OldSynths

Yeah I wonder what became of the winner of this 2600 from a few weeks
ago for $2300.00. This seller ,although with a different name each
listing, has had 3 or 4 listings simultaneously with a supposed Arp
serial number of 070. Not very smart. Has someone alerted E-bay?



Stephen Teller
Stephen Teller Music
805/480-9614
s.teller@...

On Sunday, January 25, 2004, at 03:46 AM, oldsynths@yahoogroups.com
wrote:

> Subject: [OT] eBay Fraud Alert - Arp 2600
>
> Just an FYI for everyone, some misguided soul has been pushing what I
> consider to be
> a fraudulent Arp 2600 auction on eBay for about 3 weeks, now.
>
> Currently, it's item #3700105172 and is listed as a mint 2600 with the
> "Moog filter"
> and a Kenton MIDI/CV interface.
>
> I put an absurdly low bid down about 3 weeks ago, and eBay cancelled
> the auction
> and suspended him.
>
> This Seller changes IDs with every attempt, but not the ad copy.
> Several other
> potential Buyers and eBay all seem to be "on" to him, but it looks
> real inviting, and I'd
> hate to see anyone taken in.
>
> Just my own opinion, of course... But Buyer Beware...!
>
> -R
>
>
>

He now has no less than 26 auctions online right now for this supposed unit #70. I
guess he might be a potential nominee for the Darwin Awards, so get those ballots
ready! :)

I alerted eBay when, after his auction was cancelled, he contacted me directly trying to
sell the unit. Since then, I have alerted eBay for each auction he put up (until today---
I'm not willing to file 26 complaints, which is possibly what he's counting on). Each
time I filed, eBay sent me a form response indicating that other people had already
flagged each auction as "possibly fraudulent".

I hope they throw the book at him.

-R

--- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, STEPHEN TELLER <s.teller@v...> wrote:
> Yeah I wonder what became of the winner of this 2600 from a few weeks
> ago for $2300.00.

This gets odder and odder... All the auctions save one have disappeared... But one
remains, at currently over $15,000! (Funny, I didn't know Serge made 2600s!)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3700697570&category=38071

Too bad eBay won't disclose the details of investigations; this probably would be quite
entertaining. (In another email, eBay did assure me they were taking care of him.)

:)

-R

--- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "pacificamsx" <pacificamsx@e...> wrote:
> He now has no less than 26 auctions online right now for this supposed unit #70. I
> guess he might be a potential nominee for the Darwin Awards, so get those ballots
> ready! :)
>