Re: bad pole xmfrs and EBAY scams

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Also beware of any auction that requires you to
"register" before bidding. Apparently the seller
offers used equipment at a too-good-to-be-true price.
When you attempt to contact the seller to "register",
the scamster then emails you with an offer that's even
better than the eBay price. You can guess what happens
next.

The telltale signs are little or no feedback and cash
(or equivalent) only.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research
 > Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > There is another scam going on as well in the area
 > of test equipment.
 >
 > So far i participated in three auctions (three
 > separate sellers) for test
 > equipment (HP sweep generators, oscilloscopes,
 > etc...) in which I was not
 > the
 > winning bidder.  In all three occurrences, someone
 > replied back to me with
 > an almost identical email address as the seller
 > stating that
 > the winning bidder had to back out because of a car
 > accident or something,
 > and that this seller would sell me the auction item
 > for
 > some value that was less than the final auction
 > price.  However, the person
 > only would accept Western Union and the address was
 > a
 > foreign address.  Very shady sounding.
 >
 > Anyways, if you come across something like this, be
 > very wary.  I've had it
 > happen three times already in the past few months.
 > Probably the same guy
 > too.
 >
 > Anyways, I hope you guys paid with credit card.  You
 > can dispute the sale
 > and hopefully resolve the issue.
 >
 >
 >
 > Dan
 >