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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 10:19 PM
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I was selling my stock 18 on ebay a women purchased them through paypal
I told the women that when the money was posted in my bank account
that I would ship them to here. Well you know if you have paypal it take several days to have it in your account but the women wanted to have it shipped same day well we looked at here further and it was as scam to get them for free with putting any money up so be careful out there here is her name and email and paypal
CHRISTINE SMITH
MSMITH44728@NEO.RR.COM
So watch out guys!!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 11:09 PM
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So, they're still for sale?

Good catch Mel!
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Old Dec 22, 2009 | 11:12 PM
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Good catch, I wish I had 400 bones to spend on these.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 06:18 AM
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Hey Mel
Do you still have the wheels,if so which ones are they and condition.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 07:46 AM
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Hey Mel
Do you still have the wheels,if so which ones are they and condition.
Yes I do and yes there still for sale!! There the stock Wheels with 100 miles on them perfect condition my wife is the one the that was wise she pays the bills and monitors our money very closely
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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Which wheels are they, Bright machined or polished?
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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That was a close one mel!!
I don't ship overseas at all. It's too easy to get burned that way.
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Old Dec 23, 2009 | 04:22 PM
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A lot of scammers out there I've had people try and scam me via ebay before. Definitely never ship before you have payment and it's cleared. Also gotta watch for scams involving phony ebay/paypal emails.
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Well we put a paypal dispute on them and now they put the money in our account.
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Old Dec 24, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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I thougth once the money was in your paypal account you were safe and they covered it?
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Old Dec 25, 2009 | 06:30 AM
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You need to wait til its in your bank at least pending
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Most PP transactions are instantaneous...Only a couple instances require any sort of wait time (one of which being an "eCheck").

Glad you figured it out first, Mel. Woulda been ugly, otherwise.

I've been using my PP debit card a lot this xmas season, which is unusual. Due to that fact, they shut down the card after I bought an iPhone, accessories, and other xmas gifts. Got an email, called them, they asked about these purchases and I confirmed...then all was well. It's nice that someone was actually looking out!
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Wheels sold
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