Sketchy Ebay auction

bosstone74 · 10-15-2004, 08:45 PM

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 !!!"

migel628 · 10-15-2004, 09:15 PM

"only Western Union Money Transfer(no COD , no Escrow , no Paypal..."

I'd def stay away from that, plus the guy has 0 feedback!

john1701 · 10-15-2004, 09:20 PM

i just google the screen, found it new for $2400.
definitly the guy is a scammer.

bosstone74 · 10-15-2004, 10:50 PM

I was thinking about reporting it...
or email all the other bidding with the info he gave me.,.

mushin · 10-16-2004, 01:59 AM

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!

nFiniteTuning · 10-16-2004, 03:09 AM

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

Uno3whO · 10-16-2004, 04:41 AM

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.

ash · 10-16-2004, 05:32 AM

looking out for the little people.......my Hero!!

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.

hijinks21 · 10-16-2004, 07:24 AM

its invalid now

bosstone74 · 10-16-2004, 11:33 AM

Hilarious!

bosstone74 · 10-16-2004, 11:37 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by ash

looking out for the little people.......my Hero!!

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.

Did you put me in your signature?