lionrohrs Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 A person on Ebay contacted me with an offer because they saw me bid on a game they have. I asked for contact info and a PayPal account ID. Now I checked the address and phone # on 411.com. The address and the name match but the phone # doesn't. It is listed in a different city according to the area code. Second, his PayPal ID does not match his Email address. Does anyone know how to verify that this person is who he says he is? Is there any other info I can ask to verify him? I was thinking if I send him a check it would at least verify the address. Any ideas on this is appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 I wouldn't be sure how to verify them, but according to eBay, this is actually considered a trading offense. It's considered as (copied directly from eBay): "Sending spam - Sending unsolicited (without prior permission), commercial email. Examples: Sending unsolicited offers to bidders for the same or similar products that they have bid on in the past." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 If you have any doubts, I wouldn't take the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap5750 Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 It could be that 411 has some misinformation. But I'll agree with the others...if there's any doubt at all either don't do it, or have him create an auction with the BIN and let you know as soon as it's done. Personally, anyone that sends me anything through e-bay gets reported (by me) as spam. If you want me to buy your product, put it on e-bay. If it's atari related, I'll see it as I generally glace through the entire Atari section once or twice a week. If it has nothing to do with Atari, then leave me the heck alone! Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionrohrs Posted September 3, 2002 Author Share Posted September 3, 2002 If it has nothing to do with Atari, then leave me the heck alone! LMAO! Thanks for the advice everyone. I've had a couple of people contact me this way and got some good deals but this one has a lot of ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Let me guess, it was this guy: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/rolandsratrace/ He seems to only do it to people with little feedback. He probably thinks that low feedback = newbie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted September 4, 2002 Share Posted September 4, 2002 Hey cpuwiz, could this be the same guy?? It's very curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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