The worst kind of scammer...

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Posted By: Gary B.

I would post my conversations with this seller, but they're ridiculously long. Let's just say this person will say ANYTHING they need to say to defend what he and I knew was bull**** to begin with. I even found the image he used to copy the Wagner proof and he said that was the image used from when he bought it. Ok. He bought the $85,000 proof sold in 1999? I thought he found it in an estate sale? I told him how all the creases were the same and he ignored that totally. He said I should read up on my periodicals because at least 3 have been found now.

It's like a criminal denying they robbed a bank, but I have a security film of his face very clearly for 5 minutes robbing the bank and he still denies it. What a guy!

Thanks everyone for jumping in on this one. I'll be more careful in the future about HOW i go about trying to end scams, if I even bother at all - it's kind of tiring. I just wish people knew enough to do proper research before buying something, but they just don't. I consider myself an intelligent person, and STILL I came REAL CLOSE to getting scammed a few months ago, which is how I found out about this board in the first place. Everyone it seems (myself included) wants to get a GREAT DEAL, and some will abandon their senses and hope for the best. I wish there was a way to let the entire ebay community know about the problem and that they need to do thorough research when making (especially a large) purchase. That way at least they know what's out there and I wouldn't worry about them.

I must be incredibly stupid or naive, because I thought if I told this guy that he was being watched and that he should get his life together, that stealing was wrong and he can stop any time he wants, that he would listen, but all he did was add lie upon lie upon lie to his theft attempts. At least I said my piece to him. Oh well...