HW: Fwd: Hawkwind

[Jon Jarrett]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, BL Young wrote:

> Hey, check this out -- I bid on a Hawkwind video ("Night of the Hawks" --
> ebay Item #1418898350) on ebay, and a couple days later I got this email
> from another person completely.  The auction hasn't closed yet, and I've
> been outbid so I'm glad I got this warning before I went back to rebid...
>
> Take it for what it's worth, as I can't verify the accuracy of the
> statements below.  Sounds scary, though, as I certainly don't condone the
> sale of non-official Hawkwind items.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <PORTSMOUTH66 at aol.com>
> To: <obolong at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:31 PM
> Subject: Hawkwind
>
>
> >   Just a friendly warning. The seller peng8378 is selling low quality
> bootleg
> > videos and not originals as he claims. He has been suspended from ebay
> over
> > 14 different times for selling copied tapes each time with a different
> screen
> > name. Every time he gets suspended, he creates a new account and comes
> back
> > to rip off a few more honest members. The quality is terrible as I have
> > gotten videos from him in the past. He also scans covers from other
> peoples
> > auctions and makes homemade video covers out of them.
> >  For proof go to yahoo.com and hit yahoo auctions. Then highlight advanced
> > search and highlight seller search. Type in myvideocollection as the
> seller
> > and read his feedback profile. This is the same guy. He uses several
> > different names as well. His real name is Tony Giannone. He also goes by
> Lou
> > Gian and has also used female names as well. He is a real con-man.
> >  He is suspended from selling in the U.S., so now he sells in the UK. Why
> > else would a person from the U.S. sell items out of the UK? I hope that
> you
> > research this information so you are not ripped off by this person. There
> is
> > a group of about 20 of us that watch out for this guy. Whenever we find a
> new
> > account we warn other bidders.

        If this is the guy's name, and it is him that's using that e-mail
address, then I've seen him ranted about on alt.music.deep-purple
too. You might want to steer clear of him on the offchance, yours,
                                                                   Jon

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