Ebay fraud, information requested [Archive]

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06-13-2004, 11:28 AM

Posted By: RandallHello, A fellow Ebayer who was ripped off and I have been doing some searching on two individuals on Ebay. This forum came up with several postings regarding one of the sellers. I need anyone who has had ANY dealings with either: kingcollectibles (Steven uniqueoddities (Jeff Grabowski) Brigantine NJ To contact me with your story, right now I am compiling information, I will keep any identities/email addresses private. When people contact his high bidders this is what King mailed out: ---- From:kingcollectibles@hotmail.com (k c) To: there has been some problems, with people spamming my bidders to discourage them from bidding and the offering them to buy something of theirs, the pieces are advertised exactly as i was told when i purchased them, they are breaking ebay policy by emailing you like that, do you still have a copy of the emails that were sent to you or do you know there email address or ebay id's so they can be reported ------ The same Griffin plaque he was selling is available every day here: <a href="http://www.designtoscano.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=5052&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=104&iSubCat=108&iProductID=5052" target=_new>http://www.designtoscano.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=5052&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=104&iSubCat=108&iProductID=5052</a> His Ebay page claims he found a few more of these "cleaning out the warehouse" and I have watched him selling dozens more of these exact same plaques. I also found that "1932 Olympic torch plaque from Berlin" too, another seller has it but is offering it AS NEW: livingezee is his ebay name, here is one of the Griffin items: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38238&item=4306257596" target=_new>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38238&item=4306257596</a> Now check out kingcollectible's fraudulent listing claimign his came from a Castle and are carved wood: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1219&item=3729564724" target=_new>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1219&item=3729564724</a> This item alleged to be an antique from 1932 Berlin Germany; <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2850&item=4129557061Is" target=_new>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2850&item=4129557061Is</a> in fact being offered entirely properly and upfront by another seller as a brand NEW item here: <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1207&item=3722183115" target=_new>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1207&item=3722183115</a> See what I mean? you do a little searching around and you can find a whole lot more! There appears to be a pattern of fraud going on here.

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06-13-2004, 07:23 PM

Posted By: AnonymousOne victim sent me the information that the items he bought from "King" came in a box that originated from China, I now have a copy of the return shipping label and the address on Lauralee Ave on it for this guy and the address for the other one. I also have a phone number for "king" so if anyone wants any of that information if you were ripped off and couldn't conact them direct let me know and I'll gladly provide it. "King" is in Reading PA same town "uniqueoddities" is claiming his salvaged ironwork comes from despite the two living 125 miles apart. I am going to start contacting some Reading PA people, including the OWNERS of this hotel and the "Raja shrine" they both claim their Chinese junk comes from. I have seen photos of the lobby on the owner's web site and there was no such decoration, I'm going to alert them to the fraud and see if they can provide documentation of any kind proving these items never existed in the lobby, then I'm going to the US Post office to file a mail fraud report. As your cards and all this stuff is sent via the US mails, you can file a mail fraud