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#1 �HADOW109

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 05:42 PM

Dear Seller, My son birthday is at hand and he surf through ebay market and come across your item as his favourite, which he want me to present to him as a birthday gift. His currently studing in Africa and I would have like to buy it directly and send to him but my job won't permit me cos i'm a busy person due to the nature of my job. I will make an immediate offer of $900 for the item including shipping and handling charges to Africa so if you are interested in selling this item to me kindly advise your PAYPAL e-mail address so that i can send out the payment through my PAYPAL account immediately. Regards


So I'm selling my PS2 with a bunch of other stuff and this guy is trying to scam me. $900 for ps2 is a joke and shipping to africa? f*ck Africa. My response should be "no !@#$%^&, if you can read, it says SHIPS ONLY TO CONTINENTAL STATES OF THE U.S." :tdown:
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#2 the.dino

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 06:02 PM

Lmao the guy doesnt speak very good english either. From the typing im betting that its an Asian person.
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#3 Raccoon00

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 06:10 PM

Do it...
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#4 Sgt. Bojo

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 06:11 PM

Don't be a pussy, this guy seems legit.
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#5 dar_tana

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 06:47 PM

Don't be a pussy, this guy seems legit.


+1, I Loled.
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#6 King_Dude

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 08:02 PM

Don't be a pussy, this guy seems legit.


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#7 wondergod

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 10:14 PM

Dude people in Africa never lie. Sell it to him for 800 because he is doing it for his son who is studying. Such a great father and human being.
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#8 IWantWhiteCastle

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 11:05 PM

Don't know if it was the same seller but I had someone trying to "buy" my PS2 with the same "my son's in Africa" story
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#9 DarkShadow

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Posted 06 March 2008 - 04:12 AM

for all you know its legit, I sold my 9800 XT on ebay for 550 to a guy in Italy (when the x800 XT's were the same price).
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#10 jalapeno1

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Posted 06 March 2008 - 01:44 PM

Yea, but people CAN scam you. But I would take the offer, Ebay over sees the transactions themselves and sue anyone who tries to scam. So I wouldn't worry too much.
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#11 EVIL Shenanigans

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Posted 06 March 2008 - 01:59 PM

Italy, i wouldnt hold much of a concern for, aside from the peoples aparently stupidity, but Africa?...theres a f*cked up target. Theres a whole lot of scams comin outa nigeria in perticular involving fraudulent postal money orders...but given that its paypal, you might be good to go.

...and who the hell goes to study in Africa anyways? "I wanna get aids while im playin on my new PS2!" :huh:
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#12 matthew0155

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Posted 08 March 2008 - 02:43 AM

Do they not have ps2's where this guy is from, he said his sons in africa not him, why doesent he just buy it and send it to him(bullsh*t too busy for his terrific son) and if he is making so much money to pay for a 900$ ps2 why cant he just pay someone to go buy it and send it for him?, and if his son is studing in africa, he must be old enought to know that the ps3 is out, why is the ps2 his favorite..
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