Hey John you beat me to the punch. I was the other bidder "cancelled" by
this joker. I just sent a note to safeharbor@xxxxxxxx complaining of
aaasd/2gabe/halabi tactics and leaving +++ feedback for each other. Suggest
you do the same. I don't really expect them to do much, but if enough of us
on this list complain about this jerk maybe they'll actually wake up and do
something.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: John Levin [mailto:jlevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:22 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: jlevin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] 2gabe watch continues
GEEZ!!! HE did it aGAIN! Check out olumpus zuiko 35mm 2.8 lens mint Item
#253223287.
Note the misspelling of Olympus. Note also that the item, ostensibly sold
by 2gabe, was a 5 day auction, had multiple bids (one of which was mine)
which were canceled (reason: "damaged"), leaving only the high bid by his
alter ego "Halabi". This is bogus.
At 01:33 PM 02/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> > How about this one, folks? Lists a NIB OM 50/3.5 macro, reserve met and
> > auction ends less than 24 hours after listing, selling price $53.
> > Is this for
> > real?
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=253865856
>
>
>Notice the bidder: dahab24q@xxxxxxx
>
>He seems to be using this as a shill for some of his auctions. Now eBay
>rules do allow the seller to place a single bid on his own item, but this
>variation is deceptive. On this particular auction, I don't see a real
>problem. His alias was high bidder when he ended the auction a minute or
two
>later. He will still be paying ebay fees, so he's out some money. No one
had
>a higher bid. But it still doesn't smell good. And if he subsequently uses
>dahab24q@xxxxxxx to post good feedback for himself, that will be
>fraudulent.
>
>It is in the same vein as the auction that started the whole '2gabe' watch.
>Pete was high bidder on that OM4, but his bid had not met reserve. The
>seller is completely within his rights to end the auction before reserve is
>met, and is under no obligation to anyone who has bid under the reserve.
>
>
>Chip Stratton
>cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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