[meteorite-list] Ongoing Amazon and eBay Scheme

From: William Bagwell <rb211_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 06:04:42 -0400
Message-ID: <201607280604.42580.rb211_at_tds.net>

On Wednesday 27 July 2016, Paul via Meteorite-list wrote:
> Why It's Nearly Impossible To Stop This Amazon and eBay Scheme

Great article, thanks for sharing! But the answer seems to be there:)

"He bought his own hat from an eBay arbitrager for $27 -- and then, before
the arbitrager could go to Amazon and make the purchase, Wildermuth changed
his Amazon listing price to $199. Result: The arbitrager could either lose
$172 on the sale or cancel the purchase, which would damage the arbitrager?s
eBay ranking. Wildermuth repeated this about 10 times. ?I got these frantic
calls [from the arbitrager]. He said, ?Please don?t do this,?? says
Wildermuth. ?He knew what I was doing. And I let out a string of
expletives.?"

William
Received on Thu 28 Jul 2016 06:04:42 AM PDT