Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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This guy actually fell for it....
http://www.m1gst.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=235654
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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I feel sorry for him BUT what an idiot bidding without reading through all the terms
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R Lee
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
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ebay is becoming bit of a trap for some people.
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
Location: south
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doh, i feel for him, i have had lots of good luck from ebay but am always VERY cautious, there are loads of scams like this.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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I can't help thinking anyone who actually reads the listings wouldn't fall for it. I didn't really want to say it directly to the guy but one minute to go at a fiver maybe, 132 quid I'd be looking over it more carefully.
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Shane
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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wat a plum,
"ow look a nice picture of someting i want i think ill bid for it"
"ow no i paid a stooooooopid amount of money for a link"
"ive been soooooo stoooooooopid some 1 help me"
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
Location: south
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yeah agree ian if you are spending that amount you wanna make sure it is cosha
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
Location: Pontypool Drives: a Skoda
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 Silly billy
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Tom J
Organiser: South Wales
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Registered: 8th Sep 03
Location: Bridgend
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i dont really get this, so he just ends up buying it through the website or he loses everything?
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Drew
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Registered: 24th Nov 01
Location: County Durham
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http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=160371
same sort of thing
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1600power
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Registered: 22nd Apr 04
Location: Shropshire Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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its so gay how ebay doesnt police this sort of thing, i've seen them popping up more and more regularly and people do bid on them, god knows why but they do
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R Lee
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
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people that do these kind of scams are absolute pricks. dishonest and totally immoral :madasamadbadger:
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Drew
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Registered: 24th Nov 01
Location: County Durham
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i remember pug nut (yes that dim fucker) moaning on here cause he put a link on ebay about selling some blank cd's for £££???? then crying cause then gave him bad feedback
the cunts deserve all the bad feebback they get 
ps - if u want to view this auction....
its for a link to a best corsa site there is
www.ebay.auction_im_sucking_up_to_ian.com
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R Lee
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Registered: 15th Aug 03
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pug nut and his magical money making schemes :rolleyesaroundandaroundandaround:
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M2RTY
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Registered: 25th May 01
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thing is, he IS selling something legal
its not on ebays NOT allowed list
and bigger fool him for bidding, buying AND paying for it
i can sell a link for 50p for example, not my fault if people start bidding silly money on it as it DOES state in black and white what exactly the item is
ONE MORE WORD OF WARNING
on ebay there is a coloured background you can use as normal, thinks its dark blue or black, and there is also a font colour very similar
some scammers use this combination to hide text so its invisable - but it is actually there so they can not be done for it
if u see a large gap (ill try find an example today) edit-select all and it will show you if there is any text on the page that would normally be missed (or copy the lot into a word document)
not heard of many people doing it so far but definatly seen it myself
kind of like this ---> ure not actually buying a phone but a link to a phone dumb ass
mart
[Edited on 23-07-2004 by M2RV H]
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BigSte
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Registered: 27th Aug 02
Location: Sheffield
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his own fault really
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Definately his own fault - the only person he can get upset with is himself!
If the auction clearly stated it was a link (no matter how small "small print" is, you can still read it) and wasn't hidden like Mart's suggested then it's all above board and fair play to the seller for getting £132 from it!
The link auctions obviously seem like a bit of a scam, but they can be useful and most people know they're bidding on a link so...
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