I know we've talked about posting fraudulent e-Bay sellers names here, but I don't know if we've discussed spamming. I'm not talking about a chipper who openly sends me his trade list, but a seller who sends out mail using an alias and a ruse to anybody who bids on chips. Here's a copy of an e-mail I got today, using the old "Ooops, I must have e-mailed that to the wrong person" trick:

SUBJECT: Lunch on Thursdsay

To member: mcotton@gte.net
>From member: smalavazos

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Hello Julie. It's ok for thursday, I'll call you.
I found some chips. Are those the ones you are looking for?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1008771137
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1008972183

See you thursday

Kisses

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The e-mail had the eBay spam disclaimer at the bottom, so they sent it by going through eBay using a different e-Bay identity. I e-mailed the actual seller of the item and told them I didn't appreciate spam and would never buy from them. Here's the seller's ID: temptationsct and their other ID: smalavazos

I don't know why this got me so steamed...maybe it'll look different once I get some coffee.