I need some help. I'm purchasing an intake manifold thru ebay and they emailed me a transaction # that states its approved. The purchase is thru some thing called e gold ?? need some help with this ??? Is my transaction secure ??
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I use Ebay alot and never heard of "e gold"
Nor have I.
Michael
Michael
HALT AND HOLD EVERYTHING!!!!
Did you buy a Hall Pantera Weber manifold with the webers and linkage? If so, you are treading on very thin ice.
I exchanged some emails with this guy back in July when he first appeared and the DeTomaso forum flagged him as a probable scam. I did get some home shot - not catalog - photos of the item which indicates the item does exist- or at least did. Man is Paul Jackson and he is connected somehow with Spark Motors on Manhattan Island. But things just don't seem right.
I've been buying and selling on eBay for a couple of years, over 250 transactions, and this one is scary.
This is either a very hokey, questionable deal or a complete scam. IMHO
He is an eBayer with NO PRIOR HISTORY and has been listing this auction over and over again for months. Opening bid on it is $500, and auction text tells you to email him for availability. This opens the door for him to set up on off-eBay payment transaction, perhaps this e gold system, and you will be SOL if the deal falls through.
This really does appear to be a scam. Address is in New York, so if you are planning to try and complete this auction, I suggest the ONLY way you do so is with a personal pickup of the item BEFORE any money changes hands.
If you click on his other items for sale, he lists many high end automotive items...so many that you wonder how in heaven's name anyone would come into possession of such an assortment.
Please, be very very suspicious of this auction and any payment/guarantee method presented to you - if this is the Hall/Weber manifold auction.
BE CAREFULL!!
Larry
This auction is uaually removed by eBay within hours of posting, but the guy is very persistent and pops up again a week or two later, new seller name, same auction.
Did you buy a Hall Pantera Weber manifold with the webers and linkage? If so, you are treading on very thin ice.
I exchanged some emails with this guy back in July when he first appeared and the DeTomaso forum flagged him as a probable scam. I did get some home shot - not catalog - photos of the item which indicates the item does exist- or at least did. Man is Paul Jackson and he is connected somehow with Spark Motors on Manhattan Island. But things just don't seem right.
I've been buying and selling on eBay for a couple of years, over 250 transactions, and this one is scary.
This is either a very hokey, questionable deal or a complete scam. IMHO
He is an eBayer with NO PRIOR HISTORY and has been listing this auction over and over again for months. Opening bid on it is $500, and auction text tells you to email him for availability. This opens the door for him to set up on off-eBay payment transaction, perhaps this e gold system, and you will be SOL if the deal falls through.
This really does appear to be a scam. Address is in New York, so if you are planning to try and complete this auction, I suggest the ONLY way you do so is with a personal pickup of the item BEFORE any money changes hands.
If you click on his other items for sale, he lists many high end automotive items...so many that you wonder how in heaven's name anyone would come into possession of such an assortment.
Please, be very very suspicious of this auction and any payment/guarantee method presented to you - if this is the Hall/Weber manifold auction.
BE CAREFULL!!
Larry
This auction is uaually removed by eBay within hours of posting, but the guy is very persistent and pops up again a week or two later, new seller name, same auction.
Web search for e gold found http://www.e-gold.com
It is a bullion backed method of commerce, and a casual search finds no mention of how you ever get actual money out of the system. Just bullion credits.
read this little gem from their web site for enough to make me run far away, very fast...
2.5.2. User acknowledges that e-gold is not an escrow service, and that Issuer does not make any guarantees regarding purchases made when using the e-gold service. User acknowledges that Issuer does not ensure the quality, safety, or legality of any merchandise received, nor that the seller will even ship the merchandise.
If Mr. Rogers was around he would be saying...
"Welcome to my neighborhood. Can you say 'scam"? Can you spell 'scam'? "
Larry
It is a bullion backed method of commerce, and a casual search finds no mention of how you ever get actual money out of the system. Just bullion credits.
read this little gem from their web site for enough to make me run far away, very fast...
2.5.2. User acknowledges that e-gold is not an escrow service, and that Issuer does not make any guarantees regarding purchases made when using the e-gold service. User acknowledges that Issuer does not ensure the quality, safety, or legality of any merchandise received, nor that the seller will even ship the merchandise.
