[GreenKeys] NASSAU Solder C Rosin Core

[Don Robert House]

At 12:37 PM -0600 11/16/2004, John Foust wrote:
>At 12:21 PM 11/16/2004, Charles Ring W3NU wrote:
>>I've been following this and i can't figure how the scam is 
>>suppposed to work. Something beyond  a misconception that there is 
>>somethiing very superior about this solder?
>
>Scammers on eBay use fake sales to increase their feedback score,
>a way to rate the reliability of sellers and buyers.  In theory,
>a circle (or fake IDs used by one person) could buy and sell
>items and drive up each other's identity's feedback scores.
>
>Once it's high enough to instill confidence, they'll sell something
>more popular than solder, like a laptop, then run with the money
>without delivering.
>
>- John
>

John,

Man do you have that right.  Since 1999 I lost over $3,000. to 
scammers on eBay.  Most of it was our company's money.  However,  I 
must give eBay and PayPal credit.  They have closed the gap on many 
of these crooks and in a very few cases even had the seller arrested 
for fraud.

Another way this works is for a small number of people buy and resell 
the same item to each other, ever increasing the price.  Then some 
fool outside of the circle thinks they can get something very 
valuable and starts bidding.  After they have been had, they are too 
embarassed to do anything about it.

Right now this game is going on with the Lionel Polar Express toy 
train.  The standard retail outlets sell them for $249.95 plus tax 
and shipping.  The sellers on eBay would like you to believe they are 
worth over $400. for each set.

I would like one of those sets but would certainly not pay more than $249.95.

Don
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