Could you guys do me a favor please?

[Rahul]

I was hoping that some of you, especially those that know me here, could do me a huge favor.
I had gone to Yahoo Auctions and saw a seller called gr88dealz selling Vaio laptops for very cheap. Problem was, these were very expensive models and plus she would only accept postal money orders, which smells a lot like a scam. However, she emailed me a list of several people that bought from her who claimed she was an honest seller. One seller she noted was oceansblue0x@yahoo.com, who I emailed and said that he bought thousands of dollars of electronics from Angels Inc and was very satisfied with them and told me that he also though it was fishy to send postal money orders but that he was very happy in the end.

I did like how she took real pictures of her items, not just stealing pics.
Anyways, Yahoo suspended her account and removed her auctions but she gave me her company's email address,
angel@inetmsi.net
She said she runs a business called Angel's Inc in Kouts, Indiana which is a huge wholeseller of electronics.
I emailed her many times asking about how honest she was, what I would do if she was a scammer, etc. She got annoyed by all my emails and kept insisting she was an honest seller, calling me paranoid and worrying too much.

I was hoping if some of you guys could email her and ask her about her business or pretend to buy some laptops from her and reply back here on what they said to you or to just do some research on this business. I'd really appreciate you guys taking your time to do this for me!

[bmwrob]

Somebody will probably help you, but my advice is to just walk away if you think you smell a scam, especially after what happened to her account and auctions. In any case, I wish you well.

[silencejar]

Only accepts money orders.
Ebay account was suspended.
Would an honest seller call you a worrier and paranoid,
or would they give you actual reasons not to worry and be paranoid?

I would take my money and peace of mind elsewhere.

[BENDER]

Best thing to do is to email yahoo auctions and ask them why they suspended her account...
I would walk away too

[Rahul]

I'm just a real sucker and an incredibly naive, gullible person. Even if there's all the signs of a guy being a scammer, I'd still sorta have some hope that maybe he's not a scammer and send money. Its only thanks to you guys that I haven't lost all of my life savings.
I was hoping that you guys could still email her and see what her responses were anyways....

Here's the link to the seller on Yahoo Auctions in case you guys care,
http://ratings.auctions.yahoo.com/sh...erID=gr88dealz

Man, I'm just so depressed at all these Nigerian, Italian, Romanian, etc scum that are all over Ebay, Craigslist and other websites trying to trick people, its just plain disgusting. And Yahoo Auctions especially lets this sort of fraud go unpunished, its sick, just sick I tell you.

[fuyuki]

I would walk away from this. If something sounds fishy then it's best not to get involved. If she run a wholesales, she will know how much the vaio is worth.

[BENDER]

$299.99 is just too good to be true

[ZaZ]

This has scam written all over it. I would run and fast. Never ever pay with a money. If something goes wrong you have no recourse.

[Rahul]

Well, what about the Xbox 360 auction where she took real pictures of the boxes and put a sticky note on one of them with her username and the date she joined Yahoo Auctions?
Though you're right, its a shame that postal money order gives no protection whatsoever, unlike with paypal or credit card. Sigh....

[aphirat]

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=37708

(My little nephew, 6 yrsold, can make a photoshop picture like that.)