Hi Phil:
That is the 'sport' of lens fishing in the '*bay', it hones deductive and
detective skills- a Holmesian realm.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Humbert Humbert" <0humbert0humbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 8:45 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: olympus Digest V1 #22
>
> Hi -- I'm almost certain this is a crook. He's probably breaking eBay
rules to start with and Western Union is a dead giveaway -- funds are
totally nonrecoverable that way. And of course none of the eBay
'protections' apply (not that they helped when much I got scammed myself).
>
> Best rule: try to always use PayPal and a real credit card, after looking
at what the person sells and analyzing the feedback (the problem on eBay is
that it seldom gives actual details of the transaction and high rates of
positives can conceal bargaining about feedback, sometimes based on threats
of negative feedback). Beware, as well, of non-photographers who will make a
lot more mistakes in their descriptions -- and try and scent out the pawn
shops and occasional thieves and fences...
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 02/01/2004, Listar <listar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:00:55 -0700
> >From: "Gordon J. Ross" <gordross@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: [OM] Here's a new wrinkle- Beware
> >
> >
> >Hi Listers:
> >
> >Here is indeed a new wrinkle- it smells like SCAM to me---
> >
> >(Notice its unsigned== Best Regards ---blank)
> >
> >Gord
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