I was
in contact too. I knew he was false so played along with him. He
was adamant I was not going to see the item before I paid for it. It is
supposedly in Italy and I mentioned I had many contacts in Italy that would be
willing to view it, but he started to become quite abrupt and almost
flustered.
I too
got his bank details and a number to send a copy of the transfer to. It's a
shame banks can't do anything about this, even if it's blatant the guy is a
hoax. I had this problem last year, along with dozens of other buyers, with
another hoax seller. The bank did nothing! The police even find it hard to liase
with banks under these circumstances.
I
don't know if you got him to send any photos. I did and as did one or two other
members of this forum. They were pictures of a Synclavier and basically, the
whole auction was based around a recent 'genuine' auction by SynHouse (is this
right?).
P
-----Original Message-----Hi:
From: emailforfabian [mailto:emailforfabian@yahoo.com]
Sent: 24 May 2004 20:28
To: Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Fairlight-CMI] ebay fraud? IIx
I saw a CMI series IIx on eBay about a week ago. It did not stay
posted it's full term, yet I had asked a question to the seller about
the unit before the termination of the auction. They responded to me
out of the eBay forum - but the answers were cryptic at best.
The seller eventually sent me (her?) bank details indentifying the
payee as "Jurgita Petrulyte"
I've been in email communication with them as late as today. I'm
giving up at this point as I've been trying all morning to get them
on the phone. The number they provided simply goes to a voice-mail.
I've already contacted Greg Holmes and Peter Wielk about my
suspicion. Just thought I'd pass the word along...