[GreenKeys] Excellent Deal on Rasperry Pi 3 Model B

Sat May 5 17:51:26 EDT 2018

Since this is my fault, for those who purchased, go into your PayPal
account and find the transaction. It should still be unclaimed. Click on
the transaction and find the "Cancel" link, which is under "Net Amount" in
the "Your Payment" section. Then press "Cancel Payment" to confirm. Then
send nasty emails to the email behind the PayPal account.

If for some reason this doesn't work, just make sure to contact eBay if
they don't sort it out for you already. They'll take care of you.

My sincerest apologies for leading people to make a bad transaction. You
can say "I told you so!"

On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co>
wrote:

> Thanks for the warning, Bob. For the sake of others on the list who may
> not know, yes, requesting payment outside of eBay is both a violation of
> eBay policy and almost certainly fraud and should be reported to eBay ASAP.
>
> Looks like it may have been a fraud as the item just barely shows as
> having been removed by eBay, and the seller shows as no longer being a
> registered user. I also just received an email stating the seller's account
> may have been compromised, and that fraudulent agent listed the item in an
> attempt to scam people.
>
> Sorry, everyone. I thought there was a chance of this being a fraud, and
> it looks like that ended up being the case. We'll just have to keep paying
> ~$35 for computers the size of credit cards. Our lives are so hard.
>
> On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just take care. If you get an email from the seller making an offer that
>> involves payment
>> going *around* the eBay / PayPal empire …. RUN AWAY !!!! :)
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On May 5, 2018, at 4:55 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Agreed, Bob. It seems too good to be true.
>>
>> However, since eBay's been so good about fixing problems the few times
>> they've arisen for me, I've felt it was worth the risk.
>>
>> Sometimes newish sellers offer prices where they couldn't possibly make a
>> profit just to garner a lot of positive reviews and kick off their
>> business. I've run into this once or twice before, and it turned out well.
>> I'm crossing my fingers that this is the case here. If it turns out to be a
>> scam, I'm not worried as eBay has yet to fail me in that right. They have
>> to compete with the likes of Amazon who will often accept returns with free
>> return shipping without bothering to ask why.
>>
>> I guess we'll all know in a week or so.
>>
>> On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 2:36 PM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I got caught by one of these a few weeks back. Fortunately PayPal and
>>> eBay took care of it.
>>> That was *not* on the same item or from the same seller. It was very
>>> similar:
>>>
>>> ….. hmmm …. seller with one feedback as a seller ….
>>>
>>> …… hmmm … really crazy low price on the item with lots of them to sell ….
>>>
>>> ……..hmmm ….. generic listing information ( in this case Element 14’s
>>> listing )
>>>
>>> Yes, it *could* be real. I’d bet at least half a warm beer that it’s a
>>> scam.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> On May 5, 2018, at 3:33 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> For those interested in building a computer-controlled teletype setup
>>> like the one I've built,  or for using a Raspberry Pi for any other reason,
>>> I just got a tip from a local amateur radio group member for a ridiculous
>>> deal on the newest Raspberry Pi model on eBay. $8.59 with free shipping
>>> when they're usually at least $35 plus shipping. There are only a few left,
>>> but each person is only allowed to buy one. It seems too good to be true,
>>> but eBay has been excellent about getting me my money back the three or
>>> four times I've had trouble with sellers the past few years, so it's worth
>>> the risk to me.
>>>
>>> No connection at all to the seller.
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/263660886003
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