[Milsurplus] Oh.....My...... God......

[Greg Werstiuk]

Easy enough to check out.  If I'm not mistaken, the seller ID is that of a
member of our list, William Donzelli.

- Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J Forster
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:56 PM
> To: arc5 at ix.netcom.com; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Oh.....My...... God...... 
> 
> There is something very odd about this sale. It was first 
> listed at a very low starting price and rapidly went up to 
> about $500, but the reserve was not met. It had a BIN price of $5000.
> 
> It was extensively discussed on the  Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
> 
> After the auction closed with no winners, at least two 
> members of that Group received Second Chance Offers for about 
> $50 and $75.
> 
> Since then it has been up twice more today. The second sale 
> ended with a Listing Error' and the third as you see it.
> 
> I have no idea what's going on, but it could well be phishing 
> and/or a hijacked account. It's also odd the seller will ONLY 
> sell to Canada when the set is located very close to the US 
> (just across a bridge)
> 
> IMO, the set, if the auction is genuine, is likely worth over 
> $1000 but not the $5000.
> 
> FWIW,
> -John
> 
> 
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