Re: Ebayers beware

Sena wrote:

Pedt <"\"@ @\""@operations.force9.net> said...

Mebbe that's just me, but I rather like more civilized ways of "let's see if
he's guilty" and "if so, let's give some sane amount of punishment".
This one is way too medieval.

If it was a setup then I'd agree with you. Problem is there's far too many clues that says it isn't and that it's a genuine backlash against
a fraudster.


Remind me, did the fraudee go through the proper channels first? My brain is fried and I can't remember the details.


The claim is that firstly the laptop was not sent for two months, then that it did not work when it arrived, and that it was of noticeably lower spec than advertised. When challenged he (allegedly) first denied any liability, then claimed that he was leaving for Dubai.

Yes, it could be a set-up, but I did do some more checking before posting.

The auction is still open to view - 6825578528 - and does state:

" This is an office laptop that i gave to one of my employees who i have recently dismissed," yet there seems to be no argument now that he really is an 18 year-old doing his A-levels. His feedback score is less than wonderful (apparently a paypal decision against him), and the one positive feedback comment is from someone using a name which, apparently, Amir himself has used as a net alias (sorry, can't remember where I read that). The buyer, OTOH, has 79/80 positive feedback.

I also looked at some of the media coverage of the story. Sure, you can't trust newspapers that much, but in what they report, there is lots of bluster and little substance. He is being hounded, despite trying to do his two A-levels to get to train to be a Barrister, which if he really did say that, shows either touching naievity or more bluster and perhaps a veiled threat.

IF he Has been wronged, it shouldn't be too difficult for an analysis of the drive to show if the data really did come from it, and if not he's got a massive case for libel and damages to help get him started at University. If, though, he has done this deliberately, then I really have no sympathy. He had plenty of chance to make ammends, and chose not to, and still has the option of paying the money to charity and having the site taken down. What was the alternative for the buyer? A complaint to ebay, who as Pedt has pointed out in his link, might tell somone off about it? Taking him to court? Loads of hassle for the money, if you win the legal lottery? But it appears that Amir hasn't learnt his lesson yet - claims from other ebayers that he's conned them, and even now he is all screaming foul. I have no sympathy at all, and as for his Father being angry, well, if it was my son selling dodgy goods and being so lax with important data, I'd be pretty angry with him too.

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JonG
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