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[Tom Salter]

Always check domains using www.dnsstuff.com and www.dnsreport.com .

[Alastair]

Some skanky german bast trying to con me

[Alastair]

Just got round to reporting this to ebay today and they replied within 1 hour saying it was fake and they are looking into it further.

Dunno what they'll do but I'm impressed they looked into it so fast.

[Super Stu]

Heh, you mean you got the auto responder within an hour.

[Alastair]

Yeah, but then another email a bit more specific within the same hour too. Sceptic

[Leon Retro]

Anyone know what to make of this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20386&item=8131796589&rd=1

[Kubrick]

If nothing else, it should've been pulled since Halo 2 won't be out within 30 days. (the maximum period allowed for listing a pre-order)

[gingerj]

On a lighter note to all the scam questions Does anyone get well nervous when they auction stuff on ebay. Because right now i'm doing my first ebay auction and it 'was' going pretty well but now the bids are drying up and with like just under 2days to go, i'm only going to make ?30.67 or something near abouts. and for what i'm selling i was hoping for it to go like double that amount especially since i paid alot for a few items. Especially my mint copy of winning eleven 6:fe for the gc, i know it aint gonna recover all the money i shelled out for it but i'm hoping it'll go to about 75% but so far its only made ?16 and i paid ?42. I'm getting so nervous that i'm gonna make the biggest loss in ebay history. Can anyone reassure me that i aint made a big mistake.

[mt50]

most of the bidders place a bid in the last mins of the auction, i've hads items go from ?4 odd to over ?30 in 2-3mins at the end.

best just not look until about 5mins from the endtbh

[HaHaUK]

or you can put a reserve price on it, or you could try shell bidding. that always helps.

[gingerj]

shell bidding?

[HaHaUK]

i tihnk thats what its called. its when you use another account to up the bid.

[AllYourBase]

shilling!! not shell!!!

[HaHaUK]

Oh yeh AYB, my bad!

Shill bidding, deliberate - Using secondary User IDs or other eBay members to artificially raise the level of bidding and/or price of an item. Please remember that family members or housemates should not be bidding on each other's auctions.

[VR46]

"back up copy, if you own the original it's not illegal"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27187&item=8134996087&rd=1