[TenTec] Fishy Jupiter on eBay

[Steve Weber]

My other hobby/passion is playing saxophone, and this scam is common 
in that arena.  Usually it's a seller with zero feedback using a 
picture swiped from another auction or one of several sax picture 
archive sites.  They often request payment by Western Union and 
frequently often claim to be overseas but that the sax is in the 
states for delivery by a third party.

The usual BS detection technique for a prozpective buyer is to 
request new pics of specific areas of the instrument including serial 
number, and ask where it can be seen so that another sax player can 
check it out, or ask that it be checked out by a legitimate local 
music store or repairman.

Sometimes they are legit, but not often.

73 de KD9BO Steve


>Is either one of the ads from someone with zero feedback?  That could be
>an indicator.  Then again, if not, one of them may have had his account
>hijacked.  The ebay scammers are getting pretty bold lately.
>
>         73,  Duane
>
>
>On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:56:06 -0500 "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at comcast.net>
>writes:
>>  > I looked around eBay and found the same radio, at least the same
>>  > picture, of the same radio, on the same Tile Table......
>>
>>  Not only is the picture the same, the descriptive text is also
>>  identical.
>>
>>  "Fishy" may be an understatement .. :-)
>>
>>  Grant/NQ5T
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