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Strange eBay finds.

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  • emmbrook
    emmbrook Posts: 188 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    I take it back - seems that fakes are fairly widespread - some info here: http://stampbears.net/thread/2657/counterfeit-forgery-royal-class-stamps
    And here:
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331712/Turkish-police-seize-million-fake-British-postage-stamps.html

    Articles not that recent but if it was profitable three years ago it probably still is.
  • askmeaboutsofas
    askmeaboutsofas Posts: 171 Forumite
    I can't post a link, but check out item number 201889459518. I actually read the wall o' text, poor guy was ripped off by a furniture company and i do feel bad for him - but not £5000 worth of bad :/
    Well informed on the subjects of sofas and wood furniture, and well opinionated on everything else :rotfl:
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,955 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    askmeaboutsofas wrote: »
    I can't post a link, but check out item number 201889459518. I actually read the wall o' text, poor guy was ripped off by a furniture company and i do feel bad for him - but not £5000 worth of bad :/

    I'm sure he has a real grievance but I found it completely incomprehensible, I have no idea what on earth he is going on about. I'm sure he is completely genuine, but with such poor use of the written word I do wonder if perhaps he was confused and misled with the original transaction due to poor understanding, rather then scammed?

    Also an unregistered business, so perhaps not so naïve after all.
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  • coffeehound
    coffeehound Posts: 5,742 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It sounds as though the supplying shop went bust owing money to the manufacturer as well as this seller. He's not really making the product live though is he, so might struggle to sell.
  • CLEARANCE_FEE
    CLEARANCE_FEE Posts: 63 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10 Posts
    I thought this to but I have one items for 2p forgotten to pay and got a strike against my account however the seller will make nothing from this then need to pay postage. Unless one possible feedback is worth 70p postage the best explanation I have is some people are stupid,
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 18 April 2017 at 10:10AM
    count, username
    86 a***i
    45 i***g
    31 s***p
    28 e***e
    24 -***r
    22 s***r
    18 l***i
    16 r***r
    13 a***n
    12 e***d
    12 t***a
    11 d***i
    10 r***t
    10 b***t
    10 t***r
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    would love to look up who "a***i" really is....
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
  • olgadapolga
    olgadapolga Posts: 2,328 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I really cannot fathom this one out . . .

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Postage-label-/152479582150?hash=item23807dc7c6:g:cDcAAOSwXYtY0ECt
  • SpammyTheSpammer
    SpammyTheSpammer Posts: 1,773 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    olgadapolga wrote: »
    I really cannot fathom this one out . . .

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Postage-label-/152479582150?hash=item23807dc7c6:g:cDcAAOSwXYtY0ECt

    have no idea either...
    I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.
  • NBLondon
    NBLondon Posts: 5,756 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Seller bought an APL (the big sticky label) for a parcel in advance; then didn't have to send the parcel and decided to sell on the unused label? Why they didn't keep the label and use it for another parcel is the first question... the second is who on earth bought it? What were they searching for to find a label at the right value for something they wanted to send and was it really worth it to save 70p (£6.45 label bought for £5.75)?
    I need to think of something new here...
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