Well, I certainly appreciate everyone's comments - on and off list. You just
helped confirm what I already suspected. I think I'll just move on - relist
the item and return any mail from them.

EBay is a cool thing - too bad there are alwyas people out there trying to
spoil stuff.

On 11/16/06, Thomas Myers <thomas.myers@xerox.com> wrote:
>
> While the overpayment trick is a common component to these scams -
>
>
> It is important to keep in mind they all hinge on the fact the non local
>
> Check takes an extended period of time to be returned to your bank -
>
> Specifically -  beyond the normal time your bank holds a check to clear.
>
> Your bank may give you the "all clear" after 8 - 10 days - but the
>
> Bad check takes possibly up to 28+ days to be returned as bad to your
> bank.
>
> And you are still held responsible regardless if the bank initially told
> you
>
> Check cleared.
>
>
> All of these Nigeria bank orders work that way.
>
> So even depositing the bad check and waiting "8-10 days" does
>
> NOT put you in the clear.  [ lotsa bank fine print spells this out]
>
> If the bad check is returned -[ no matter what the period of time ]- you
> are
>
> responsible.
>
>
>
> Lets be careful out there...
>
>
> Tom Myers
> Rochester NY
> 90 Westy
> 91 Syncro
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)