Fraudulent listings from China

[ROKUJURO]

....a payment invoice sent directly to my inbox......

Maybe you could tell them that your 'old' personal E-Mail is cancelled and you did not receive the invoice?

[Sporkkaji]

hello my friend , ok , no problem , i can put this katana in the steel/ metal pipe tube to hide from X-Ray .

 

That sounds kind of scary, I wouldn't want the customs officials to think it was a bomb or something and I could end up in Guantanamo or even Fresno! To be safe I'd rather just do it legitimately with the proper import documentation. Here is the link to Ebay's rules http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/wildlife.html

[hxv]

Can't wait until the next soap episode.

 

Hoanh

[Sporkkaji]

hello my friend , ok , no problem , i can provide documentation to you .

 

thans

 

xiaoan5567

 

Super, such a relief

[Sporkkaji]

hello my friend , ok , please pay the order .

 

Of course, right away as soon as I get that tortoise documentation so I can provide it to Ebay. I was considering ways to maybe get around Ebay's strict rules but then I discovered that Paypal is actually a division of Ebay and the contact I spoke with insisted that proof be shown that it does not come from an endangered species before payment can be processed by them. The Paypal representative specifically said that a signed and notarized letter from the CWCA http://en.cwca.org.cn/Article/ShowClass.asp?ClassID=25 would be acceptable for that purpose and since the sword is currently in China I'm hoping it won't be too much trouble to swing by and get them to inspect it?? I sure hope we are able to get this worked out soon.

[Sporkkaji]

Excuse me but I've been waiting patiently in good faith for you to respond so that we can complete this collectable rare transaction and now I see that you have listed the same collectable rare sword under a different account! http://www.ebay.com/itm/321156206143 Maybe you aren't familiar with how Ebay works but a deal is a deal. I know that my winning bid is a bargain for a collectable rare piece such as this, but it isn't fair for you list it again to try to get more money for it from someone else. Was there a problem with the required import documentation? If so, is there a way we could arrange for me to send the payment without going through Paypal?

 

hello my friend , have not problem with the required import documentation , please pay the order asap .

 

That's just it, in order to pay using Paypal or Ebay's checkout system I need the documentation first before I can proceed. Especially now with the NSA reading my emails. I want to pay as soon as possible so I can get the sword in time for the Compton shinsa and have been waiting patiently for the documents, but I've heard nothing in two weeks and now I see that the EXACT SAME SWORD has been relisted for sale. It makes me worry you are going to sell it to someone else for a higher price because I got such a deal. If that's the case I might be able to throw in some extra cash if it will help.

[nihonto1001]

Its amazing how good some of the Gunto knockoffs are. They always seem to miss some "no Brainer" thing though.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/COLLECTABLE-RARE-WWII-Japanese-MILITARY-SAMURAI-SWORD-KATANA-EW3-/321156909112?pt=Asian_Antiques&hash=item4ac6718838

[Lance]

Hello Jim,

It's not a knock-off, the pics were stolen from the website below, as well as the person's other listings

 

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_023.htm

 

http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~t-ohmura/gunto_002.htm

 

 

Regards,

Lance

[nihonto1001]

I wonder what, if anything, actually arrives.

 

Same sellers other item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/PORTRAIT-OIL-PAINTING-ON-CANVAS-NUDE-BEAUTY-24-X36-30934-/321134310788?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item4ac518b584

 

Don't worry, its just an oil painting.

[watsonmil]

Dear Jon,

Oh God ! Thank you, thank you ! And the silly buggers who frequent this forum call a piece of steel ART, ... !

Anonymouse Ron

[Sporkkaji]

That's a heck of an oil painting!

 

I was hoping that the next highest bidder in the sword auction (which also happens to be me using a different account) would get a second chance offer so I could chime in with a different personality. Oh well. With luck they will give me a physical address for alternative payment so I can forward it to Brian.

[kusunokimasahige]

Sporkajji, now make him take a photo of himself (with the sword ) and post it to you as proof that he has it so you can post it here.

 

Learned that on the Scambaiting site 419eater.com, they do the most hilarious things :

 

http://www.419eater.com/html/hall_of_shame.htm

 

They even got a Nigerian scammer to pose with a dead fish on his head.

 

Found it :

 

 

KM

[Sporkkaji]

Those 419eater stories are great. I never got one to put a fish on his head, but this is the ID that one sent me 'proving' he worked at a bank that had a large sum of money waiting for me. somehow the picture wasn't what I was expecting. Unfortunately the Chinese scammer doesn't seem to be too eager to put in much effort on his part.