and where do they live !

I'd like to burn the freekin houses down.

I tried helping a mate out recently by selling a surplus mobile phone for him, a nice new Sony Ericsson K750i.

So I looked on e-bay, saw what they were going for and then listed it as a BUY IT NOW £5 cheaper than any of the others with free delivery.

Anyway, not 20 minutes after it was listed it was sold.

So I was chuffed to bits until I got the e-mail asking if I would ship to Nigeria...

So I politely told the gentleman to walk away with jerking movements and re-listed it

Then it sells again... great I thought.... then I get the e-mail, will you ship to Poland....

SO totally fed up by this point re-list it again as an Auction with a reserve.


Report both the previous fraudulant Buy It Nows and get the lame e-bay type standard e-mail.


Anyway, the auction runs its course, the reserve is met and then someone at the last minute dives in with no feed back and wins it.

So I send off an invoice and I get the details back from e-bay with a valid address.

'marian marek, 179B cressing road,braintree, Essex cm73pj'

The I noticed her e-mail address end '.cz'

Since then I've had nothing.

Other than a fat bill from e-bay, apparently even on fraudulent auctions the robbin bar stewards still take their listing fee..

So after three attempts to do a mate a favour I have nothing but a fat bill from e-bay and a lovely phone I dont want