Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-30 Thread David Mann
On Jun 30, 2005, at 4:19 AM, Cotty wrote: China Not a scam, no way... NO fake!!! NO fake!!! Real!! That bit cracked me up. Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/

RE: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Joaquim Carvalho
Ebay scams 101 On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 10:49, Anthony Farr wrote: > If you look at the sellers profile, you'd see that all feedback comments are > like: > "???**,,,??". To be fair, it could just be that eBay pages don't > support oriental characters when they are being referred into occiden

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/6/05, keithw, discombobulated, unleashed: >He's selling a *istD, including a Pentax SMCPDA 16-45mm zoom f4.0 ED/AL >lens, for less than US$ 200, and even ended the bid early to take the cash? he probably built it then swiped it, now eBaying if. Don't forget, that's a lot of money in China!

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Cotty
On 29/6/05, Powell Hargrave, discombobulated, unleashed: >If he gets it. >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 China Not a scam, no way... Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread P. J. Alling
It depends but... It was the catch phrase from the Bartles and Jaymes brand of wine cooler advertisements in the US a few years ago. http://www.bartlesandjaymes.com/home.htm In case you care. Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread John Whittingham
> He's selling a *istD, including a Pentax SMCPDA 16-45mm zoom f4.0 > ED/AL lens, for less than US$ 200, and even ended the bid early to > take the cash? > > I have doubts the winner will ever get his camera. I'll be really p*ssed if it's genuine 8-) John

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread keithw
Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 I just jumped into this thread, but...based solely on the eBay ad, I wouldn't touch it! He's selling a *istD, including a Pentax SMCPDA 16-45mm zoom f4.0 ED/AL lens, for less than US$ 2

RE: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread John Whittingham
> IMO a very small number of people, perhaps even only one, are > setting up some ID's to sting gullible "round eyes". If this one > ended early it's because the price wasn't getting high enough to be > worth retiring that ID. I think it's a small group, there's been another lister from China

RE: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Anthony Farr
If you look at the sellers profile, you'd see that all feedback comments are like: "???**,,,??". To be fair, it could just be that eBay pages don't support oriental characters when they are being referred into occidental eBay sites, but it does arouse my suspicion. It was also this ID's f

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Tom Reese
Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 It's gotta be a fraud. My guess is that the seller ended it early before someone figured it out and eBay could yank the auction. Tom Reese

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 What does "Thank you for your support" mean? Kostas :-)

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread David Oswald
Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 The listing states the following: "The seller ended this listing early to sell to the high bidder(s) at current bid price." My suspicion is that the high bidder and seller actually wo

Re: Hell of a deal if...

2005-06-29 Thread Alan P. Hayes
At 12:36 AM -0700 6/29/05, Powell Hargrave wrote: If he gets it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7526667604 How do you say escrow in Mandarin?! -- Alan P. Hayes Meaning and Form: Writing, Editing and Document Design Pittsfield, Massachusetts Photographs at http://www.ah