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    Re: Whats all this about? —Kerry Raymond
    Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GAGr96.99C@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
     (...) 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)
    
         Re: Whats all this about? —Peter White
     (...) I have seen this occurring at least twice before as well. The last time they had zero feedback as well (different userid) and were auctioning some nice castle sets. Just think, when you bid AU$, you know the value won't go up even when no bids (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Whats all this about? —Santosh Bhat
     So whats it all mean then? If I were to bid on this auction [1] should I be cautious and try and get more information from the seller? It sounds a little bit sneaky and suspicious for my liking. And If the seller is scamming Ebay, whos to say they (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: Whats all this about? —Peter White
     (...) Personally, I wouldn't bid on a zero feedback seller, esp. overseas. With regard to ebay they are exploiting a loophole in a very clever manner. Personal and institutional scamming are two different things. (...) It won't show up on the list, (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: Whats all this about? —Benjamin Medinets
   (...) 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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