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Ebay Fraudulent seller warning - EBAY SCAM!

dvdh said:
Now where will he pop up next . . . ?
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To be honest I came up with an empty search on eBay.

If someone was willing to take the time, they might find postings here with a similar MO...
 
When I started using EBay a friend gave me a simple rule:

"Never pay more than $1 pr. positive feedback to a seller", so if a seller has a positive feedback of 200 my maximum bid is $200. This rule has served me well so far. I'm sure I've lost out on some good deals, but usually I end up sleeping a lot better at night...
 
Look like he's "no longer a registered user." Good luck getting your $$ back - sometimes you have recourse with Paypal or eBay.
 
aricher said:
Look like he's "no longer a registered user." Good luck getting your $$ back - sometimes you have recourse with Paypal or eBay.
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AWESOME.. thats great im really glad hes no longer registered

Thank you EBAY!.

I just hope no one else is trying to get their money back
 
Anyone else notice that the pictures didn't match the auction in the link you provided, adamflip?

It was the first thing I saw... Scam artists usually don't know enough about Macs to get the right pictures.
 
Mechcozmo said:
Anyone else notice that the pictures didn't match the auction in the link you provided, adamflip?

It was the first thing I saw... Scam artists usually don't know enough about Macs to get the right pictures.
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Yeah, thought it was a little odd that the pics showed a 17" TiBook, while the description was for a current generation AlBook. The scammer did get that fixed for the later auctions though. I also thought that it was a little odd that the laptop (singular quite intentionally) was photographed sitting on what looks like a bed, an odd scenario for someone who just "bought out a media company".

Anyways, it easier to miss these things at the time, while they may be immediately apparent in retrospect.
 
bitfactory said:
i feel sorry for you - but you should learn to read the descriptions a bit closer...

this line raises the big red flag:
Free shipping is provided to users that provide feedback as soon as the auction is over.

this to me says FRAUD. why would anyone send feedback before they actually had the product in their hands?
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AHA. Well then that would explain why he got positive feedback for this auction.
 
I'm glad this guy was called out, his auctions are really decptive:
Featured in this package is...
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Note that he didn't use the phrase "Contained in this package"

We are a closing media company and need to sell 5 really really fast.
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Note here that he didn't say "We need to sell 5 computers really really fast."
... honestly I'd probably over look that too in the description, with the bad grammar I've seen on the internet my brain tries hard to fill in the gaps left by the authors

However this phrase would have been the deal breaker for me:
This package is as complete as we can offer it. You may not complain simply because it is not as complete as you want it to be. Everybody has their own view of complete, this auction complies to our view of complete.
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It subtly says that your not going to like what you get, and you'd better not complain.

What a jerk, proven by his rebuttal email. I'm glad you didn't get burned adamfilip, and I'm happy you shut down this guys scam too!
 
Raid said:
However this phrase would have been the deal breaker for me:
It subtly says that your not going to like what you get, and you'd better not complain.

What a jerk, proven by his rebuttal email. I'm glad you didn't get burned adamfilip, and I'm happy you shut down this guys scam too!
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I have learned to read very carefully now any eBay auctions. Thought I was good, but did not catch this twist.
 
dvdh said:
LOL, feed back less that three minutes after winning the auction, I'd love to know which company shipped that . . .
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That is why I always say that I will send feedback AFTER I get the item, when I am sent an email for feedback after I have paid.
 
dvdh said:
Yeah, thought it was a little odd that the pics showed a 17" TiBook, while the description was for a current generation AlBook. The scammer did get that fixed for the later auctions though. I also thought that it was a little odd that the laptop (singular quite intentionally) was photographed sitting on what looks like a bed, an odd scenario for someone who just "bought out a media company".

Anyways, it easier to miss these things at the time, while they may be immediately apparent in retrospect.
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Yea i also noticed that i was a Ti pb, not AL... also that first picture of it looked like he got if off online and not an acutal picture of the product.....
I highley doubt he's got a studio is his house!
 
I think the best rule with eBay is - if you can't pick it up from the seller, don't bid on it! It just seems so easy to be screwed over by unscrupulous sellers. eBay really need to sort this out, otherwise it won't be too long before the mainstream media point out its a bad idea to use eBay and they'll start seeing a fall in profits. (I hope anyway..!)

Could you contact any of the people who have sold him stuff? They may well have an address for him, unless of course they are his partners in crime.
 
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