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Upton, Wirral, UK. Starting bid $200 US.

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Bernie Kornowicz wrote:

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> Upton, Wirral, UK. Starting bid $200 US. 


ebay needs to add a couple new cetegories:

scams and scammers
idiots and incompetents

...plus a few subcategories for each

Mellotrons from the Wirral??

Perhaps it's an Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark tribute band ;-)

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From: "Jeff Coulter" <jeffc@...>
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Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Alleged MK I on eBay?


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>Upton, Wirral, UK. Starting bid $200 US.

"Alleged" is probably generous to describe this auction.

Folks, MANY fraudulent EBayers are scamming on gear junkies with plenty of 
obvious fraudulent entries for Jupiter 8, Minimoog, ARP 2600, and 
more.  Perhaps they have picked up on "Mellotron" now.

If you're new to EBay and are thinking of going for this or something 
similar, view the person's feedback (0), how long they have been on EBay 
(about a week), their stated location (Australia) vs. the item's location 
(UK), lack of a picture and poor description, and the mention of "2 tapes" 
(whatever that means).  What's weird about this one is they take 
PayPal...?  Hmmm...Well, usually they demand a money order from Western 
Union (a big no-no).  ALSO watch out for pictures/descriptions stolen from 
previous auctions---that's very common now.  Anyway...

This entry could be totally legit, but, as with "ARP 2600 new with warranty 
from manufacturer with Kenton Pro 2000 - $750", caution is heavily 
advised.  I wouldn't touch it.


This has been a public service of someone who knows everything about EBay 
and has done only safe, secure transactions on the Internet...ever...yep.

...kl...
M400 #805 - bought completely insecurely on the mellotronists list (seller 
was a good guy, fortunately)
M400 #1037 - bought in private deal when the ebay auction failed to get any 
bids (but the deal was completed in person)

Ken Leonard wrote:

> >Upton, Wirral, UK. Starting bid $200 US.
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> "Alleged" is probably generous to describe this auction.
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> Folks, MANY fraudulent EBayers are scamming on gear junkies with plenty of
> obvious fraudulent entries for Jupiter 8, Minimoog, ARP 2600, and
> more.  Perhaps they have picked up on "Mellotron" now.
>
> If you're new to EBay and are thinking of going for this or something
> similar, view the person's feedback (0), how long they have been on EBay
> (about a week), their stated location (Australia) vs. the item's location
> (UK), lack of a picture and poor description, and the mention of "2 tapes"
> (whatever that means).  What's weird about this one is they take
> PayPal...?  Hmmm...Well, usually they demand a money order from Western
> Union (a big no-no).  ALSO watch out for pictures/descriptions stolen from
> previous auctions---that's very common now.  Anyway...   ...kl...

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Greetings All,  I emailed the seller and challenged him(her) to add photos
to the auction. Pretty doggone sure it's an M400 . Will "watch and wait"......

Ken's words of wisdom above are to be heeded.  Basically anyone
can list anything (within reason) and ask for any price they feel.
Remember the scammers selling orig. WTC photos for $1 million apiece
on eBay withing hours of the towers falling ??

Lowest eBay feedback I've seen is a  -12 (give it up,pal!) and highest a
whopping 125,000 and counting.....

Another example : I recently saw a fair-cond. 1929 replica Edison lightbulb
(my area of expertise, BTW) last week .  Seller hyped it up as an 1880
ORIG.  , starting-bid a whopping $99.995.00  !

When I  informed the seller it was worth MAYBE  $50.00.....only
....dead silence... but then the  auction ended early  (Item # 6504197877 )
Seller was(is) in San Diego.....

Caveat Emptor on eBay ! (or anywhere for that matter.....)

Cheers,  JK   ,  a happy but poor eBayer almost eight years