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Author Topic: Ebay auction for: 7x of each power card???  (Read 3280 times)
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« on: March 21, 2004, 10:13:28 am »

This auction is crazy...fake pics and everything Smile

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3182763540&category=19115

But he does take paypal...so a credit card company would cover the deal...

BEST AUCTION EVER!
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« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2004, 05:46:53 pm »

Actually, it's very easy to get ripped off using PayPal, the catch is they can only do it once per account.  This guy is obviously just trying to get a nice score in the M:tG market.

There have been a lot of these lately for different things on eBay, because apparently there's some sort of loophole concerning the amount, or location of the individual who made the account, that let's them get away with taking your money, moving it around to another account, and just hitting the road with the cash.  I won't pretend to know all the details, but rumor has it that PayPal is getting looted.

I have gotten ripped off three times myself, when I finally decided to shut down my PayPal account, because all three times I heard the same excuse, "Well Sir, they have moved the funds and no longer have enough in the PayPal account to cover the cost of the payment, so we cannot refund you any money."  Yea, if you can believe that, they actually had the nerv to tell me that.  Like the guy who ripped me off was just going to leave the money in thier forever...  A little know fact is that less then 20% of the people who file complaints with PayPal about getting money back ever receive anything in return.

You're giving PayPal access to your bank account, and they will get the money yanked out.  I had to get a new checking account, because they were literally disquising the name they were pulling the money from my account with, and used several different routing numbers as sources, because one-by-one I was having my bank retreive the funds and block that routing number.  I don't know if they would have ever stopped, but naturally setting up a new bank account and closing my old one did the trick.   Evil or Very Mad
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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2004, 06:55:29 pm »

This is why I ALWAYS use a creditcard...I can't even count the number of times I bought a piece of power on Ebay only to get a fake in the mail. Credit card companies afford 100% protection...and I agree that Paypal is CRAP when it comes to protection.
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2004, 07:36:59 pm »

Or you can be like this guy
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« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2004, 04:45:51 am »

Is there the remotest chance that auction is real? Coz if it is, there's like $35.000 in cards, easy.
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« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2004, 06:40:33 am »

It just occurred to me that there's a possibility this is connected to the SCG robbery, though it would be a very stupid individual to sell in a huge lot like this. (Well, he's stupid anyway, whether he has the cards or not, and whether they're from SCG or not.) As pure speculation, that's one of the possibilities which occurred to me.
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« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2004, 08:56:11 am »

hmm. You could be right. I'ma e-mail SSG and have 'em check it out, just to be safe.
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« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2004, 08:57:44 am »

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hmm. You could be right. I'ma e-mail SSG and have 'em check it out, just to be safe.


It's more likely just a regular scam. You should also email Ebay.
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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2004, 12:23:11 pm »

I just got word from Pete and the Ferrett. This stuff isn't theirs. So you're most likely right, Rudy.
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2004, 11:42:41 pm »

I got a PM from "iccarus" saying that
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it has been metioned elsewhere that the PSA graded lotus is actually from Cardhaus, and is still in their vault at this time.  And that is not their auction.  Just another bit of info to prove the fraud going on there.

Just in case anyone still had any doubts.
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2004, 01:13:04 pm »

I am going to win this with a useless ebay account so no one who is silly enough to bid, gets ripped.  Then, I am going to unleash hell when the seller gets caught.
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