Re: E-bay followup

["Simon Coates" <ecolume@xxxxxxx>]

Patrick,

 

Sorry about your unfortunate experience with e-bay.  I suppose there will always be people who abuse the system and people's trust.  Yet, e-bay is excellent and is a good source for bargains.

On a similar note, I recently bought an ePods from a guy in New York.  He offered it for sale on the Internet Appliance BBS but then put it on e-bay after a day.  I contacted him and said that I'd pay his original asking price.  Even though it looked as though it may fetch a higher bid price, he cancelled the e-bay auction and said that I could buy it.  I agreed to pay for it through PayPal.  He shipped it and insured it at his own expense BEFORE I'd even sent payment!  When I received the ePods it was absolutely brand new - he hadn't used it - but he did the hack for me and the full CE shell upgrade!  We both trusted each other - I sent payment for something I hadn't seen  - he sent the ePods to someone he didn't know before receiving any money.

There are still some trustworthy people! :o)

 

Simon

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: <patrickl@xxxxxxx>

To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>

Sent: 26 September 2001 20:36

Subject: [ukha_d] E-bay followup

> Some may remember that I had an
unfortunate
experience recently with 
> E-bay with a vendor who cashed my cheque
and
did a runner.
> 
> I turned cyber-sleuth, and put together
enough
pieces of the jigsaw 
> to set the perpetrator up for the fall...
twice.
Systematic fraud is 
> one term that might be used to describe 87
different E-bay identities 
> and a handful of different bank
accounts. (I
didn't discover _all_ 
> those persona...). Dozens of others have
fallen
victim to the same 
> scam as I did by this guy. The first attempt to
catch up with the con 
> sadly came a cropper because the bank branch
he
normally used was 
> closed for refurbishment. Anyway, all's well
that
ends well - today  
> the suspect was arrested and charged. The
police also recovered a 
> shed load of damning evidence. Whilst I
don't
expect to see my cash 
> again, it's good to see justice
done.
>
> And sincere thanks to Kevin for his going out of his way "up
north"
> to check out the address I'd been given.
> 
>
Patrick
> 
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