Hi
Not all that use other pictures are trying to be
dishonest. I came across one case where I recognized
the picture of the item I'd bid on. I immediately
wrote the fellow and asked what was up. I said
that he didn't have a picture but he couldn't see any
difference between the one he had and the picture.
He was right, when I got the board, it was in
great shape. Still, I told him that if you use another's
picture, you should make a statement, such as "Looks
identical to this unit" or something.
Dwight
>From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
>
>>> It is an interesting batch of sales. If you look at their
>>> other listings
>>> there is an Intel iPSC, a MASPAR and what I think is an IBM
>>> 5100 listed with the a
>>> strange title "The Mark-8 was an Intel 8008" listed in "antiques."
>>>
>>>
>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=12&item=254275
>7186
>>
>> I, too, am inclined that the seller has a problem with decimals. I
>think they
>> are very unfamiliar with eBay, having just registered. The ads are in
>the
>> wrong categories. The descriptions are not what would sell a piece of
>equipment.
>> Also seller in Japan, listed on the Australian eBay site with shipping
>in
>> misquoted US Dollars. I suspect a Newbie or possibly fraudulent (low
>probability
>> but worth being very careful)
>>
>> Does anyone recognize the pictures as being from somewhere else on the
>WEB.
>> Many Japanese are collectors so it could be an original collection.
>The high
>> valuations lead me to think it might be a collector.
>
>This crook has posted a picture from the Smithsonian exhibit, swiped
>from a UC Davis site:
>
>http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/merk_8_ibm_5100.html
Received on Thu Jul 03 2003 - 11:30:01 BST