Hello,

I have the dubious distinction of having been the 
high bidder for the nausicaa cel for about two 
days.  Some updates:

If you look at the bid history for the item, 
you'll see that five bidders retracted right 
before the end of the auction.  All five left the 
exact same message, something like "just wait, 
i'll buy a digital camera and show you all."

first off, who would retract a bid with that 
message except the seller?  secondly, what are 
the chances all four or five bidders cancelled 
within minutes of one another AND with the same  
bizzare message?

second, the seller is a complete moron- not 
because he's morally bad but because he's a bona 
fide idiot. s.s. future trunks' account was 
cancelled by eBay, so he conducts an auction 
under a different name saying "this is s.s. 
future trunks, my comp. screwed up" so he's using 
a friend's account. what? what does your local PC 
have to do with your logon on a website? his 
shills (or other accounts) cancel their orders 
with the same message. duh.

third, and most important, i emailed eBay safe 
harbor and "time sensitive." time sensitive 
negged the auction and all bids and suspeneded 
his account. here's a reprint of their email to 
me.

Subject: Re: ebay auction# 440282353 
(KMM16775662C0KM) 
From: eBay Time Sensitive 
  | Block address 
Reply-to: eBay Time Sensitive 
 
        Add Addresses  
 


Hello Peter,

Thank you for your report. The auction in 
question has been removed by 
eBay and the seller has been suspended. All bids 
are null, the
transaction is void, and feedback cannot be left. 
There is no further
obligation on your part regarding this issue.

We do appreciate your understanding and we 
welcome any questions or
concerns you may have.

Regards,

Ivan
eBay Customer Support
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Original message follows:
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Hello,

i am currently the high bidder on an auction for a
collectible that the seller apparently does not 
own- it
appears he stole the digital image from the 
actual owner of
the cel and is posturing as though he owns it. 
please
cancel my bid as i will absolutely not complete 
the
transaction given the very serious questions 
about the
integrity of both the item and the seller.

please refer to the discussion thread linked 
below:


http://www.animanga.com/db/celsbook/cmd=thread&aid
=639296921248017260&te
mplate=message.html&indice=25660000&var=tstart=1&v
ar=tnb=30

Thank you.

Peter