And also be aware that ebay, and by extension, ebay security, doesn't really
give a bleep about the buyers.  They only make money from the sellers.  I've
dealt with ebay security on some blatantly obvious scams and they always found
that there was insufficient reason to investigate further.  The sellers had
very high ratings, and had turned over lots of items, strangely enough.

Just watch it when buying through them.  I still do it, but be aware that ebay
may not protect you if you are ripped off.

tom

On 21 Aug 2003 at 9:03, Loren A. Busch wrote:

> I wouldn't touch either of those with a ten foot pole.  I would forward them
> to eBay security.  I've done a fair amount of buying and selling on eBay
> over the last few years, most recently 20+ items of camera gear, just mailed
> off the last item two days ago.  I've never seen anything quite like this.
> I've sold to several overseas buyers and 'the smell test' is about the only
> backup you have.  The stress for speed in the transaction is a major red
> flag.
>

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