Addams Family Scam?

Marcus

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 9:30:23 AM1/25/06

to

This looks like a scam by the same people that were selling a MM in
China a couple of weeks ago. I have reported it to ebay but the
auction doesnt seem to have been pulled yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Addams-Family-Pinball-machine-Bally-1992-Game_W0QQitemZ6247218657

(I hope I have pasted this link right)

They have 100% feedback, but when you check it, its all for items of
about $1.00. A lot of the feedback is from users no longer registered.
They only accept bank wire money transfer to their account and say on
the page they don't accept paypal. - NO CONFIDENCE, NO RESPECT, NO BIZ
- a pharased used to try and legitimse themselves.

The detailed pictures of the machine don't look like the machine in the
top pic. The picture in the top pic has some of the molding under the
backglass missing but you cant seem to see this in any of the other
pics. Plus a couple of them are poorly cropped from either another
website or some advertising material (check the very bottom one out).

No here is the clincher in the item description they say "Trolls are
working fine". Hmm since when does TAF have trolls. Perhaps this is in
there because they just copied and pasted the item description from the
bogus MM auction from a week or so ago but were too stupid to proof
read it properly.

I hope ebay see sense and pull the auction.

Marcus

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 9:37:45 AM1/25/06

to

Ohh yeah - its a private listing too. That's usually another alarm
bell.

Marcus

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 9:42:06 AM1/25/06

to

They also switch from calling it a Bally game in the title description
but a Williams game in the item description. More lazy proof reading!

austianpin

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 10:28:55 AM1/25/06

to

Why are you so sure it is a Scam? Is it impossible that China has
pinballs? It's a possible scam, but why have you contacted e-bay, has
the MM auction be identified as scam? Just interested...

If e-bay is pulling offers only cause someone THINKS it's scam, it would
be very poor I guess...

sorry, just my 2 cents ;-)

citz...@gmail.com

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 2:40:25 PM1/25/06

to

Interesting, that same whiteboard was also on the MM image. (good thing
I saved it!)

www.arcade-at-home.com/ot/mm.jpg

in the MM pic it shure pooks photoshopped in to me.

Karl

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 3:00:26 PM1/25/06

to

Is it clear coated? Lets forward it to "rockstuff76"!
:)

Marcus

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 3:04:17 PM1/25/06

to

Im sure China does have pinballs and people legitimately sell them and
may only want cash or western union or something as payment, it's just
that this looked exactly like the MM auction that was pulled. The link
above confirms it.

Marcus

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 3:11:47 PM1/25/06

to

If I remember rightly on the MM auction someone also contacted the
seller saying they had a friend that lived in China that was in the
area of the seller and could they come around to view the machine. A
reasonable request if you are spending big $$'s on a machine but they
were simply given the run around.

blak...@yahoo.com

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 5:16:29 PM1/25/06

to

I emailed if they would take a "certified check" made out for more
money and then give the "change" to my friend. .....They said they
would!

lens...@hotmail.com

unread,

Jan 25, 2006, 5:41:11 PM1/25/06

to

It would be pretty funny if you found two scam auctions and hijacked
both accounts and made them bid on eachothers scam auctions. ;)
~eric