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Old 13-02-19, 02:56 PM
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I came across this on eBay and was stunned, do people seriously fall for these conmen tricks and buy?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chamar-Re.../263955630134?

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Old 13-02-19, 04:23 PM
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Probably not, but then the seller only needs one bidder!

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Old 13-02-19, 07:13 PM
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The seller has 100% Positive Feedback and 2129 sales so far. So what's going on here?

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Old 13-02-19, 08:32 PM
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has to be a mistake this ? should it be £140 ?? would that be about right ??
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Old 13-02-19, 08:45 PM
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Could it be money laundering?
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Old 13-02-19, 09:52 PM
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has to be a mistake this ? should it be £140 ?? would that be about right ??
I thought that also, so I asked the seller the question...

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Old 13-02-19, 09:58 PM
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Could it be money laundering?
Thats actually quite a clever point
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£37.30 for postage to Australia, how's he sending the badge via NASA Shuttle
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Old 14-02-19, 05:26 AM
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£37.30 for postage to Australia, how's he sending the badge via NASA Shuttle
He's using eBay Global Priority Shipping - another ripoff!

International postage and import charges paid to Pitney Bowes Inc.


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Old 14-02-19, 11:37 AM
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£66.24 over 24 months suggests the price is 'right'
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Old 14-02-19, 03:58 PM
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Afternoon gentlemen

I think the seller is more intelligent than you give him credit for!

A simple search of eBay shows up a lot of items way, way above their market value. And the reason for this to me is simple. If one conducts a search of eBay using the highest to lowest price search feature these are the items that appear first thus giving the seller more exposure to their item. Many of these listings say open to offers knowing full well that their advertised price doesn’t relate to the lowest price they would accept.

This technique is also seen where people post wanted adverts for a particular family medal name etc...they stick a picture of a group of medals on with “Wanted all medals to the name X”

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