Fraud or not?

galwaydude18 · 08-07-2005 2:48pm #1

Do ye think is a fraud or not? I have a feeling it is. Here is the link http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3822&item=5012278487&rd=1 . I want one of these very bad and just want to know what ye reckon!

rymus · 08-07-2005 2:49pm

its gone... so it must have been dodgy

galwaydude18 · 08-07-2005 2:57pm

interesting! I emailed him just before I posted this and told him that I thought it appeared to be suspicious! Ya I reckon he was just trying to do people out of money! slimey fcukr!

rymus · 08-07-2005 3:10pm

out of interest.. what was it?

galwaydude18 · 08-07-2005 3:17pm

It a Acer Ferrari 3400LMi Notebook PC 3400 LAPTOP BRAND NEW! here's the e-mails I have gotten off him and what I have asked him!

How much would it cost to ship one to Ireland? How can you sell them
so cheap? This sounds very suspicious! I have got caught by an
internet fraud before! I cant see how you have three of these and can
sell them cheap!

Dear sir,
Im a serious seller.I'm working at Bucharest's airport and sometimes we
can find electronics ofa small price.That's why I sell this item so
cheaply.If you realy want to buy it please let me know because I already
have other clients who want to buy from me.
waiting for your answer asap!

the price is $1300 including S&H

Well why not use the ask a buyer question? why only e-mail you? This
sound far too suspicious.

sir we can go forward with this deal?

Well please answer my questions before I commit to buying! You appear
to just want me to jump right ahead and just buy before I get my
questions answered! Answer my questions and I will let you if we will
go ahead with this sale!

Waiting to hear back from him to see what he says! I will post up what he says!

savemejebus · 08-07-2005 3:26pm

Seems dodgy enough. but i can see why you'd be tempted at that price. Was he accepting paypal? I seem to recall an email about paypal having new insurance coverage in ireland or something.

galwaydude18 · 08-07-2005 3:29pm

Ya he was accepting paypal! God I wish I could no for sure it was proper or not!

godtabh · 08-07-2005 3:53pm

It is dodgey. Ihad the same thing about an apple power book.

Got an email from ebay saying (more or less) that your man was as dodgy as fcuk. Mind you the lad I was dealing with didnt accept pay pal (even do he did have it on the page)

He wanted western union which you dont do if you dont know who you are sending it to.

Pay Pal offer €1000 insurance as long as item is purchased tru the likes of ebay. For items bought from lads in airports I'm not so sure!

galwaydude18 · 08-07-2005 3:59pm

Ya I got caught out on something like that before and it ended up me owing a few thousand to the bank cause I transferred the money by western union! That's why i'm so cautious about things like that since!

godtabh · 08-07-2005 4:20pm

if I was you I would say well clear. Any one who asks to get paid by western union and offering a fantastic deal would seem to be dodgy.

Alarm bells should be ringing in your head straight away when you see this.

You know the market value. If some one is offering it to well below the market value then something is fishy. Be it the item has been returned, or repaired or stolen or doenst even exsist.

As the old saying goes buy beware!

unkel · 08-07-2005 4:23pm

galwaydude18 wrote:

Ya I got caught out on something like that before and it ended up me owing a few thousand to the bank cause I transferred the money by western union!

:rolleyes:

At least there's one happy Nigerian now