Mike,
This is a drag -- that's the same camera.
Something that occurs to me that you can do is to drop an email to all the
bidders letting them know this saga. I don't know what the high bidder
potentially stuck with the deal can do re eBay's rules, etc., but I think
they ought to know who they're dealing with.
Dave
On Wednesday, January 19, 2000 6:23 PM, Gary Edwards
[SMTP:edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> Mike, you're right. Look at the nicks in the corner of the top cover
right
> in front of the red LED, above the OM-4 lettering.
>
> Thanks for the warning. Too bad that there is not much else to do about
> this guy.
>
> Gary
>
> Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
>
> > You all know the saga. Well, the plot thickens (perhaps) so I thought
it
> > a good idea to advise my friends here that the OM4 body in question
> > _appears_ to be already listed under a different eBay user name. Why do
> > I believe this?
> >
> > 1. Same location (IL)
> > 2. Very simular looking pictures, different angles but same background
> > and pixel size (makes one go "hmmm")
> > 3. jpg files for both pictures have simular file names and exactly the
> > same file headers when opened in a text editor (that kinda proves it
for
> > me).
> > 4. Reported "problem" and descriptions are also simular but worded
> > differently.
> >
> > The eBay links are:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=237350825 for
the
> > first ad run and
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=241184988 for
the
> > current ad. Take a look for your self if you're bored ;-)
> >
> > Seller's eBay user names are: aaasd and 2gabe
> >
> > I would advise avoiding these seller names as they do appear to me to
be
> > one in the same. Hope this helps someone out there.
> >
> > Mike Veglia
> > Motor Sport Visions Photography
> > www.motorsportvisions.com
> >
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