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Old 09-05-2005, 09:54 PM
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Ebay Scammers at their best!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Microsoft-Window...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 09-06-2005, 08:35 AM
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wow... that's just nuts. There will always be things to scam people on Ebay. If people aren't willing to educate themselves then they've got it coming to them.
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Old 09-06-2005, 09:23 AM
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That's unbelievable.

That guy has a huge seller rating for selling Linux install disks...

That's the most overt, underhanded thing I've seen on ebay.
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Old 09-06-2005, 10:21 AM
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His account has been suspened! I've been warning people that bid on it and enough of them complained to ebay i guess...
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Old 09-06-2005, 05:00 PM
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Doesn't look to me like it's suspended right now, I guess he managed to wriggle of the line.

One thing is for sure, he wants you to believe this is a Microsoft product.
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Old 09-06-2005, 06:24 PM
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yeah, looks like he's back online but it also looks like he's stopped listing them.

as a friend pointed out to me this funny line
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This is the Full Version Software. It is not a trial, academic, upgrade or NFR copy. The software is BRAND NEW and has never been activated, used, or duplicated.
He is just outright lying there...it absolutely has been duplicated!
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:28 PM
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He's got it listed again now but with a slightly different title:

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-XP-Media-Por...QQcmdZViewItem

He went through and deleted "Windows." He also added some exclamations to the title. He had to do something to make it more exciting now that he can no longer call it a version of Windows.

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Old 09-06-2005, 07:41 PM
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Hard to believe that this kind of scammer has such a high feedback rating. Makes ya think about ebay!
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:47 PM
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Ebay allows all sorts of shady transactions... Never think otherwise. I've been ripped off a few times. You learn your lessons quickly, that's why I never buy from them anymore.

I sent a message to the bidder to shed some light on the free software.
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Old 09-06-2005, 07:55 PM
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eh, I was taken for $1100 a couple months ago - ebay was little to no help, I wound up filing a police report and I'm stil waiting to resolve it! I know ebay is shady!!
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