Can you believe this?

[Mark Wangerin]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15247&item=3851081247&rd=1

 

[Dorothy Blum Cooper]

Can you believe this?

Uh...no! Can you?

Dorothy--

 

[eric]

I wish I was selling that thing. I'll just retire and hope IRS don't watch ebay

 

[GregMiller]

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.

 

[blansky]

Welcome back Mark.



Michael McBlane

 

[eric]

Ahhhhh, that's a great idea. But....what if it wasn't a scam. Oh no, then I'll be a mil in the hole.

 

[Aggie]

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

 

[Mark Wangerin]

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.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

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

 

[Flotsam]

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

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Frankly, I think the Cambo Wide DS is a better camera--similar design plus rise/fall and shift, and an attractive wood handle. Not to mention that you can get the latest lenses for it at a better price than the cost of the Technar with an older 75mm/5.6 Super Angulon:

http://www.calumetphoto.com/ctl?PAG...=CB0700&ac.cat.CatTree.detail=y&type=PRDINDEX

 

[blansky]

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

 

[Sean]

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

 

[Mark Wangerin]

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.

 

[Flotsam]

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

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.

 

[Mark Wangerin]

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.

 

[Ian Grant]

In answer to the original question . . . . then no.

Look at the bidders histories & a they are only winning bids with small sums of money.