WARNING....

[daz]

I spotted this http://tinyurl.com/m4mqv

and nearly fell off my chair. I've been sat here for 10 minutes wondering why this is so cheap.

Then I looked at the feedback stats - all his 10 'sellers' are no longer registered users, and all of them have a zero count themselves.

Something smells dodgy!!!!

He also has an 8" Meade up as well.

It just doesn't look right to me......

[OXO]

Item location: nusdhfyguyg, default, Netherlands

I'll say so Daz

[OXO]

Positive feedback rating Quick response and fast payment. Perfect! THANKS!!

Seller klpgr87 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 20:02 110005024609

Positive feedback rating Rockin' ebayer! wish they were all this great! pleasure to do business with!

Seller lkput95 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 20:01 150005988417

Positive feedback rating ENJOYED THIS BIDDER VERY NICE 2 DEAL W/ PROMPT PAYMENT PLEASE COME BACK A+

Seller mldfe01 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 19:58 270004594279

Positive feedback rating Payment was champion. A remarkably top-notch buyer. Correspondence was majestic

Seller pnjyi54 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 19:57 330004291430

Positive feedback rating Good buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended

Seller ipves03 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 19:55 290004426185

Positive feedback rating Rockin' ebayer! wish they were all this great! pleasure to do business with!

Seller mlopy92 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 18:52 300004265549

Positive feedback rating Good buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended

Seller hoeyt88 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 18:50 270004591117

Positive feedback rating GREAT TRANSACTION!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!!!!

Seller kpklr43 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 18:48 160004772395

Positive feedback rating Payment was champion. A remarkably top-notch buyer. Correspondence was majestic

Seller lopre62 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 18:45 150005980258

Positive feedback rating !~!~!~Thanks you from u Please come back for other things!~!~!~!~!

Seller mnmkur3 ( 0 )

no longer a registered user 04-Jul-06 18:43 180004331427

must be collecting bodies as the users don't exist anymore :shock:

[Kain]

All those buyers usernames seem very similar..

Kain

[The Warthog]

This looks so crooked you could hide it behind a corkscrew. There is no item listed on the auctions for which this buyer got the feedback, therefore, these are all fake transactions. You could report him to Ebay, and let them have a look, or you could offer to go over to the Netherlands with the £260 in hand, and pick it up if it is satisfactory. Probably a wasted trip, though. He's probably offering the pick up option as a confidence decoy.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

It got pulled.

Obviously your warning was warranted, thanks!

Captain Chaos

[The Warthog]

He should be hanged, drawn, quartered, fed to the dogs, and then banned from Ebay for life.

[petermartin5]

On the subject of ebay... Nothing to do with astronomy( but it could be) another word of warning.

As a buyer I had problems recently and to cut a very long story short, 1. ebay is difficult to contact direct if you have a problem.They use what I call " system generated responses" to reply. Its nigh on impossible to communicate with a human being. 2. Bottom line----if things go wrong your on your own.

MY opinion, if your only spending a few bob, no problem, but if your spending a lot of cash and dont know the seller be very careful.

Pete