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Well, the "LE" rollerball just sold for $270.

 

Poets Edition rollerball with Montblanc booklet

 

The same pen (a Bookworm Yellow-Gold Filigree) sells for $10 at isellpens.com

 

Unbelievable.

 

Oh, good grief!!!

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edit: I reported it on eBay.

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Well, the "LE" rollerball just sold for $270.

 

Poets Edition rollerball with Montblanc booklet

 

The same pen (a Bookworm Yellow-Gold Filigree) sells for $10 at isellpens.com

 

Unbelievable.

 

Oh, good grief!!!

:blink:

 

edit: I reported it on eBay.

 

It makes me sick to see such unscrupulous sellers in the Internet. This are hard earn monies and I can't imagine people trying all underhand methods to cheat them out from the pockets of the innocent people. On the other hand, if one is not greedy, one is unlikely to fall into these traps. :bonk:

Other pens available for sale:

 

Pelikan : Keep a watchout here, M805 FPs, M400 and M405 FPs,

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mascarvin!

 

I just wanted to add the seller's ebay ID in case anyone googled him. Maybe they'll read this thread and be spared getting ripped off.

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I just reported two similar auctions by the same seller. Pen maker name is visible, but unreadable on wider photos, but is photoshopped in photo of the cap, where it could have been easily read.

 

I think e-bay wouldn't have a drop in number of auction listings if they would police this sort of thing themselves.

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When I had the time I would create an ebay id such as I hate panerai fakes or another montblanc fake

and "kill" their auctions :roflmho:

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Can you contact bidders and tell them? I am VERY new to ebay--three purchases only but feel that these people should not be scammed

 

Steve, unfortunately ebay prevents to know who the bidders are. This is to avoid a different kind of scam, like you contact a bidder of a certain item claiming that you can sell it at a lower price but outside ebay... thus losing all the "safety mechanism" of the site.

 

Cheers,

 

What you say is correct. However if you go through this seller's feedback, it has the i/ds of all the winning bidders - and they can be contacted.

 

 

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Can you contact bidders and tell them? I am VERY new to ebay--three purchases only but feel that these people should not be scammed

 

Steve, unfortunately ebay prevents to know who the bidders are. This is to avoid a different kind of scam, like you contact a bidder of a certain item claiming that you can sell it at a lower price but outside ebay... thus losing all the "safety mechanism" of the site.

 

Cheers,

 

What you say is correct. However if you go through this seller's feedback, it has the i/ds of all the winning bidders - and they can be contacted.

 

True. But by then they must know they were robbed.

No?

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Yes, but they can then make a claim through Paypal to get their money back and also report the seller to Ebay for selling c/feits.

 

I have advised several buyers that the pens they have purchased are fakes - and they generally are pretty grateful.

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