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Poseidon
Feb-14-2006, 04:08 PM
Has anyone else ever placed a "Want it now" ad on E-bay? I posted my first and LAST yesterday. The responses have been quite comical. The purpose of my post was to invite a little competition between the reputable sellers of a 1D mark II N. I have seen them listed for $3649 + 28 shipping, and now the same seller is listing them for $3749 + 28 shipping. Well the responses I have received are ALL in very poor english, and have been quoting prices between 800 and 1600 for NEW IN BOX 1D2N's!!! YEAH RIGHT Here are the keys to my car too, and I want that BRIDGE in brooklyn too!

Has anyone else had this experience?

Here is a sample from "MyEbay":

"hello Canon 1D mark II N New in Box USA only (#xxxxxxx1867)
the price is $1500 are brand new still in their original package factory sealed.
They ship with all the accessories provided by the manufacturer and
have international warranty . All the manuals and the original
documentation are in English language. Say hello first, and please scuse me that i contact you,
but I have seen that you are interested to buy this great item from Auction.
This is my first time when i use the internet to sell something and i don't know how it works.
I want to inform you that I have the same model and the same colour,
just for sale. All that I want is to make a good deal and all my customers to be happy.
For more information please email me back !
Thank you verry much
please contact me e-mail jennyferxxxxx at yahoo.com"

Email address changed of course!

So how many should I buy? http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/emoticons/lol.gif

JimM
Feb-14-2006, 05:08 PM
get one for me too! I have the same issue with Craigslist all the time. I guess people must fall for it.

Poseidon
Feb-14-2006, 06:17 PM
I still am in SHOCK over one that said $800 SHIPPED! Of coarse that was coming from California, yet it was going to arrive in "my country" in less then 2 days time! I asked if it was coming from CA why did it have to leave the USA?? :dunno

bham
Feb-14-2006, 08:46 PM
Well first he had to steal it in CA then hide out in Mexico and ship it back to you.:rofl

Poseidon
Feb-15-2006, 07:12 AM
Well first he had to steal it in CA then hide out in Mexico and ship it back to you.:rofl

OH! So that is why it has to come back to "my country"!!

What a NUT!