I think we will find that there has been a joke ( if one can call it that)
played on this guy.
The description in the auction is absurd, the guy's ID is absurd and the
bidder is bragging with his ID. That's to say nothing of the amount bid. The
only thing sane here is the picture of the camera.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Lype TBARA Webmaster" <acmeracer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 9:20 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Shill Bidding
>
> <snip>
> In a post to the list, Warren stated;
> Ever see an auction driven up to $92,000.00 and everyone has shades on
> and no ebay history whatsoever.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1338871855
>
> Kinda funny and eBay will be richer because of it.
> <end snip>
>
> And the part that I REALLY ices the cake is that the "seller" (? using
> the term loosly) states that he is in ILLINOIS and wants paid in GBP!?
> When I lived in IL (many, many moons ago) they were using the good ol'
> US dollar. This should be fun to watch! Maybe "AG" could find out if IL
> has suseeded<sic> from the union. ;-)
>
> Best Regards
> Larry Lype
>
> Somedays it just dont pay to chew through the leather
> restraints..............
>
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