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this blatant scam costing £150

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  • VH
    VH Posts: 501 Forumite
    I really have no sympathy for people who bid on an auction like this.

    High value mobile, low seller feedback, one line auction description.

    There's one born every minute!
  • i hate that you have to read everything ten times. recently i saw a holiday voucher for £150 go for £2 but the seller had covered over the corner of the voucher with paper in the pic, bet it said expiry date 98 or something lol
  • FTD
    FTD Posts: 137 Forumite
    VH wrote:
    I really have no sympathy for people who bid on an auction like this.

    High value mobile, low seller feedback, one line auction description.

    There's one born every minute!

    Would you still have no sympathy for your gran if she let a con artist into her home posing as a man from the council or 'gas board' and they robbed her blind?
    Some people, for whatever reason are 'more gullible' or 'trusting' than others and if we can help them (as we are decent honest people) we should, rather than state the obvious as people are not all as 'smart' as me and you (if I hadn't have pointed it out would you really have noticed it was just a picture and not a phone) ! Yes they should have been more careful but the long and short of it is they have been conned!!!
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