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    Sketchy Ebay auction

    I know there are thousands of sketchy ebay auctions out there...
    hoever this one caught my attention.
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    I wrote the guy and aked if I could come and check it out prior to bidding on it. I figured he lives in my area, since the item location said RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN.

    Question about your item

    bosstone74@hotmail.com wrote:

    Dear dominique262,

    Where are you located? May I come check it out before I bid?

    Please respond to the question on eBay by clicking the button below. You'll have the option to display your response directly on the listing. "

    His Response

    "Dear customer ,
    for the moment i'm in uk with some business , the tv is here too , so will be shipped directly from London .
    Buy it now price for the tv is 2999 USD .
    if you want this tv here is what you must do :
    transfer 2999 USD to whoever name you want from uk (friend , family , anybody ... even your own name but with uk address) and after that send me the transfer details to check it on website . if it's all ok i'll ship you the tv and after you receive it you'll redirect the money to my name ...
    Thank you and hope hear from you soon !!!"
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    "only Western Union Money Transfer(no COD , no Escrow , no Paypal..."

    I'd def stay away from that, plus the guy has 0 feedback!
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    i just google the screen, found it new for $2400.
    definitly the guy is a scammer.
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    I was thinking about reporting it...
    or email all the other bidding with the info he gave me.,.
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    I think you can report him based if nothing else on the fact he offerd to sell it to you for $2999, there being no "buy it now" option on the auction. Now whether ebay will do anything...

    A plasma TV with him on business to London, please!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mushin
    I think you can report him based if nothing else on the fact he offerd to sell it to you for $2999, there being no "buy it now" option on the auction. Now whether ebay will do anything...

    A plasma TV with him on business to London, please!
    after my experience, I'll tug my tv along for buisness trips lol...I went on a buisness trip to Phoenix from Albuquerque, came home and my 63" HDTV Widescreen and Suround Sound System was GONE!...along with my room mate
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    I went ahead and sent that into ebay. It will be taken down just for the fact that he doesn't accept anything but money transfer, and has 0 feedback.

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    seriously, props to you for taking time out of your schedule for reporting somthing suspicious. I would'nt have given it a secong glance (I would'nt have given it a first glance; 42'' flat screens are not excactly in my budget, but I sure as hell wish they were). very cool of you.
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    Hilarious!
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