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Moose
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nomadII
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Did not realize that VDC sold the Pininfarina Case??
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Heywood Jablome
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I can't resist...
"I've got family in LA! Can we arrange for an inspection?"
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-- Baron Alexander von Humboldt: 1769-1859
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Tim in Phoenix
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Don't bother....
The picture is at least eight years old.........
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Moose
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And someone has taken the bait! Anyone know who Ebay bidder upfrontnow is? Private feedback. Hope it's a scammer trying to scam another scammer.
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ecrabb
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Joined: 13 Mar 2006
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Funny. Whoever bought it has a private feedback profile. Could a scammer have been scammed by another scammer? We can only hope that happens all the time.
SC
EDIT - Moose, look at our posts and the time. New olympic event... synchronized posting?
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Brian Hampton
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Hmmm,
I should have seen that before.
What looks like a scam here apart from the great price and the incorrect picture? Paypal is a good sign right? If it was wire transfer then ok.
-Brian
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ecrabb
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If you look at the sellers' feedback, one of his past auctions was for some Mustang parts. The text in that auction is more descriptive, but is similarly "IM-style"... as in "y r u reading this?". Feedback was good, which local delivery. Interestingly, though the auction had the seller's phone number listed. I damn sure would have rung that number before I thought about bidding on the auction.
If you were local, you wouldn't have much to lose...save for maybe getting rolled or something when you went to pick it up.
SC
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jask
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nomadII
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Isn't this the easiest of scams to uncover? Just write the seller & ask where you can have someone physically inspect the item at hand. When you get the typical no response you have been told volumes.
It is when you get a response that things get interesting.
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cmjohnson
Joined: 03 Apr 2006
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Location: Buried under G90s
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I offered to do a local pickup. And I asked for the serial number so I could ask my friends at VDC to look up the unit's
history. And I asked why his pictured unit didn't have the standard VDC covers on it?
His response:
| Quote: | | ALREADY BEEN SOLD, THE PIC WASNT OF THE ACTUAL. REMEMBER IT WAS NEW UNOPENED SO I GOT A PIC THAT WAS ALREADY ON LINE, BUT IT WOULDNT MATTER IF U ALREADY KNEW WHAT U WANTED AND THE PERSON I SOLD IT TOO DID PICK IT UP, HES JUST GONNA RESELL IT, I COULD GIVE U HIS NUMBER AND HE'LL PROBABLY SELL IT TO YOU IF U CALL HIM AND SAY I REFERRED YOU, JUST LET ME KNOW |
What a 'tard. 
CJ
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Moose
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| Quote: | ah well at least there is another one for those of you that waited too long..... and only 300 hours
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But at least this one is legitimate. And not likely to stay at its current price.
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