[ale] Ebay scam

[Chris Fowler]

On Fri, 2011-10-14 at 21:42 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> I bought a Seagate drive on Ebay the other day.  Seagate has a 5 year 
> warranty on this drive.  Ebay has offered me a SquareTrade 3 year 
> warranty for $16.  And no, it's not an extended warranty, it covers from 
> the purchase date for 3 years.
> 
> I really hate Ebay sometimes.

I don't think they know.  It is all automated.  I buy connectors.  Lots
of them.  DC coxial, audio, RF, you name it.  Sometimes I get a Square
Trade offer for something I paid a dime for.

Chris