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#133302 - 06/01/2003 07:48 Scamming Ebay Bastards!
spider
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Registered: 31/12/2001
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#133303 - 06/01/2003 07:53 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: spider]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Not as deceptive as others, but still a crappy thing to do. I like how the seller is only offering 9 of these guides. I guess the Xerox at Kinkos only had 9 sheets of paper in it that day.
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#133304 - 06/01/2003 07:59 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: robricc]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
I wonder who's image he is linking to? Wouldn't it be a shame if the image suddenly changed to something more appropriate???
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#133305 - 06/01/2003 08:08 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: pgrzelak]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
goatse.cx?
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#133306 - 06/01/2003 08:42 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: pgrzelak]
mtempsch
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Registered: 02/06/2000
Posts: 1996
Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden
I wonder who's image he is linking to?

http://ebay2.ipixmedia.com/abc/M28/_EBAY_30e5ca736e62ac99c17ef2b4904592aa/i-1.JPG

Don't know if it really belongs to someone else or, in that case, if the owner could change it.

/Michael
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#133307 - 06/01/2003 10:32 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: spider]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31600
Loc: Seattle, WA
So did we ever decide whether or not Ebay has a rule against this stuff?
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#133308 - 06/01/2003 11:11 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: tfabris]
genixia
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Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
They have an explicit ban on 'catalogues' - the idea being that people were selling said 'catalogues' for $10, and then selling valuable equipment direct to buyer, hence avoiding ebays percentage-based fee on the high cost gear. ISTR that ebay's wording is quite sensible, in that collectible catalogues that have no present-day use *are* still allowed to be auctioned.

But this is really taking the piss. The only free empegs available are to thieves who manage to find one left in a car somewhere. AFAIK, noone outside (and possibly within) Empeg LTD ever legally obtained a free empeg. As such, this auction is clearly fraudulent.

I'd really like Rob to report this one to ebay and get the sucker arrested.
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#133309 - 06/01/2003 11:23 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: genixia]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
At least one attendee of the last European owners meet got a free empeg

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#133310 - 06/01/2003 11:26 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: genixia]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
I'd really like Rob to report this one to ebay and get the sucker arrested.

I would prefer that Rob and the boys spent what little RioCar time they seem to have getting 2.0 final out of the parking lot instead of chasing down scam artists on Ebay... Matter of personal preference, I guess.
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#133311 - 06/01/2003 11:28 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: tonyc]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
He assume he meant Rob Schofield. I have no involvement with sales/support/ebay. In fact I'm not even on this BBS. Honest.

Rob

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#133312 - 06/01/2003 11:35 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: rob]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
In fact I'm not even on this BBS. Honest.



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#133313 - 06/01/2003 12:27 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: tonyc]
genixia
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Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
Well......when you put it like that
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#133314 - 08/01/2003 23:22 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: tonyc]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
This episode was one of our syndicated reruns today.

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#133315 - 09/01/2003 07:09 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: Daria]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
One of my favorites, for sure.
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#133316 - 10/01/2003 11:43 Re: Scamming Ebay Bastards! [Re: robricc]
Biscuitsjam
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Registered: 22/01/2002
Posts: 355
As a bonus I will also be sending a HUGE wholesale list as well as about 20 eBooks that may come in handy for starting your own business.

Yeah right

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