From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 00:00:18 EDT
Randy...
either way, its the dark side of the coin..
saw lots of this on AOL when they had the trading boards up..
the sad thing is that there are people who fall for that stuff..
Randal Whittle wrote:
> At 05:33 PM 08/31/1999 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > For those of you who are tired of reading the e-bay flame series, here is
> > something to ponder..
> >
> >
> >
> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150978232>http://c
> > gi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150978232
>
> I admit Bill, that when I see someone with a "0" feedback rating and a
> note at the bottom saying you can buy any one of these outright for $600
> (perhaps it was a typo--maybe he meant $6000?), that I have cause to pause and
> wonder (and the bidding itself is indeed up to $5,200.
>
> Other than your suspicion though, how can you say this is
> necessarily an
> example of "fraud" on eBay?
>
> If these things really aren't legit, I would be more inclined to
> suggest
> that the items might be stolen. Which would be theft, not fraud. ;-)
>
> - Randy Whittle
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