Asking to take the auction off e-bay is also a strong
sign of a scam artist.  A guy on a cycling forum i am
on makes it a daily habit of closing down at least 1
(although usually 5-ish) auctions from scam artists...
that is a LOT of scams!
Typical things to watch out for include:
1) nothing remotely related to what he is currently
selling (ie. 20 dolls)
2) keeps bid history/ID secret
3) wants to take bid off e-bay
4) usually wants to be paid through something like
western union
5) e-mail address and e-bay account are under
different names

On the bike auctions, the bidder always has everything
you could possibly want, and for a rediculously low
price.  The guy is a schmuck, he knows it, and he
likes it...

You gotta spend a little time trying to find a way to
stop him.

-Damon

--- mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
> If it is true that both Ebay ids are for the same
> person you should
> STRONGLY protest to Ebay. The basis of the protest
> would be the multiple
> times the 2 ids left positive feedback for each
> other on transactions
> where one was the seller and the other the buyer.
> Bidding on one's own
> items is a violation of Ebay rules. If true this guy
> should be stopped.
>
> Mark
>
> Anthony Bailey wrote:
> >
> > I got his phone no. its  (612) 331-2378 and it
> looks like he's also got
> > another ebay id its
> > "et_hehe ". He's trying to auction off a 1987
> Vanagan Syncro item number:
> > 2438261240
> > Hope no one buys this or has to have any dealings
> with him.
> > Anthony Bailey
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Anthony Bailey <abailey@CLAS.NET>
> > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:22:26 AM
> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> > Subject: Re: engine for sale
> >
> > > Hello Tom, This is his ebay id - munkybutt92 and
>  I would definitely do
> > > that, but he wanted
> > > to take it off of ebay to save him some money,
> so by me agreeing to that I
> > > kinda screwed
> > > myself since ebay can't/won't do anything about
> it nor can I leave
> > negative
> > > feedback.
> > > Anthony
> > >
> >

=====
'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!)

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