Rice For The Price Of An iPhone | Ramblings of an e-trader

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Rice For The Price Of An iPhone

I read a news article where a German man bought an iPhone on eBay Germany and paid EUR800 for it. After a couple of days, he received the package and opened it only to find a package of rice! A similar case also happened in Germany where the purchase of an iPhone turned into delivery of sauerkraut instead.

It is not known of the sellers are the same for these both cases this makes one think so, doesn't it? Otherwise, it's a copycat scam. At this point, the "rice" victim has reported to the police but according to the report, the police have not been able to track down the scammer.

Although there have been plenty of successful transactions on eBay, even those big ticket items, I still feel that online is not a good place to shop for expensive items. What say you?

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