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Re: Whats all this about?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 20 Mar 2001 01:11:07 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$, it
> seems clear that they are not such a newbie that they don't know the
> difference. Indeed, the auction descriptions look like someone who has done
> this before, which suggests this is a new ebay id but not a new ebay seller.
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> Just a thought. Some days ago Ebay Australia has a no-fee listing day. Is it
> possible that this seller listed on Ebay Australia that day to save the
> listing fees? Maybe they had to (or chose to) create a new e-bay id to be
> able to do this?
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> Kerry
Thanks Kerry....I think your explaination was the clearest and the most
logical. Thanks for the clarification. I don't know what the real
story was, but this might be the best reason for all the confusion
Benjamin Medinets
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| Santosh Bhat <santob@ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:GAGr96.99C@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) Well, the seller has a number of items up (a number of yummy items too), and they are all in AU$ and all showing as location Germany. There doesn't (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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