ok4leather
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posted on October 11, 2001 11:52:25 AM
Just closed auctions last nite and received this email from a new user 0 FB - Its probably nothing but I have a funny feeling... the message ***********
" Hi i actually won the bid on the spike bracelet.
however my old email address is ***********.com
and its not working at the time, so i didn't get your
address and the total price with shipping on it.
sorry for any problems. could you please send it to
this email address ********* "
The new address is not listed under the user name Ive asked him/her to update their email with ebay and I would resend the info.
This is a low value item but..... Am I being paranoid ?
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Eventer
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posted on October 11, 2001 12:21:14 PM
Not paranoid, just cautious. And I would explain to them that it's for THEIR protection that you are asking for additional information.
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wowwow85
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posted on October 11, 2001 12:21:49 PM
this is nothing to worry about.
what you need to watch out is the payment
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cin131
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posted on October 11, 2001 12:25:57 PM
What I would wonder about is if this email is really from the high bidder, or from someone else.
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ok4leather
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posted on October 11, 2001 12:46:48 PM
Good points -thankyou
I cant think of a good reason for a winner to not swing over to ebay and update their email addr; unless something odd is happening - possibly their using someone elses account - I think I should wait for the update or do a npb if nothing happens.
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bunnicula
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posted on October 11, 2001 12:55:24 PM
Why not try contacting the email addy that appears on eBay? See if you get an answer...if the person who contacted you is actually the one that won the auction.
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capotasto
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posted on October 11, 2001 01:11:55 PM
Report him to Safeharbor and get him NARU.
LOL!!
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ok4leather
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posted on October 11, 2001 02:47:03 PM
Ok here we go - just got this back Message***the reason i had to change it was because of some
family things. so i don't have my parent's credit
card to re -register my email account. i don't know
what you want i can give you any information. but...i
can't technically register it again****** Thats kind of what I thought - whaddaya think ? worst case no pay - am I missing anything ?
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bunnicula
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posted on October 11, 2001 02:55:41 PM
If I'm reading this right, the person is under 18 and so shouldn't have been bidding in the first place. You could just ask for your FVF from eBay because of this & tell this person that the sale is null & void. That way you are out nothing & can list the item again.
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ok4leather
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posted on October 11, 2001 03:20:50 PM
Sounds like a safe way to go but Im going to see what happens on this one and chalk it up to education if things go south - Ill let you know what happens. On ebay You just never know when your gonna step on a loose rock .
Take care
Ed
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Microbes
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posted on October 11, 2001 03:21:09 PM
Carbon Copy the info to both email addresses, and tell them that that's what you're doing. If something isn't right, you'll get an answer from the first email address telling you.
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smw
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posted on October 11, 2001 04:31:15 PM
I had this happen about 2 years ago. I found a stash of 10 boxes of new/old large sized ladies seamed stockings. I didn't realize how desirable large sized old seamed stockings are among a certain segment of the population. The bidding went bonkers and I had bidders sending messages pleading with me to end the auctions and sell to them directly.
Within 5 minutes of the end of one auction I had a similar email to the one you received. This person claimed to live close by and wanted to bring cash and pick up the parcel that night.
I lived in a building with a concierge desk where I could leave the parcel and have the envelope put into my mailbox, and the person couldn't get beyond the lobby. So picks ups were no problem and I did it often for people who lived in the area.
I knew these bidders were anxious, but wanting to pick up the stocking that night pushed the envelope a little too far. So just to be safe I pulled the contact info for the winner. Lo and behold the winner had an address that was 4 states away.
Turns out this was the 2nd highest bidder who couldn't out snipe the winner, so this person tried to pull this stunt.
I would check things out very carefully. You never know...
Those damn stocking auctions were a nightmare from start to finish, never again.
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