It might not be fraud, but it does violate e-bay rules. What little actual protection you get from e-bay will be unavailable to you.
-----Original Message----- >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 6, 2009 5:14 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: ebay question > >Fraud. Don't fall for it. > >Godfrey - www.gdgphoto.com > >On Feb 6, 2009, at 3:09 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I had made $1432 (firing order, dontcha know) bid on some gear, a K20, >> 16-50, 50-135 and other goodies. I decided to drop out of the race and >> the auction went for $1800. >> >> I got a message, from yet another ebay account, saying that the person >> who won the auction didn't have the money, and they are offering it to >> me at the price I bid, please contact them at such and such an email >> address, where they need my ebay account, real name, address etc. so >> that they can go through ebay procedures to sell me the gear at the >> price I bid at, and they won't charge shipping. >> >> Why a different account? It's her husband's account. The account that >> was selling the gear has not responded to my queries. I'm about 87.3% >> convinced that someone is working a scam, though I'm not sure how they >> managed to contact me through ebay. >> >> Is there any reason that I shouldn't just report this to ebay's fraud >> department? If I should, who would I report it to? >> >> >> -- >> It's not the steps in the dance, it's the dance in the steps. >> Larry Colen [email protected] >> http://www.red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. -- I want to die peacfuly in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming like the passengers in his car... Will Shriner -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
