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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Thu Apr 27 20:22:29 2023
    Here is a clever guy. He advertises stuff on Ebay...he doesn't OWN!! They appear on Zenmarket, Yahoo at auction, may even have bids. He steals the photos, puts them on Ebay as his own at higher prices. Then he has them shipped from the Ebay seller to
    his customer!

    Ebay: His listing

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/354720951237?hash=item5297042bc5:g:D-sAAOSwodRkOnE3

    Zenmarket: Someone else's listing

    https://zenmarket.jp/en/auction.aspx?itemCode=r1088497189

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to RichA on Fri Apr 28 16:28:09 2023
    On 28/04/2023 3:22 pm, RichA wrote:
    Here is a clever guy. He advertises stuff on Ebay...he doesn't OWN!! They appear on Zenmarket, Yahoo at auction, may even have bids. He steals the photos, puts them on Ebay as his own at higher prices. Then he has them shipped from the Ebay seller
    to his customer!

    Ebay: His listing

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/354720951237?hash=item5297042bc5:g:D-sAAOSwodRkOnE3

    Zenmarket: Someone else's listing

    https://zenmarket.jp/en/auction.aspx?itemCode=r1088497189


    Now THAT'S capitalism at its purest !

    geoff

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to RichA on Fri Apr 28 15:09:24 2023
    On 2023-04-27 23:22, RichA wrote:
    Here is a clever guy. He advertises stuff on Ebay...he doesn't OWN!! They appear on Zenmarket, Yahoo at auction, may even have bids. He steals the photos, puts them on Ebay as his own at higher prices. Then he has them shipped from the Ebay seller
    to his customer!

    Enterprising.

    Pro tip: you can also sell stock you don't own.

    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Alan Browne on Fri Apr 28 17:07:09 2023
    On Friday, 28 April 2023 at 15:09:31 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2023-04-27 23:22, RichA wrote:
    Here is a clever guy. He advertises stuff on Ebay...he doesn't OWN!! They appear on Zenmarket, Yahoo at auction, may even have bids. He steals the photos, puts them on Ebay as his own at higher prices. Then he has them shipped from the Ebay seller to
    his customer!
    Enterprising.

    Pro tip: you can also sell stock you don't own.

    Risky, just like Ebay. If things go wrong, you can walk away from a deal on Ebay, but do it more than 1.4% of the time, they wallop you with higher fees then delete your account if it doesn't improve.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to RichA on Fri Apr 28 20:30:26 2023
    On 2023-04-28 20:07, RichA wrote:
    On Friday, 28 April 2023 at 15:09:31 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
    On 2023-04-27 23:22, RichA wrote:
    Here is a clever guy. He advertises stuff on Ebay...he doesn't OWN!! They appear on Zenmarket, Yahoo at auction, may even have bids. He steals the photos, puts them on Ebay as his own at higher prices. Then he has them shipped from the Ebay seller to
    his customer!
    Enterprising.

    Pro tip: you can also sell stock you don't own.

    Risky, just like Ebay. If things go wrong, you can walk away from a deal on Ebay, but do it more than 1.4% of the time, they wallop you with higher fees then delete your account if it doesn't improve.


    I haven't bought anything on E-bay in 5, maybe 10 years.

    Nothing against it, but Craigslist, Kijiji, LesPac usually has all I
    might need (and Amazon, etc....)

    --
    “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present
    danger to American democracy.”
    - J Michael Luttig - 2022-06-16
    - Former US appellate court judge (R) testifying to the January 6
    committee

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