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The Coin scammer has now moved back to a more traditional scam: Computers

I have been following this scam artist who had this coin up:

1851 Seated Quarter

He now has this auction up:

HP P4 Desktop

He isn't a very smart scammer. Most seasoned scammers know to list laptops. Well, at least he doesn't have any bids, most likely thanks to coinguy1's negative. I complained about this scam artist to eBay two days ago, and there he is, still up with a scam auction. Why in the
ache eee double el won't they stop people like this, even with clear red flags?

Comments

  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    I get an invalid item for the HP link. Maybe they pulled it?
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    I just got an E-Mail from E-Bay...


    << <i>We are writing to inform you that we recently ended all listings for seller toresmil on eBay. The seller’s privileges to trade on eBay have been temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further. (The current account status can be viewed next to the user ID of the seller on the eBay site.).

    Our records indicate that you were a participating bidder or buyer in this seller’s listing. You will need to use your own personal judgment in deciding whether to complete this transaction.

    As described in our User Agreement, eBay is only a venue, and we cannot guarantee that sellers will complete transactions nor can we guarantee the delivery or quality of bought items. As a basic principle, a buyer should know with whom he or she is dealing before sending a payment to a seller.

    Depending on the circumstances, you might decide to delay payment to a seller until completely confident that the transaction will be completed safely.. If you decide to delay payment but already paid by personal check, you may wish to contact your bank to discuss whether it would be possible to stop payment on the check. If you paid with a credit card, you may wish to contact your credit card company’s security department to discuss this payment – many companies provide protection in certain circumstances. If you paid by money order, you may want to contact that money order company for information on how to stop payment.

    Please note that the ending of the listings for this seller is a precautionary measure. The grounds for this suspension may be the result of a mistake or misunderstanding.

    Some countries have laws that might prevent you from retracting payment by check or otherwise; please inform yourself of applicable laws before acting.

    eBay Customer Support >>

    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295
    Well whaddya know, they finally took action! Figures, right after I posted this! image
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Another slimeball stopped. Kudos K6AZ!

    Russ, NCNE
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    He will have another ID today and will ba back to the same old crap!!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    pop1eye(126) hasn't learned his lesson on bidding on these coins when the dealer has 0 feedback.

    See Mark Feld's thread for more.
    Bill

    image

    09/07/2006
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭
    cosmicdebris - pop1eye need not learn his lesson about bidding on items from sellers with 0 feedback. pop1eye and I are one and the same. image
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    sorry Bill but I cant possibly consider hanging with you since youve mutated image
    image

    Go BIG or GO HOME. ©Bill
  • I got a much delayed response to my reporting of these guys, the safeharbor response was pretty much laughable. They have stopped amazing me with the lengths they'll go to look the other way and encourage fraud on their site. One of these days their lack of action is going to bite them in the you know what.


    Hello,

    Thank you for taking the time to contact us with this information. I
    understand how this situation could be of some concern.

    I have reviewed the information that you provided regarding the use of
    copyrighted material and ended the auction you reported was linking to
    your images.

    Regrettably, we are only able to take additional action against this
    member if the owner of the other pictures or text writes to us about
    this member using their material.

    In some instances, sellers may have already obtained permission from the
    rights holder to use their material. Therefore, we often cannot remove
    items upon the representations of third parties whose credentials we
    cannot verify.

    We do understand the potential for further issues in this type of
    situation. That is why, if you feel strongly about this issue, we
    recommend that you contact the rights holder, and recommend they contact
    us directly. Once we hear from them, we can take appropriate action
    against the member that you have reported.

    We appreciate you taking the time to contact us with your concerns.
    Thank you for being part of the eBay community

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