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Re: another possible set scam on aussie ebay
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 22 Dec 2006 22:11:59 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Pete White wrote:
> Be careful when buying 'New Sealed' LEGO sets on ebay. If a fixed price listing
> is too good to be true, like less than wholesale, then it's possibly dodgy.
> Especially when the same seller has had an auction run to higher than retail for
> the same set in preceding days.
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> Seller 'jshenderson1' (now deregistered) from the Wollongong area south of
> Sydney, had 21 auctions for 21 different sets end on December 6th this year. The
> sets covered a range of themes, but were mainly Star Wars and Harry Potter,
> though there were a couple of Duplo, a couple of City, but even a Spongebob set
> and even an Advent calendar. There were a few older sets like 6097 and 6291, but
> they were mainly current.
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> Add $9.50 postage Australia-wide for each seta and you start to get an idea of
> the scale.
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> So...do your feedback homework, watchout for newbies selling huge numbers of
> items at 'too good' prices. It wasn't just new buyers that were caught out, but
> also some ebay veterans including some resellers !
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> -pete.w
Thanks for the heads up Pete, seems to be a few scammers and shammers on Aus
ebay, and the more we know about them the less effective they are.
Have a Merry Christmas
Gary
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