Originally posted by Tom Allen
I bid on an ir3 back in February on Ebay, put in a few bids up to a level that i thought was what the ir3 was worth, and got out bid.
Out of the blue this guy, Ionut Buh, e-mails me and says that i was the last but one bidder on this ir3, and i had a second chance, which i thought was odd as i bid at least £100 under the last bid on the ir3.
The information on the seller, said that he was from Wrexham, but when i asked this, he said that he had moved recently to Holland, now this is starting to sound dodgy to me, so i called his bluff, and asked him to send the goods to me and when they arrived i would transfer the funds directly to his bank account.
I stated that if he was in any doubt that i was who i said i was, he could contact wdp and ask them to verify who i was. He then came back with excuses saying that he needed to make the sale asap, and if i sent the money by Western Union, he would send the goods immediately after he got the money. I then repeated my offer, and he came back with another reply in the same pigeon english reply as before. So i told him this was the only way we could make the sale, and i left it at that.
He replied again, saying that he was a genuine seller and if i sent the funds via western union he would send the marker to me straight away. i left it at that and never heard from him again.
I felt this was very dodgy, does any of this ring a bell with anyone.
