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Re: Weird Email Concerning eBay Fraud
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 23 May 2000 22:45:29 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Hey Y'all:
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> Has anyone else ever received a notice from: stopfraud@eBay.com? I don't know
> why, but receiving such a notice by email feels pointedly UN-official and
> cheap. A cursory look at eBay's Safe Harbor area doesn't yield this email
> address either. Is that a legitimate address?
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> I suppose I should mention that I was not the person named in the complaint,
> so far I am only a bidder/buyer on eBay. I do recognize the name of a user of
> RTL in the body of the email, though. At the same time, I don't think I ever
> happened to be this person's "victim of fraud." I fail to see how my merely
> bidding in an auction involving this person in any way builds eBay's case
> against him/her. I mean, bidding only suggests that I believed in the
> legitimacy of the auction (or is that the perceived damage itself?). The
> person who won an auction is the one who got victimized. How am I a damaged
> party in this action as a mere bidder?
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> On another note: for some silly reason I am annoyed that this person would
> prey upon us Lego nuts -- I guess it points up the inherent foolishness of
> what we will pay for plastic. I feel sullied.
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> Anybody else receive this notice?
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> -- Richard
My case isn't as flagrant a case of Mail Fraud...but I remember this lunatic...
I just got 2 of these emails...I got partially burned by melonfish
twice....at least. Luckily I got my money back. He had over 100 positive
feedback when I ran across his auctions (mostly for 80s era cds) Many
times, he dumped large loads of desirable sets from pirates and Castle on
eBay, with only instruction scans or no pic at all. Twice I won auctions at
a great price and sent payment immediately. Both times My payment was
returned with a note saying "I am out of stock...Sorry" He later changed
his eBay name and auctioned these items again, fetching triple the price.
A few of the people I have dealt with from Lugnet and eBay have paid and
never received product. melonfish had more Postal packages go MIA than most
cities. Some of the people I have done business with have received negative
feedback from him, even though he didn't ship their items and kept their
money...
He's slime..end of story.
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| Hey Y'all: Has anyone else ever received a notice from: stopfraud@eBay.com? I don't know why, but receiving such a notice by email feels pointedly UN-official and cheap. A cursory look at eBay's Safe Harbor area doesn't yield this email address (...) (25 years ago, 23-May-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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