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fraudulent seller
"Kris Baker" wrote in message ...
Good work (although I wish your friend would have asked why this "physician" cribbed from another seller's auctions). Not surprisingly, there is no "cristian argesanu" licensed as a health care professional of any kind in Michigan: http://www.cis.state.mi.us/free/default.asp Has anyone gotten word from eBay when these auctions will be closed down? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message m... "Kris Baker" wrote in message ... Good work (although I wish your friend would have asked why this "physician" cribbed from another seller's auctions). Not surprisingly, there is no "cristian argesanu" licensed as a health care professional of any kind in Michigan: http://www.cis.state.mi.us/free/default.asp Has anyone gotten word from eBay when these auctions will be closed down? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com eBay doesn't reveal what action they take....although I've found that "no reply" means "nothing"....and if I get something like "we've taken action", I can go look and see a NARU. I forgot to ask for the headers from the email, so we could see where the "cristian argesanu" email came from. If it's foreign, I'm suspicious of the high-feedback bidders. BIG WHOOPS TIME, FOLKS: notice how the spelling of the name changes -- I didn't catch this the first time: From: "cristian argesanu" To: Tom L-M Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Question for seller -- Item #3534210861 The signature is in the book . We will send you our written certification that this is Ernest Hemingway 's authentic signature. Moreover if a certified expert will certify otherwise we'll gladly give a full refund . Thanks, Christian Is it cristian OR Christian? I'm suspicious of one buyer (who someone left feedback for saying "what an incredible kid"), whose previous purchases have been junk jewelry, beanies, and stupid overpriced dolls ......just like the tongue jewelry artgallery10 purchased to start that account off. Kris |
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Below is a copy of the complaint I just sent to ebay. In the initial
reply, ebay said that an investigation of item number 3534210861 had already been initiated. If you wish to make a complaint to ebay about this seller. just follow the guidelines Robert Mindelec provided: http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-RS.html questionable content on ebayprohibited or questionable itemsautographed items. Here's a copy of my complaint: Ebay is perpetuating a fraud as long as the listings of artgallery10 remain open. Item number 3534210861, Hemingway Bell Tolls *Signed 1st.1st is already up to $750. It was not signed by Hemingway; however, the seller implies that Hemingway signed it; the signature is imprinted on every copy on the book. Item number 3535409159, Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanack, is said to contain the 1757 Almanack. It is a reprint from the 1970s worth $20 at the most. It is already up to $109.50. I queried the seller asking for the publication date. He replied that there was no date, but it contained the 1757 Almanack. I can send you the email with headers. Two other auctions, 3534218757 and 3535409159 are also questionable. The seller purports to be a physician; yet he is not listed in his state registry. The seller has an (11) feedback rating which is highly questionable. He received feedbacks from different "buyers" at 18:29:58 18:33:47 18:51:33 18:56:19 and 19:00:56 on Jun-29-03, and at 07:07:06 07:13:26 07:17:56 and 07:24:03 on Jun-30-03. To me, that is too much of a coincidence and bears looking into. artgallery10 is making a mockery of the ebay auction system, and ebay is helping to perpetuate the fraud by allowing the listings to remain open. Jerry Morris Welcome to My Library: http://community-2.webtv.net/MoiBibl...OKSABOUTBOOKS/ or www.moislibrary.com (very slow to link) and My Sentimental Library http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view |
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Well, even though checking his feedback won't reveal what the links to his
previous auctions, his auction history is NOT private. All of his previous auctions to date were posters of "Starry Night" and all went for between $.99 and $1.99. A small price to pay in terms of auction fees for some feedback. As for his current auctions -- anyone find it weird that all his "original art" auctions have exactly the same photo of the back of the painting?? Same frame, same stretcher, same butcher paper backing with the same shadows and same handling marks? Same. Damn. Photo. On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:43:51 -0400, Kris Baker wrote (in message ): "William M. Klimon" wrote in message m... "Kris Baker" wrote in message ... Good work (although I wish your friend would have asked why this "physician" cribbed from another seller's auctions). Not surprisingly, there is no "cristian argesanu" licensed as a health care professional of any kind in Michigan: http://www.cis.state.mi.us/free/default.asp Has anyone gotten word from eBay when these auctions will be closed down? William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com eBay doesn't reveal what action they take....although I've found that "no reply" means "nothing"....and if I get something like "we've taken action", I can go look and see a NARU. I forgot to ask for the headers from the email, so we could see where the "cristian argesanu" email came from. If it's foreign, I'm suspicious of the high-feedback bidders. BIG WHOOPS TIME, FOLKS: notice how the spelling of the name changes -- I didn't catch this the first time: From: "cristian argesanu" To: Tom L-M Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Question for seller -- Item #3534210861 The signature is in the book . We will send you our written certification that this is Ernest Hemingway 's authentic signature. Moreover if a certified expert will certify otherwise we'll gladly give a full refund . Thanks, Christian Is it cristian OR Christian? I'm suspicious of one buyer (who someone left feedback for saying "what an incredible kid"), whose previous purchases have been junk jewelry, beanies, and stupid overpriced dolls .....just like the tongue jewelry artgallery10 purchased to start that account off. Kris |
