[TenTec] Ebay Scam

Bill NY9H ny9h at arrl.net
Fri Jul 16 09:15:57 EDT 2004


YOU MUST REPORT THIS TO EBAY...
IT IS TOTALLY NOT ACCEPTABLE TO EBAY... THEY MAY BLACKLIST THE GUY ....

I'VE BOUGHT ALOT OF TT  on ebay...

PS to :  jellis..... it sounds like Jim loves that Titan....he bought on ebay.


BILL

At 02:23 PM 7/15/2004, you wrote:

>Just a friendly warning to members of the list of my experiences with some 
>"ebayer's" . I was bidding on a 262 power supply so I  could have vox with 
>my 544. KJM520 was the seller. I put in a bid of what the maximum I was 
>willing to pay. So far so good. Near the end of the bidding another person 
>out bid me. Still OK.The he withdrew his bid leaving me the winner. Still 
>OK until I checked the address of the person who bid up past my maximum 
>and then withdrew his bid. His call and Ebay ID is N4VMV. His last name 
>and  address is the same as the seller.He gave his excuse" as couldn't 
>contact seller"  Neat little deal. They bid up to the maximum bid to 
>squeeze every dollar they can out of the buyer. As it turned out the only 
>other bidder bid $10.00 so this scam cost me $41.00. I asked the seller to 
>explain the reason for their actions but no reply. They could have put a 
>reserve or minimum starting bid and got the same result and been on the up 
>and up. Sorry to go off topic but it is a Ten-Tec supply.Buyer 
>Beware.
>
>Lou-N3OD
>
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