8mm Forum: Suspicious auctions?

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Posted by Hans van der Sloot (Member # 494) on August 08, 2006, 03:01 PM:

Take a look at these 2 auctions:
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160015851125&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1
and
http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&item=220014191457&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&rd=1
I contacted the seller and he claims to have 3 of these projectors.
What do you think of that?

Posted by Alan Rik (Member # 73) on August 08, 2006, 04:36 PM:

its possible...but not likely!
BTW-I sent you an Email about your Super 8 Cameras Hans..

Posted by Jan Bister (Member # 332) on August 08, 2006, 11:18 PM:

Beware... these two Beaulieu auctions are probably scams.

I did an eBay search for Donald Terry and ticked the "Search titles and descriptions" box... and found six listings from six different sellers, all using much of the same text, and the same email address.

And wouldn't you know it, eBay themselves has yet to catch on... the whole thing just reeks! [Mad]

Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on August 09, 2006, 02:55 AM:

Those pictures look exactly like the ones that were featured on ebay U.K. where a Beaulieu 708 Stereo was recently sold, I think someone caught on that these projectors are rare, and exspensive, and lifted the pictures, very suspicious!

Posted by Hans van der Sloot (Member # 494) on August 09, 2006, 05:58 PM:

The auction has been removed by eBay.
So now we know for sure it was a fraud.

Posted by David Brooks (Member # 621) on August 10, 2006, 10:12 PM:

There have been another rash of hijacked accounts selling eqipment, projectors, cameras, etc. Ebay has been shutting them down as fast as they can find them. There was one selling a 16mm Eiki 6000 projector. All were hijacked from a real item by low life crooks.

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