Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 23:23:35 -0700
Reply-To: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor)
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Concur but I wouldn't have the glasses
-----Original Message-----
From: Tromper [mailto:evilpig@mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:47 PM
To: Jere Hawn; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor)
Hmm if I recall my sojourn into the ebay TOS
you could get him booted from ebay on both counts.
JT
"Curiosity Kills more Mice the Cats."
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Jere Hawn
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:24 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor)
Dave,
I asked the guy about how fishy it looked and that since he was bidding
against himself I would only give him half of what he was asking. He said I
was right and sold at my asking price.
In short I asked him and he told me
Jere
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of DaveC
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:47 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: E-bay Scam Trend (Caveat emptor)
>The event: I saw a pair of rear hatch struts and bid on them
>for $25 (volks
>cafe has them on special for $12.50 ea) and I was out bid, and the sellers
>minimum was not reached. Auction finally ends and time passes (I'm not
>watching the item) and I get this pmail saying that the item didn't sell
and
>was wondering if I would like to buy them. I said NO! not at $32
>
>Learning Point: Seller have been known to set their minimum selling price
>so high that the item will not sell and then they re-approach buyers to see
>if they want to buy off-line at the higher price. Another tactic that I
>seen used is that they bid against their own item under a different name to
>drive the price up and when they win the then go the next highest bidder to
>sell at an inflated price (off-line to boot)
How do you know that these persons bid against themselves? Unless
someone squeals on them, how does this come to light?
Dave
--
Dave Carpenter
Whatever you wish for me,
May you have twice as much.
"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think
we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C.
Clarke
