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Hi there, ive gotten the same thing,i guy wrote me from south africa wanting to buy stuff from me and kept insisiting about my adress and phone number but when i asked from his he didnt answer.I also recently saw something about "the Ebay bandits" on the news so i would be careful. Luis --- thetoyroom@comcast.net wrote: > hello all, > > i have had some items up for sale recently through > The Recycler, which traditionally has been a great > way to buy and sell items locally or connect with > fellow musicians. It was always a printed piece > until a few years ago when they went online, as well > as printing the paper each week. > > Since advertising with them recently, I have gotten > three replies from European countries who are seeing > the ads on the web. However, the replies are ALL > worded almost exactly the same, even though they are > from different sources. This smells of something > rotten, to me...kindof like those hoax mails you get > about "I am the recipient of a multi-million dollar > family trust and I need your help in dispersing it". > > Anyway, here is the text of the last reply. Has > anybody seen these? Are they malicious? > > "Hello, > Ê I saw yourÊ AdvertÊÊ over the web and am much > interested in buying it. I live here in the Germany, > I will be responsible for the shippment down to my > location, so please kindly write me backwith your > last offering price. And i will also need some > recent pictures of it , I will like to know the > condition and please let me know if it is still > availableÊ . I am Looking forward to your soonest > reply" > > As I said, I got replies from Italy (address no > longer active when I replied w/ pics), and another > this morning from Canada (haven't heard back). > > this third one worded the exact same way was what > pricked up my ears. > > sorry for the off topic...I'm just curious now. > > And if any of Y'ALL are interested, you can still > have a crack at these! I'd rather sell to someone > on list...(Ted...how's the Nanoverb?) > > Korg ES-1 groovebox w/ 32mb SM card. $225 > Guyatone FLIP VT-X Vintage Tube Tremolo stompbox. > $120 > and... > Maxon AD999 Analog Delay stompbox. $330 > > All of these items are mint and very low hours, with > original packaging, adapters, manuals, etc. I'd > expect shipping to be about $10 each item, with > insurance, maybe a couple of bucks more for the Korg > box. > > buy now....you are getting very sleepy....buy > now....you know you want it....buy now.... > > hehe. > best, > rich > > > > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250