[AJD] $300 Ebay JD gas cap -Fraud second chances

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Wed Nov 9 13:05:56 PST 2005


Steve offers good advice. But the shill scheme I outlined would pass all the
tests that Steve mentions. "Trust everyone but always cut the cards".
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barr" <stevebarr at ameritech.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: RE: Re[2]: [AJD] $300 Ebay JD gas cap -Fraud second chances


> Dean and All
>
> 2nd Chance offer is a great resource. If people would only use the
> resources available,  No one would get fooled by a fake second chance
> offers.
>
> I use My ebay and part of it includes My Messages.  It contains all
> questions that bidders ask of sellers, valid second chance offers, and
> special promotions.  When I get a second chance offer via email, I
> automatically check on my ebay page to see if it is legit.  If not, it
> gets filed.  Take a look at "my ebay".  It is a great tool to watch items
> that you want to see what they sell for even if you don't bid.
>
> I have in the past setup a second yahoo email account to play with the
> jokers via email.  I love it when you live a few towns away from the
> advertised location and they want to ship it...It is fun entertainment for
> a few hours/days.  They don't know that they didn't send the original
> email to that address...
>
> Steve - ebay user since '98.
>
> --- Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
> A good education for me here.  Ignorance is bliss! I recently sold an item
> on Ebay that I had more than one of even though I only had auctioned one
> at the time. I sent a 2nd chance offer to the second highest bidder since
> it was acceptable to me and only 50 cents lower that the first one.
> Re-listing another one would have cost that much.
>
> Up till now I was not aware of the fraudulent scheme related to 2nd chance
> offers. Now I know. Ve get too soon oldt and too late smart!
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
> www.deerelegacy.com
> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
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> Steve Barr                N9NDE            Downers Grove, IL
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>                       stevebarr at ameritech.net
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