If Mr. Rogers was around he would be saying...
"Welcome to my neighborhood. Can you say 'scam"? Can you spell 'scam'? "
Larry
That don't sound good to me. I've been getting a lot of "EBay" scam Emails lately, checking with EBay . . . they don't know anything about it. BEWARE!
The only real escrow service on the internet is http://www.escrow.com. If anyone wants to use any other then run...they are all scams.
JD21476,
Have you ever used escrow.com? What was your experience like? Thanks.
Michael
Have you ever used escrow.com? What was your experience like? Thanks.
Michael
LF-TP This is exactly that deal, I live in NY so I told him cash in hand I will pick this up and we swap cash for parts. I smelt this as a scam thats why I posted it. But what is throwing me for a loop is I have an email from EBAY with a transaction # stating they secure the transaction and they state they have a egold account and # for me to deposit in EBAYS account. I'm thinking to blow this deal off.
LF - TP is right. This clown has been popping up on E-Bay for many months. Always with a new name and no transaction history. If you look at his "other auctions" he has dozens of high dollar items listed. Harley engines, Ferrari wheels, Aston Martin engines, and more rare, expensive, and unlikely automotive items than anybody I've ever seen.
What's interesting is that his item numbers are never registered. In other words, he understands their system well enough to give dozens of bogus item numbers without duplicating a real item number. His ads used to be on the board for a number of days. Now he appears to hit for a few hours, then disappear again. Hummmm.
I've complained about him to E-Bay repeatedly. This is a bold and blatant scammer and he is using E-Bay to either rip off money directly, or to assemble E-Mail addresses for some other purpose. This is just the kind of guy that E-Bay should spend some of their vault of money to track down and prosecute. However, they have never responded to my complaints and the criminal is still scamming away on their reputation. Kind of puts their level of concern for their customers in perspective...doesn't it.
Stay away from this guy at all costs. Don't even reply to him. I'm not smart enough to know what he's up to, but he's smart enough to come and go as he pleases.
Mooso.
What's interesting is that his item numbers are never registered. In other words, he understands their system well enough to give dozens of bogus item numbers without duplicating a real item number. His ads used to be on the board for a number of days. Now he appears to hit for a few hours, then disappear again. Hummmm.
I've complained about him to E-Bay repeatedly. This is a bold and blatant scammer and he is using E-Bay to either rip off money directly, or to assemble E-Mail addresses for some other purpose. This is just the kind of guy that E-Bay should spend some of their vault of money to track down and prosecute. However, they have never responded to my complaints and the criminal is still scamming away on their reputation. Kind of puts their level of concern for their customers in perspective...doesn't it.
Stay away from this guy at all costs. Don't even reply to him. I'm not smart enough to know what he's up to, but he's smart enough to come and go as he pleases.
Mooso.
Yea thats why I posted it and have not transfered any money yet. I emailed EBAY escrow dept with a responce to there transaction email. lets see what they say ? LT - TP you said Manhattan Island ? hmmm ? I have a friend in the FBI NYC I will see saturday eve, lets see what he has to say ?
Speaking of Ebay....There are a set of (4) stock Campy's up for auction. The reserve has been met at $137.50US, however there's still 5 days left.... George are you out there, here's a chance to get some stock wheels. 
ACCOBRA, I've received bogus "E-Bay" messages in the past. They sound and look exactly like an official message. E-Bay has contacted me about a couple of these, so it must happen all the time.
If you reply using the "Reply" icon, you will reply right to the scammer (this is what he is hoping for). Do NOT reply in this manner. If you think the message is suspicious, get on E-Bay and reply to them directly from their site.
Mooso.
If you reply using the "Reply" icon, you will reply right to the scammer (this is what he is hoping for). Do NOT reply in this manner. If you think the message is suspicious, get on E-Bay and reply to them directly from their site.
Mooso.
I had that exact feeling and this time I went with my gut and you guys reinforced my position, I have to tell you, in this case it is a Hall Pantera Weber set up. I suggest we worn the rest of the members.
GUYS A BIG THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!!
Ron
GUYS A BIG THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!!
Ron
Ebay has cancelled that bozo's auctions..but he keeps coming back selling the same Hall setup.