[PrintOwners] Ebay Scam

[Borzou Azabdaftari]

I just went through the exact same thing with a duplo collator  
supposedly located in Texas.  Charlene was nice enough to hook me up  
with her duplo service guy to check it out, but I never heard back  
from the seller when I asked to send him over.  I ended up not bidding  
on it, and now I'm glad I didn't.  Anyone who won't let you check out  
equipment is clearly hiding something.

Borzou Azabdaftari
Falcon Print and Copy
1921 Gallows Road
Suite 150
Vienna, VA 22182
t.703.442.0124
f.703.442.0134
borzou at falconprintandcopy.com



On Mar 7, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Ron Taggart wrote:

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>
> I recently spotted a beautiful MBO folder on Ebay and decided to bid  
> on it.
> Before the auction closed, I was 90% sure it was a scam and thought  
> I'd
> share these observations of why I thought that:
>
> 1.  No reserve or minimum bid.  Anyone with anything of assured value
> wouldn't consider letting it go for no minimum.
>
> 2.  I emailed the guy and asked to come see the item, no response.  I
> continue to use this technique even though I might not be close to  
> the item,
> sometimes making up a story like, "My brother lives near you."
>
> 3.  All feedback was for trivial items like video games.  Had mostly  
> bought
> items and sold few.
>
> 4.  Auction said he would accept a personal check or cashier's  
> check, but
> when the auction closed he asked for a wire transfer.  Wire transfer
> instructions had an Eastern European or Russian sounding name.  Also
> suggested we "strongly wire"  the money.  At least they could invest  
> in a
> good translation :).
>
> 5.  When I told him we would pay when we picked the item up, there  
> was no
> further communication.
>
> I have been seeing more items that fit the above profile in the  
> bindery
> section, and I know of two others that turned out to be scams.
>
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