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 sgetty
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 08:23 PM |
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Be carefull on ebay!!!!!!!!close call
ok i just had an experiance on ebay bidding on a buggy
i wasnt stung but could have been
i wont post witch buggy it was because of privacy issues
this is what happened
after the bidding finished and i didnt win, i got a second chance offer that seemed to good to be true
1- i was a very low bidder very early in the peice
2- he was wlling to ship for nothing(half way across australia
it just didnt sit right, there was three things that really bothed me
1- only payment throught western union
2-sellers payment adress UK
3-no trade mark next to the ebay sighn and lack of quality in email
i will just say that it has been reported and i didnt make any payments and i hope no one else had been burnt
anyone wanting a copy of the email i recieved u2u me your adress and ill forward it to ya
be carefull dont get caught up in the moment and cover all bases
deon
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68AutoBug
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 08:25 PM |
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Yes, ebay has their share of bad scammers...
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sgetty
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 08:38 PM |
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ebay have just confirmed that the origin of this email was NOT them
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HotRodMatt
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 08:42 PM |
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Don't trust second chance offers even if they are legit.
I have bid on several items from a aussie store and always outbid by the same other bidder and get a second chance offer within minutes of the auction
ending. It's a common scam by sellers and now it's popular with people who have nothing to do with the item being sold!
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 08:42 PM |
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Damn that email looks fake, but I guess some might be a little naive and send the money.
-Staggers.
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 09:12 PM |
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There was a discussion on this topic just the other day, all originating from the UK. Bastards.
This is my Volkswagen, there are many like it, but this one is mine. Without me my Volkswagen is useless, without my Volkswagen, I am useless.
61 Karmann Ghia 2110cc type1 w Los Panchito's
66 Deluxe Beetle 2270 type 4
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MickH
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 10:18 PM |
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They are also getting better at it !!! I was bidding on that beautiful type 3 with the red dash etc etc...and unfortunately was not able to acess egay
for the last day of the auction:cussing and as a result lost which in
itself sucks....i recieved a second chance offer which used bank account details for $$$$ deposit,not Western union etc..even had the right name of
the seller !!!! Luckily i emailed the seller to confirm and was advised it was a hoax. Luckily I'm always cautious!! Thats half the reason people
have private auctions now...so potential buyers dont get second offers as their identities are not revealed.
tssnq.com.au
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CAFFINEPUSHERMAN
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 10:59 PM |
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i got one from that guy today too i bid on that blue buggy what aprick
A candy coloured clown they called the sandman tip toes through my room every night just to sprinkle stardust on my pillow go to sleep everything will
be allright
1967 Type 3 square
1956 double door panel
1968 single cab kombi
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| posted on September 4th, 2006 at 11:38 PM |
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Check The Samba and see if the buggy is advertised privately on there. I've read some threads about people using fake cars off real adverts and
putting them on Ebay.
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glider69
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| posted on September 5th, 2006 at 08:43 AM |
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sgetty post up the email so we can all see it like i did when the prick tried to do me over
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sgetty
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| posted on September 5th, 2006 at 01:28 PM |
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how do i do that?
got another one 2day looked more like the ozzy heading and proper australian ebay symbol but im just waiting to find out if its real i dought it..
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sgetty
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| posted on September 5th, 2006 at 01:35 PM |
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oh ok just looked at your post mate
yeah cut and paste can do
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on September 5th, 2006 at 05:55 PM |
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wow, just got one of these second chance ones today, first time for me, funny, it was for a scooter that one of the other guys on here won lol
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 posted on September 6th, 2006 at 12:29 AM |
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a good mate of mine was looking at a beetle on ebay only last week . he also got the second chance offer and became suspicious when they requested
payment prior to looking at the car . he looked into it further and found that the bank details were overseas and contacted the sellers by email ,
only to be advised that the name given as the seller was not really selling that vehicle . it was another hoax . BEWARE!!!
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