23 May
2012
23 May
'12
10:49 p.m.
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the gear
that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the
"seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a
dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
24 May
24 May
12:14 a.m.
On Wed, 23 May 2012, William Maddox wrote:
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder
legitimately sold the gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings,
stating that the bidder must contact the "seller" directly at a specific
email address, have reappeared about half a dozen times over the last
year or two.
This auction has been pulled and I didn't catch the username of the
culprit last time round. Would you please post it again?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
12:34 a.m.
On 5/24/2012 12:14 AM, David Griffith wrote:
This auction has been pulled and I didn't catch the username of the
culprit last time round. Would you please post it again?
It is not a single username and it's not just the PDP auction. It's
someone that keeps stealing ebay accounts and then spaming about 300
different auctions in various categories. Always the same set of
auctions. Guitars, PDP, golf clubs. The pdp is just one of many. Always
the same bad jpeg picture with instructions not to bid but, contact them
through an email address that is different every time. Always the same
items and always quickly removed by ebay. Still annoying though.
Most of the compromised accounts seem like people that may not be tech
savvy. More like grandma's home business selling surplus beads, ceramic
angles, and yarn. I'm guessing it's a phishing operation that once they
get a login spam their set of auctions. Over the last couple years I've
seen that same fake auction at least 50 times.
12:39 a.m.
On 05/24/2012 03:34 AM, mc68010 wrote:
It's probably the Wall Street bankers...really scraping the bottom of
the barrel these days.. ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
This auction
has been pulled and I didn't catch the username of the
culprit last time round. Would you please post it again?
It is not a single username and it's not just the PDP auction. It's
someone that keeps stealing ebay accounts and then spaming about 300
different auctions in various categories. Always the same set of
auctions. Guitars, PDP, golf clubs. The pdp is just one of many. Always
the same bad jpeg picture with instructions not to bid but, contact them
through an email address that is different every time. Always the same
items and always quickly removed by ebay. Still annoying though.
Most of the compromised accounts seem like people that may not be tech
savvy. More like grandma's home business selling surplus beads, ceramic
angles, and yarn. I'm guessing it's a phishing operation that once they
get a login spam their set of auctions. Over the last couple years I've
seen that same fake auction at least 50 times. 
1:08 a.m.
No kidding. Have you seen this?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/23/1327219/sap-vp-arrested-in-false-bar…
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On 05/24/2012 03:34 AM, mc68010 wrote:
It's probably the Wall Street bankers...really scraping the bottom of
the barrel these days.. ;)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
This auction
has been pulled and I didn't catch the username of the
culprit last time round. Would you please post it again?
It is not a single username and it's not just the PDP auction. It's
someone that keeps stealing ebay accounts and then spaming about 300
different auctions in various categories. Always the same set of
auctions. Guitars, PDP, golf clubs. The pdp is just one of many. Always
the same bad jpeg picture with instructions not to bid but, contact them
through an email address that is different every time. Always the same
items and always quickly removed by ebay. Still annoying though.
Most of the compromised accounts seem like people that may not be tech
savvy. More like grandma's home business selling surplus beads, ceramic
angles, and yarn. I'm guessing it's a phishing operation that once they
get a login spam their set of auctions. Over the last couple years I've
seen that same fake auction at least 50 times.
12:54 p.m.
On 05/24/2012 04:08 AM, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
No kidding. Have you seen this?
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/05/23/1327219/sap-vp-arrested-in-false-bar…
Yow!!
Damn suits. If I'm out in public and I pass a guy wearing a tie, I
check to make sure I still have my wallet.
-D.
--
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
8:41 a.m.
Hi
Someone close to him should get the law to
set up a sting.
Dwight
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 22:49:04 -0700
From: wmaddox at pacbell.net
Subject: Bogus eBay auction
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the
gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the
"seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a
dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
9:55 a.m.
On 24/05/2012 06:49, William Maddox wrote:
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the
gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the
"seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a
dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
You have me curious now. I see the original item has been removed. On
searching I found this:-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Digital-Equipment-Corp-PDP-11-73-/251067498903?…
Is this a reasonable price for a non-working PDP-11. I have never seen
one that low in the UK
Dave
10:11 a.m.
* Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> [120524 12:56]:
On 24/05/2012 06:49, William Maddox wrote:
That's not the price, that's the starting bid.
It will go for far more than that most likely.
Regards,
Todd
Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the
gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the
"seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a
dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
You have me curious now. I see the original item has been removed. On
searching I found this:-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Digital-Equipment-Corp-PDP-11-73-/251067498903?…
Is this a reasonable price for a non-working PDP-11. I have never seen
one that low in the UK
Dave
10:16 a.m.
On 24/05/2012 18:11, Todd Goodman wrote:
* Dave Wade<dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> [120524
12:56]:
Not even see a
starting bid that low...
On 24/05/2012 06:49, William Maddox wrote:
That's not the price, that's the starting bid. Our favorite eBay fraudster is at it again:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Equipment-Corp-DEC-TU56-w-TC11-RK05-LA36-/2…
This exact same photo first appeared on eBay when Ashley Carder legitimately sold the
gear that is shown. Fraudulent relistings, stating that the bidder must contact the
"seller" directly at a specific email address, have reappeared about half a
dozen times over the last year or two.
--Bill
You have me curious now. I see the original item has been removed. On
searching I found this:-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Digital-Equipment-Corp-PDP-11-73-/251067498903?…
Is this a reasonable price for a non-working PDP-11. I have never seen
one that low in the UK
Dave It will go for far more than that most likely.
That's what I thought. I'll watch it and see...
Regards,
Todd
Dave
10:22 a.m.
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg at bonedaddy.net> wrote:
This 11/73 recently went for $1200. That was more that I expected:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300690807559
The current one looks more complete. It's listed by someone on this
list who mentioned it a few days ago.
I suppose I should have changed the subject line as the current one
should not be confused with the bogus scam listing that started this
thread.
-Glen
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DEC-Digital-Equipment-Corp-PDP-11-73-/251067498903?…
Is this a reasonable price for a non-working PDP-11. I have never seen
one that low in the UK
Dave
That's not the price, that's the starting bid.
It will go for far more than that most likely.
10:42 a.m.
Except for the esdi controller you could pretty much put together one
out of parts from ebay resellers for that price. Company there sells
11/84 cpu for $125 and takes best offers, ram for $30 per 1mb board, and
you could pick up a MicroVAX II for way cheaper than anything labeled
PDP and just use its ba23 and controllers. Your paying a premium for the
pdp label if that even has one. Can't even tell from the pic. MicroVAX
II don't seem to sell for much of anything. BA23 chassis show up all the
time for $100 or less. Shipping just a pain.
I mean it a big plus its all together and looks ready to run but, you
could build it yourself cheaper or close to that anyway.
On 5/24/2012 10:11 AM, Todd Goodman wrote:
That's not the price, that's the starting bid.
It will go for far more
than that most likely. Regards, Todd
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