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brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
Posts: 264
From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone else has spotted the number of scammers on ebay. If you type in ipod video... there are loads listed by 1 seller who has suspicious feedback. I think the legit sellers will be getting less than average price yesterday/today/tommorow as alot of people will be instead bidding on the scammers ipods 
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solidsingh
Joined: Jan 15, 2004
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From: india
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when is ebay gna change ???? really is startin to pee me off now how they charge so much in fees and yet they do nothing to stop scammers
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kk.226
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
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From: London
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On a scale of 1 to Gay... I'd give it 8
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lamont
Joined: Mar 27, 2005
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From: Manchester, UK
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id give it an 8 out of gay too not that i use it anymore!
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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It annoys me too - I've been on there buying binoculars (for watching aircraft and birds - the feathered variety and not what you're thinking!  ) and there are even scammers trying to rip people off high end binos like Zeiss and Leica ones with hijacked accounts!
Not sure what they can do to stop this but it is getting out of control now. Look at the 'featured items' for mobile phones, a lot of them look suspicious and look like scams 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Luke-the-magic-man
Joined: May 31, 2005
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aye, same with xbox 360 lots from china witha coounts with 10fb which is always a bad sigh
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Xugaa
Joined: Oct 05, 2005
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From: Great Britain
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Although I'm not racist, you do have to watch out or at least be careful with foreigners to your country, since obviously language and communication can be a problem and then confusion happens and problems start. But although I'm sure the majority are fine, many many people have had problems with Nigerians trying to scam, rip you off and get you to send items or money via cheque etc before they send the product or money etc.
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themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
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From: London, Tokyo,
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You know the funniest thing is that people always assume Nigerians & co to be the biggest scammers, but in reality you only need to look at every day life and see it hits you right in the face from the morning you wake up and pop open that can of coffee that says will give you that exhuberating lift to start your day (big fat con it will give you a caffeine rush for an hour max then u screwed afterwards)
You then get on the train to read your lovely SUN newspaper and wow David Beckham has a compulsive eating disorder or some shit (again a big scam to make you buy the paper and part with money. And then the next day they place a small apology somewhere u couldnt possilby see in the paper stating how they were wrong in yesterday editorial etc )...
Finally you get into work and wall street and london stock exchange the biggest scammers since god knows...have been trading stocks and shares and over inflating prices with oil and guess what you just parted with more money because Ken Livingstone said oil prices have gone up so that means buses and trains will go up...and that means the banks go crazy and increase the interest rate and voila your home is repossesed.
So scammers are everywhere...u see them everywhere dont eat into the media's hype of its MOSTLY NIGERIANS doing this and that...cause that's what they want you to believe . Yeah so they prominent on ebay but we have all scammed one way or another...like selling a phone as brand new but you and I both know we took it for a spin last week and didnt like it....
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brownlad007
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
Posts: 264
From: The Punjab, Wolverhampton UK.
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ok yh, this is about scammers on ebay, not the coco bean scammers, not the stockexchange scammers, just the ebay ones.
Every1 exploits every1, some are jsut covertly done.
Im just trying to show how i will get less money for my products because of these bastards.
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themarques
Joined: Jan 26, 2003
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From: London, Tokyo,
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Yeah all well and said but two things that get under my nails, Stereotyping and Homophobia. The use of the word "Gay" to describe ebay and stereotyping that "Nigerians" are scammers thats just not right.
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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gaybay is a lot gayer than a lib dem MP.
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BOOYAR
Joined: Aug 19, 2003
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From: UK
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People aren't saying nigerians are scammers they are saying scammers are nigerian, Theres a world of difference. Yes they're not all but a hell of a lot are. Been on ebay for 4 years now buying and selling and i love it. Never had a problem except for two accounts of nigerians wanting me to post things to relatives in africa!
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methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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Gaybay is camper than a sale at Millets
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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On 2006-06-19 08:50:34, themarques wrote:
Yeah all well and said but two things that get under my nails, Stereotyping and Homophobia. The use of the word "Gay" to describe ebay and stereotyping that "Nigerians" are scammers thats just not right.
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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From what I understand, 'gay' is now starting to mean something that's 'bad' and not 'homosexual', perhaps someone cooler than me could confirm this?
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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