agree that pretending to be the Freeman PC Museum, putting up an
auction,
then canceling it, is really dumb. (All the "asking for trouble", with
none
>>Why
are people doing this?
>>
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
>
>
> Maybe they forgot to set the $50,000 reserve? Maybe they just don't
know
how
to run an ePay auction.
It's neither. Those people aren't the owners of the Freeman PC Museum
and are attempting to perpetrate fraud, which is why Sellam was asking,
"Why are people doing this?" of the possible upside.)
Vince
I was thinking the guy wanted to buy the rarer items (in the real Freeman
auction) and dump the rest here in the US to avoid having to deal with the
whole lot. After looking at both lists briefly they appear to be the same
(so much for that theory).
11:22 a.m.
Well,
Perhaps the Freeman Museum should post a big flashing notice on the
front page of the website: The Collection is NOT for sale, any
auctions or for sale notices are FRAUD, report them immediately.
That should help curb this bullsh*t.
Curt
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
Why are people doing this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8220987149
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