eBay: "wholesale info booklets"

XRated · 10-01-2005, 12:13 PM

Hey

I'm not usually a sucker for a scam, but my curiosity tries to get the better of me. Has anyone noticed autions on eBay before where you receive an "info booklet" for example, that promises you information on how to get goods (usually electrical) at wholesale prices?

I'm sure I'm not the only curious person, and I wouldn't bid myself. I was just wondering whether anyone actually has had experience with it, or actually knows what goes on as there seems to be quite a few people fobbing this idea off.

Below is a link to an example.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...742816990&rd=1

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perkz · 10-01-2005, 12:30 PM

There's two scams out there that I know of that are like the page you linked.

In one - you sign up for some pyramid scheme type thing - and the more people you refer the closer you get to what you want. Something like that anyway.

In the other, it's just instructions telling you how to con manufacturers. You pretend that you're a business looking to import whatever they're selling, then you ask for a "sample" of the product to be sent to you. A lot of manufacturers will actually send it to you for free, or at least at cost price if you look legit.

chief · 11-01-2005, 12:24 AM

This artsdiamonds person has been going the dicry and se him on there selling literally just shit, so called business plans.

InitialD · 11-01-2005, 12:44 AM

Yea ive seen soooooooo many of those on EBAY

" Buy this booklet and we tell you how to get a $4000 Pioneer DVD/CD player for $100, etc"

Think there is even a site called "www.greenbreads.com" that apparently gives you Rims, and Car Audio for free? a FF memeber MAD_EA_SPAC signed up and told me to but I felt it was a little shady

FoxMulder · 11-01-2005, 07:17 AM

I found a different page on Ebay, some guy was giving it free. It's Matrix Extreme

Basically what happens is, you buy the ebook, then you are put in line for a "free gift". If say the "Matrix" length is 10, then 10 people have to all sign up for that gift, before the first person gets it. Then, another 10 people have to sign on for the second person to get it, and so on and so on.

It seems great in theory, but in practice it needs you to advertise it heavily. Which is why you see so many people selling these ebooks on ebay. They are trying to both recover their money and sign others on.

XRated · 11-01-2005, 05:33 PM

Hmm okay, I thought it was a scam - I just didn't know how it worked. I remember the "Pyramid" scheme a few years back that conned a lot of people.