"YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CANNOT MAKE HIM DRINK"
MY FAVORITE STORY OF THAT TYPE IS.
I WAS AT A LOCAL GUN SHOW AND SAW A DEALER WITH A VERY LARGE PIECE OF SAMOAN TAPPA CLOTH. WHEN I WENT OVER TO LOOK AT IT HE HAD IT IDENTIFED AS A RARE SOUIX WAR BLANKET AND HAD A VERY HIGH PRICE ON IT. I TOLD HIM WHAT IT REALLY WAS EVEN EXPLAINING THE WAY IT WAS MADE AND THE MATERIALS USED AND SOME OF THE DESIGNS, PRICE WAS NOT MENTIONED.
I WENT BACK BY HIS BOOTH THE NEXT DAY AND LOOKED AT IT AND NOTHING HAD BEEN CHANGED. I AM SURE SOUIX WILL BRING MORE MONEY THAN SAMOAN TAPA SO HE WAS NOT ABOUT TO CHANGE IT EVEN IF HE KNEW I WAS RIGHT. PERHAPS HE WAS TAKEN BY SOMEONE WHEN HE BOUGHT IT AND WAS DETERMINED TO HANG ON TO IT AND NOT LOSE MONEY AND HOPE TO UNLOAD IT ON SOME OTHER SUCKER. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR PEOPLE TO IGNORE ADVICE GIVEN OR ARGUE AS THEY DON'T WANT TO ADMIT THEY ARE WRONG.
VARIOUS TYPES OF SCAMS ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON ON EBAY AS THE PENALTYS ARE SMALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PROFIT GOOD. THIS YEAR I HAVE HAD THE FIRST TWO EBAY SELLERS TAKE MY MONEY AND THEN FOLD UP THEIR TENTS AND DISSAPEAR INTO THE NIGHT. EBAY WAS OF NO HELP AND THE SELLER NEVER DID ANSWER ANY EMAILS OR SEND MY ITEMS, I DID WATCH AND SEE THE FEEDBACK GO DOWN TO LOWER THAN CONGRESS CURRENT RATEINGS SO THAT TELLS ME I WAS NOT ALONE. THE SELLER WILL NO DOUBT BE FREE TO OPEN UP AGAIN UNDER ANOTHER NAME AND ADDRESS AND DO IT AGAIN IN FUTURE. ONE SELLER WAS IN BORNEO AND THE OTHER WAS IN CHINA, THE ONE IN CHINA WAS SELLING UNDER 3 DIFFERENT NAMES AND UNLOADED A LOT OF MERCHANDISE. PERHAPS CHINA IS TRYING TO GET A REPUTATION LIKE NIGERIA FOR SCAMS, FRAUD, CONS AND RIP OFFS.