# Ebay - my scam-sense is tingling.  What do you think?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949 "2013-11-27T20:27:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/21 "2013-12-01T11:59:42Z")

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well at least you got scammed by eBay and that guy didn’t get a dime.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/22 "2013-12-01T12:28:58Z")

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Yeah, although I’m pretty sure he knows what he’s done to me.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/23 "2013-12-01T12:42:41Z")

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I just spoke to eBay on the phone and they have refunded the FVF, so all’s well (apart from my frayed nerves)

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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/24 "2013-12-01T13:46:39Z")

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Yay! All’s well that ends well (except for your nerves, I guess). Hope you find a legit buyer soon.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/25 "2013-12-01T14:01:38Z")

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The second chance offer thing looks as though it may work out - if not, it’s an item that should sell quite reliably when I relist.

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**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-my-scam-sense-is-tingling-what-do-you-think/674949/26 "2013-12-01T18:56:56Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> I’ve seen the [joke sheet around on the net](http://www.dr1.com/forums/clown-bin/27845-etch-sketch-replace-desktop-computers.html) since years and years ago, but I never knew if it originated with Dilbert. I guessed it had been around a lot longer. Did that _whole list_ of operating instructions appear in Dilbert strips?

[hijack]The etch-a-sketch bit appeared in Dilbert on April 3, 1995. Quite a few years before that. Here is the link to the [strip](http://search.dilbert.com/search?w=etch-a-sketch&x=42&y=15) if you are interested.[/hijack] I cut it out of the paper and gave it to a boss who was chronically bad with computers.

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