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Ebay vulture ... scum o the earth! 5-Jun-2006 At 4:17:52 PM ironmike

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No joy at all, because eBay don't support Western Union Transfers, there's no avenue for revenge ... I mean recourse. Their only suggestion was to report it to the police ... Western Union don't cover it because you voluntarily transfer your money to that character, you know how you ring them and they ask if it's for a purchase and you say "nup it's for a friend". That's where you're caught out.

I'm so sorry to hear that you've been caught by the same person. It's a very convincing scam too, that's probably what hurts the most. I'm one of lifes great skeptics and I still managed to get caught. Right down to a very official looking email from eBay themselves. Yeah, people say "if it's too good to be true, it generally is", but come on, it's an on-line auction and you generally hope to get a bargain ... that's the whole idea.

It certainly doesn't make me feel any better, I know EXACTLY how it feels, and having heaps of people telling me how to suck eggs just made it worse. Not to mention trying to remove that big tattoo on my forehead that says "SUCKER!".

So sorry mate - I really am.