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GregMiller

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My guess is the seller is a scammer.

I remember someone recently reported a scammer selling Linhof gear on E-Bay. Bumping the bid amount up $1,000,000 causes E-Bay to investigate so someone took it upon themselves to bid that much to get the attention of E-Bay.
 

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refer to the thread started yesterday titled, "so what happened here?"
 
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Mark Wangerin

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Ah... Greg, you must be right. I love Linhof, but sheesh, if I had a million to spend on a camera, why would I want or need one. Thanks, Michael.
 

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There's a discussion of this over at lfphoto.info on the Q&A forum. The seller is a scammer, and the bidders are bidding over 1 mil to attract the attention of eBay, which tends to be lax about following up on scam alerts. The pictures are from an auction by Adorama a few months ago, and the purchaser of that camera has been contacted just to be sure that they are not reselling it with Adorama's pictures.

Here's the thread:

http://largeformatphotography.info/lfforum/topic/499995.html
 

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The $5,655.00 that Adorama sold it for might as well be a million $ to me.
 

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I'm shocked to find that there are scammers on ebay at all. Everyone seemed like such nice people.

I'm still waiting for the Ferarri that I bought from a nice gentleman a few months ago for only $25,000. He has emailed me a few times to say that it's on the way, so I guess any day now.

While I was waiting I bought a old mint Rolls from him as well and he said he'd deliver them both together.

Michael
 

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Maybe Bill Gates and Larry Ellison have gotten into a bidding war?
 
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Mark Wangerin

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Wow! Michael. That's great. Boy, you sure know how to spot the deals. Well, if the guy said they're on the way, then you know it's true.
 

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blansky said:
I'm still waiting for the Ferarri that I bought from a nice gentleman a few months ago for only $25,000. He has emailed me a few times to say that it's on the way, so I guess any day now
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Is that the guy that specified payment in cash only, in small nonconsecutive bills to be placed in a plain brown paper bag and left in a locker in the bus station because he said that he didn't trust paypal, money orders or cashiers checks?

Dang! I bid 24,999.51 on that and you edged me out.
 
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Mark Wangerin

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Wow. There are some great opportunities on ebay. I think I will sell a driver's license that belonged to George Washington. It's a rare item, sure to be worth a lot.
 
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