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Re: Whats all this about?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:48:00 GMT
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Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> I was checing Ebay for train items when i found this:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=569662194
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> Seller location = Germany
> Auction Currency = Australian dollars
> ???
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> The seller does have zero ratings at this stage. Something a bit sus? I • was
> almost ready to put a bid in for this.
Well, the seller has a number of items up (a number of yummy items too), and
they are all in AU$ and all showing as location Germany. There doesn't seem
any confusion about this as the seller talks about postage prices in AU$
too. Since there is also explicit mention of accepting US$ and CDN$, it
seems clear that they are not such a newbie that they don't know the
difference. Indeed, the auction descriptions look like someone who has done
this before, which suggests this is a new ebay id but not a new ebay seller.
Just a thought. Some days ago Ebay Australia has a no-fee listing day. Is it
possible that this seller listed on Ebay Australia that day to save the
listing fees? Maybe they had to (or chose to) create a new e-bay id to be
able to do this?
Kerry
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| (...) Another idea, though it is very left-field is..Did they confuse Austria and Australia? Perhaps the German seller lives near Austria, they are neighbours arent they? But then Austria wouldn't be a dollar currency anyhow. Confusing.. Surely its (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Thanks Kerry....I think your explaination was the clearest and the most logical. Thanks for the clarification. I don't know what the real story was, but this might be the best reason for all the confusion Benjamin Medinets (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| I was checing Ebay for train items when i found this: (URL) location = Germany Auction Currency = Australian dollars ??? The seller does have zero ratings at this stage. Something a bit sus? I was almost ready to put a bid in for this. Santosh (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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