Jim,
I once saw an auction for a Canon D60 (I believe) that went for $65,000.00
USD.
I sent the guy with the auction an email asking if there was some kind of
joke being played on him and his response was something near tears. He then
delisted it.
Richard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Couch" <jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] complete ebay stupidity
> Also look at the name of the bidder - 2good2btrew Also his one feedbnack
is from
> a person who is no longer a registerd eBay user. One of the other (three
total)
> bidders has been an eBay member since last wednsday and goes by the name
of
> stopauctionthieves (trying to warn others off maybe?! Looks like the only
> legitimate bid was the opening bid. Looks like some kind of game or scam
to me!
>
> Jim Couch
>
> "om@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
>
> > This smells real bad!
> >
> > 1. Look at where the auction is from: Romania.
> > 2. Look at the ID's of the bidders: 0 & 1 feedbacks.
> > 3. The high bidder has bought a LOT of stuff ($20k+) over the past month
> > with a 1 feedback. Where are all the feedbacks on all that stuff he/she
> > bought? What's wrong with that?
> >
> > I'm convinced that there are very few reasons to buy from Ebay for new
> > goods. It's too risky for me.
> >
> > I also notice that the newest toys generate the most shenanigans, like
the
> > net digital SLRs and digital cameras.
> >
> > Skip
> >
> > Original Message:
> > -----------------
> > From: William Clark wclark@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:22:25 -0400
> > To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [OM] complete ebay stupidity
> >
> > I was looking for a digital camera for my dad's birthday.
> >
> > Stumbled upon this:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1366865431
> >
> > Look at the bids!!! He originally had a BIN of $525 (according to his
add).
> >
> > B&H sells them for $1950 new!!!!
> >
> > Crazy,
> >
> > -Bill
> >
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