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Can someone please tell me whats going on?

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  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    Turning_into_scrooge wrote:
    I'm ever so impressed too, well done :T

    Ta.. :D .. I am going to have to hope, EBay Customer Support (don't make me laugh) aren't just ignoring it...... They were first made aware 24 hours ago, and to date I can only see 3 selling ID's that have been NARUED. :mad: :mad:
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    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • Turning_into_scrooge
    Turning_into_scrooge Posts: 1,492 Forumite
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    If the buyers who are caught up in this use a credit card to payfor the so called goods surley they will be protected by their credit card thingymajigs :rolleyes: which they wouldnt be if they paid through paypal :confused: even though this is a very bad scam :rolleyes:
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    And it was the 6/1 outsider, redhairedsandy. ;)

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=177&item=5182794971&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • wheeze
    wheeze Posts: 132 Forumite
    well that's offended all the red heads reading this thread!!!
  • Curry_Queen
    Curry_Queen Posts: 5,589 Forumite
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    wheeze wrote:
    well that's offended all the red heads reading this thread!!!

    It made me laugh actually as it's what I call my ex's g/f whistling.gif
    "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
    ~
    It is that what you do, good or bad,
    will come back to you three times as strong!
  • zakony
    zakony Posts: 172 Forumite
    what happens if no one (underbidders ) do not want to pay? they end up paying huge ebay fees...
    Life should not be taken seriously, as no one would get out alive
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    zakony wrote:
    what happens if no one (underbidders ) do not want to pay? they end up paying huge ebay fees...

    No.... Because the selling ID details will be incorrect, thus they eventually get NARUED long after the ID has served it's purpose.

    Note each "seller" limits themselves to 3 or 4 auctions and no more..... Some are already NARUED. It only takes 3 minutes to register new ID's, so it's a rolling process of opening new ID's as the old ones get NARUED.

    :)
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    Now..... If I was a betting man, I'd put my house on this new seller coming up trumps. ;)

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3713&item=6757757898
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • mah_jong
    mah_jong Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I think you're right....am sure Teresa must be awake, must be time to buy another one!

    Ma

    How do you find them ...apart from the fact they are usually IBM and Dells??
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    mah_jong wrote:
    How do you find them ...apart from the fact they are usually IBM and Dells??

    Easy really. A point to note is that they start the laptops at £10 or £20.... not at say £9.99 like a seller with an eye on fees and half a brain would. :p

    The time they finish is pretty constant, the description is basic but informative each time, and the font size and colour is always varied, to the point that they select fonts and sizes others never would. :D

    But the big giveaway is ..................... the .bz (Belize) image hosting. ;)

    http://abramofal.kazan.bz/20.jpg

    Change that 20 to 18, 21, 24, or whatever and I bet they are all laptops ;)

    Then try a high number..... And where do you end up comrade?

    http://abramofal.kazan.bz/180.jpg

    :p
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
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