Comments on: Putting a Name on the Jazz Vinyl Fraud

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:46:16 +0000

Al,I’m sure you’re right about that,HOWEVER…think about some crook stealing more than 100K from trusting bidders using the ‘safety’ of being in a distant part of the world as his cover. Now rip away that shield to discover that(let’s say)the person who robbed YOU lives only a few hours away by car. What would you do? I’ve never experienced “road rage”,but if it feels anything like this major scam does(and I wasn’t even personally affected)all I can say is “OFF WITh THEIR HEADS!” (Ahh-I feel so much better now)

By: Al

Al — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:00:48 +0000

Henrik, I’d love to have the list so that as I talk to eBay I have more accurate numbers. You can send me a separate email at al@jazzcollector.com and we can discuss it. — al

By: Al

Al — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:59:37 +0000

Ceedee — we are jazz fans, lovers not fighters. 🙂

By: henrik

henrik — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:53:09 +0000

As many others did, I also followed the Nautiluso auction and made a print on paper with all the end results. I was tempted to do some bidding but now I am glad I didn’t. I think I still have the printed list. So if you need any specific information I can probably provide it.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:18:42 +0000

So,the question is:how long before one of this sites European readers is able to ferret out more information-and a precise location-for this Thomas Lamprecht that you mention? I’m sure someone scammed out of thousands of Euros would love to pay him a visit-up close and personal…

By: Al

Al — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:44:37 +0000

Thank you Brian. I was thinking about that myself this morning — what if we weren’t watching this? What if we weren’t calling eBay and asking for comments? Would they be so responsive in paying off the buyers who were scammed? A lot of it was coincidence in that I happened to be watching eBay that day in October and noticed the avalanche of rare high-priced records.

By: brian

brian — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:39:06 +0000

Personally, I appreciate you staying on this story and contacting eBay. I know the jazz LP collector portion of their world is relatively small, but it is certainly vibrant and active. I am sure eBay collects a nice amount of fees from the selling and buying activities of people who visit jazzcollector.com and who are active in the jazz record collecting community. This is the third sizeable fraud/scam in the past three years that I am aware of. eBay should be responsive to our concerns and questions.