OT: I'm scared of bidding on eBay

[Stephen Barncard]

An iPhone for 30 pounds?  Uh oh.   You might have to kiss that 
goodbye. At least it wasn't more.


>Anyway it turns out the seller does not take PayPal - and i'm contractually
>bound to stick to my bid and pay into this guys account before he ships due
>to some story about having lost
>
>I DO NOT ACCEPT PAYPAL BECAUSE MY LAST 2 EXPERIENCES OF PAYPAL WERE SCAMMERS
>>  USING STOLEN ACCOUNTS TO MAKE UNAUTHORISED PAYMENTS.

this is not possible. Once somebody sends money to a certified 
address, it's theirs. This guys is just making an excuse for his scam.


>
>  > I ACCEPT PAYMENT BY BANK DEPOSIT OR BANK TRANSFER ONLY.

or Western Union? REALLY look out. Why can't he take a check? That's 
suspicious. It also goes outside the ebay protection system.

>  >
>>  MY ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM A DISTRIBUTOR IN THE UK VIA 1ST CLASS POST
>>  WITHIN 48 HOURS OF CLEARED FUNDS
>
>
>Reading this and travelling around the links of comments it looks like no
>one much has been a member more than a few weeks in this little self
>congratulatory circle - including the putative "NIGERIAN FRAUDSTER" - its
>that language of it all that my paranoia objects to...
>
>Well I guess - I'll stick to paying up and seeing what happens - is it
>common for people to set up scams with multiple accounts all voting for each
>other?

I don't know. I've had the thought that some ebay pages could be 
introduced into the database by skillful hacking. I'm dealing with a 
crappy seller right now that won't tell me when my item will arrive. 
For a while I thought I was a victim.
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stephen barncard
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