Digital BW, The Print

Hi All, I too have purchased many things for my photography habit 
from ebay quite successfully.  However, early in the game I was a 
victim of a fraud for about $1000 involving my attempt to purchase a 
camera from what appeared to be a very well respected long time 
seller.  That seller had his ebay account hacked into by an 
international ring of thieves.  They used his reputation and id for 
support and I was asked to wire them the money via a wire service.  
Thinking them to be legitimate I complied.  They took the money and I 
never got the camera.  Later I found an item on ebay telling us all 
not to purchase this kind of camera this way because of the fraud 
potential.  It did not prevent me from continuing to buy on ebay…it 
just made me very cautious about each transaction. 

 

Thanks to all for your posts in general.   Your generosity with your 
knowledge is most appreciated by one who is just now learning how to 
work with black and white digitally to produce fine images.

 

Phil Radlick





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney" 
<kcarney1@c...> wrote:
> Hello all.  Now that I'm firmly entrenched in desktop printmaking, 
I'm
> thinking about selling my large format gear to make way for, what 
appears to
> be, the inevitable transition to digital capture.  Truth be told, I 
haven't
> used the LF stuff for a while, having warmed up to 35mm.  Now the 
lure of a
> high-end digital SLR with instant gratification is strong.  My 
question is
> whether there are reliable places besides ebay on the internet.  I 
don't
> really trust ebay/paypal (I see to open a seller account they want 
my bank
> account number in addition to a credit card number.  I know --- 
everytime I
> write a check someone has my bank account number, but still it 
doesn't sound
> right, and I've heard lots of horror stories, defrauded once there
> myself...).  More to the point, a search for LF equipment on ebay 
today
> resulted in pretty slim pickings.  My search skills are probably 
just off
> today, but I couldn't come up with alternatives.  Any advice 
appreciated!
> 
> Regards,
> 
>   --Ken Carney
>     www.kencarney.com