another scam? similar to the laptop ones

[Paul]

[ukvac] another scam? similar to the laptop ones
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3253722777&category=3947

reply from seller:
Hello,

I`m for the moment in Europe ( ITALY ) with some personal business and i
will ship the pinball machine via UPS service from here to you.I accept for
the payment Western Union bank money transfer.But you will not wire the
money in advance.For your safety i will ship via UPS the pinball machine to
your full name and full address that you will give me and after UPS service
will confirm you via E-mail that the packge is in standby must wire the
money via Western Union bank and let me know the payment info so i can
confirm UPS the payment is 100% correct.
www.ups.com will note you 100% that imediatly the payment is checked,you
will get the machine in less then 48 hours.

My buy it now price for it is 1400GBP.
Please let me know if you are interested and ready to start the deal.
The payment will be made via Western Union to my agent`s complete details in
Italy.
I confirm again that the machine is brand new 2003 edition no damage on it.
In the price includes the UPS shipping costs.

Thank you and hope to hear soon from you.

 

[Guests]

[ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
could be genuine but sounds fishy to me + he has 0 feedback



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[pobtastic]

RE: [ukvac] another scam? similar to the laptop ones
I'd never again pay via Western Union, you've got absolutely no comeback
if it all goes wrong! If you really want to go ahead with it, why not
suggest an intermediary? What they called? Ah you know what I mean!
At least then you're covering yourself, I know personally what its like
to be stitched up for £1000! As its abroad as well, the UK police want
absolutely nothing to do with it! My fraudsters got away scot free!

Pobster

 

[John Bennett]

[ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
I wouldn`t touch this with a barge pole, several warning signs are
aparent, zero feedback...private auction!!...asking for western union
only...a yank selling in the UK? whilst conducting bussiness in
europe (whats that all abaout?)....only a 3 day auction so that if
someone complains to ebay safe harbour the auction would have
finished already and payment might have already been sent ....bad
english(probebly not even a yank, east european perhaps)....a
tempting price, also includes shipping from the USA?? .....etc
etc......I think not

mark.c



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[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
...and a library picture as well. Wouldn't it be nice to see the actual machine?

Paul


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[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
Definitely a scam. If it seems too good to be true... it is.

Save your money.



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[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
Definitely a scam. If it seems too good to be true... it is.

Save your money.



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[adrian_cresswell]

[ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones

 

[John Bennett]

Re: [ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
One way to help you decide this is legit or not (by the way its not) is ask
the seller a question that cant be possibly true about the machine ie for
this pinball I would ask this :-

Could you tell me please if this pin has the 180 decibell shot gun style
free game knocker as this is the model I am looking for

you could probably ask a number of silly questions
if they some come back yes then its a con

M

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[arcadeheavenuk]

[ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
and now he is no longer a registered user! I hope no one sent him any
money!!!

 

[John Bennett]

[ukvac] Re: another scam? similar to the laptop ones
No chance of that!! it was me that placed the highest bid just to
make sure no-one else got scammed, he emailed me yesterday (hotmail
address of course) asking for payment by Western union, I`ll have a
bit of fun and string him along for a while

mark.c



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