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Re: Whats all this about?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 23:59:21 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
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> Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
> news:GAGr96.99C@lugnet.com...
> > 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.
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> 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$, it
> seems clear that they are not such a newbie that they don't know the
> difference. Indeed, the auction descriptions look like someone who has done
> this before, which suggests this is a new ebay id but not a new ebay seller.
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> Just a thought. Some days ago Ebay Australia has a no-fee listing day. Is it
> possible that this seller listed on Ebay Australia that day to save the
> listing fees? Maybe they had to (or chose to) create a new e-bay id to be
> able to do this?
Another idea, though it is very left-field is..Did they confuse Austria and
Australia? Perhaps the German seller lives near Austria, they are neighbours
arent they? But then Austria wouldn't be a dollar currency anyhow. Confusing..
Surely its only Americans who make that mistake/confusion
*ducks and hides*
;-)
Santosh
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| (...) I have seen this occurring at least twice before as well. The last time they had zero feedback as well (different userid) and were auctioning some nice castle sets. Just think, when you bid AU$, you know the value won't go up even when no bids (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| 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)
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