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"Joseph Niedbala" wrote in message ... Well, even though checking his feedback won't reveal what the links to his previous auctions, his auction history is NOT private. All of his previous auctions to date were posters of "Starry Night" and all went for between $.99 and $1.99. A small price to pay in terms of auction fees for some feedback. I feel so stupid; for some reason, I didn't go back that far. I wish I'd mentioned that in my summary of the feedback (dates they joined eBay, etc) earlier today. antiques543( 0 ) Praise : Very pleasent seller . Beautiful diamond ring . Exactly as described . Thanks Diamond ring??? Since he started his eBay "career" only a few weeks ago and never auctioned one, what's that about? Another lie. Obviously, it was one of those 99 - cent "Starry Night" things ... as are the other feedbacks. I'm starting to think this is a joke by a bunch of college kids doing a research paper on "How easy it is to scam on eBay!' As for his current auctions -- anyone find it weird that all his "original art" auctions have exactly the same photo of the back of the painting?? Same frame, same stretcher, same butcher paper backing with the same shadows and same handling marks? Same. Damn. Photo. That Same. Damn. Photo. looks like the back of a 1930s framed print ... and it's definitely not an image of the canvas shown with the "Rowney" canvas supplier image. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3536108864. I see that he moved to "Saint Clair Shores" for his Great Art auctions, rather than using the non-chic "Grand Rapids" locale as in the book auctions. Kris |
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"Joseph Niedbala" wrote...
Well, even though checking his feedback won't reveal what the links to his previous auctions, his auction history is NOT private. All of his previous auctions to date were posters of "Starry Night" and all went for between $.99 and $1.99. A small price to pay in terms of auction fees for some feedback. As for his current auctions -- anyone find it weird that all his "original art" auctions have exactly the same photo of the back of the painting?? Same frame, same stretcher, same butcher paper backing with the same shadows and same handling marks? Same. Damn. Photo. Pretty funny. And no one's mentioned the Eugene O'Neill book yet. O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night," which the seller says was published in 1956, and *repeatedly* notes in his description is a "true first" and "1st edition AND 1st printing," is quite clearly a ninth printing, from 1957, looking at the scan of the copyright page. Oh--the listing title also says the book is signed, but there's no evidence of any signature in either the description or pictures. The "Cat in the Hat" listing is also a joke. This is a tricky 1st to identify, with issue points on the jacket, and this copy has no dj. The listing makes no mention of any 1st printing identifiers, although there are quoted values for "this edition ; these issue points!" -- Jon Meyers [To reply, lose your way.] |
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A win for the good guys:
"Please be advised that the following auction: 3534218757 - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN*Signed 1st.1st + NR! was ended early by eBay. The auction was ended due to the account suspension of the seller. All results for this auction are null and void." http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...d=artgallery10 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"William M. Klimon" wrote in message om... A win for the good guys: "Please be advised that the following auction: 3534218757 - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN*Signed 1st.1st + NR! was ended early by eBay. The auction was ended due to the account suspension of the seller. All results for this auction are null and void." http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...d=artgallery10 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com YAY! Now...onward and upward to the next "new" guy selling those items Kris |
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Kris Baker wrote:
YAY! A victory, indeed, but don't celebrate *too* wildly. I succeeded in getting a roguish (if not rogue) trader removed from ABE and another NARUed on eBay - both were back in business a few weeks later and are still in business to this day. -- John http://rarebooksinjapan.com |
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On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 16:46:57 GMT, "Kris Baker"
declared: "William M. Klimon" wrote in message . com... A win for the good guys: "Please be advised that the following auction: 3534218757 - HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN*Signed 1st.1st + NR! was ended early by eBay. The auction was ended due to the account suspension of the seller. All results for this auction are null and void." http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...d=artgallery10 William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com YAY! Now...onward and upward to the next "new" guy selling those items it'll have to be a new set, of new guys. his buddies are NARU too. robert "there must be one night in your life that you will remember forever. The must be one night for everyone. And if you know that the night is coming on and that this night will be that particular night, then take it and don't question it and don't talk about it to anyone ever after that. For if you let it pass it might not come again. Many have let it pass, many have seen it go by and have never seen another like it, when all the circumstances of weather, light, moon and time, of night hill and warm grass and train and town and distance were balanced upon the trembling of a finger." |
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