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Interesting but I wasn't entirely convinced that it's fake. There might be more to this story. Maybe the seller is the one who got scammed when they bought it 2

Interesting but I wasn't entirely convinced that it's fake. There might be more to this story. Maybe the seller is the one who got scammed when they bought it 20 years ago.

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wetpaws 2y ago
They did not cause their "invoice" was also fake
- quink 2y ago
  With a price on the invoice of “3.000” Mark, with the decimal point being the thousands separator. Or about 1,500 EUR in today’s money. Yeah, I don’t think so.
  - ttepasse 2y ago
    In Germany the dot is the most used thousands separator. It is still a fake.
    - quink 2y ago
      I know that, I wasn’t expressing incredulity at that, I was expressing incredulity at the price of 3,000 DM… while also wanting to make clear that it wasn’t 3 DM.
      - ttepasse 2y ago
        A then I seem to have misread. Sorry.
ttmb 2y ago
Maybe they did. Do you suppose they got scammed on eBay - which they "perfectly" remember buying it from - or from the Red Cross, which they have an invoice for?
groby_b 2y ago
That German Red Cross invoice is 100% absolutely a fake. Source: I'm a German who has donated to the red cross. That ain't it. (Also: There needs to be a a specific key phrase without which the German equivalent of the IRS will come down on you like a ton of bricks. It is missing)
- cromulent 2y ago
  The date 8.12.2001 is a Saturday. This also seems off.
alvah 2y ago
I have a bridge for sale. Completely genuine, honest!
- aix1 2y ago
  I can't tell if it's a reference to this but thought I'd mention as it's a fun story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_Cit...
  - microtherion 2y ago
    The traditional bridge sale involved the Brooklyn Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker
simantel 2y ago
Did you miss the part where Chris Espinosa said "That’s not Sherry Livingston"? Chris also has a follow-up post not shown in Cabel's blog where he says there aren't any photos of Sherry online: https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/112391173495267599 https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/112391173495267599
- jandrese 2y ago
  Which is kind of amazing when you think about it. There's no "The Apple Team" group photo that includes employee #10 anywhere? No wonder the scammer chose her when making the fake, it would be impossible to verify the photo without tracking down either Sherry herself or someone who personally knew her back in 1977.
- CamperBob2 2y ago
  That's an interesting thing to assert. How does he know there are no photos of a given person online? It's getting into Russell's Teapot territory.
  - quesera 2y ago
    Possibly an overstated version of "I know what Sherry looks like, and an image search for her name does not turn up any pictures of the real person". I might say the same for several of my friends.

Interesting but I wasn't entirely convinced that it's fake. There might be more to this story. Maybe the seller is the one who got scammed when they bought it 20 years ago.

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wetpaws 2y ago

They did not cause their "invoice" was also fake

quink 2y ago
With a price on the invoice of “3.000” Mark, with the decimal point being the thousands separator. Or about 1,500 EUR in today’s money. Yeah, I don’t think so.
- ttepasse 2y ago
  In Germany the dot is the most used thousands separator. It is still a fake.
  - quink 2y ago
    I know that, I wasn’t expressing incredulity at that, I was expressing incredulity at the price of 3,000 DM… while also wanting to make clear that it wasn’t 3 DM.
    - ttepasse 2y ago
      A then I seem to have misread. Sorry.

ttmb 2y ago

Maybe they did. Do you suppose they got scammed on eBay - which they "perfectly" remember buying it from - or from the Red Cross, which they have an invoice for?

groby_b 2y ago

That German Red Cross invoice is 100% absolutely a fake. Source: I'm a German who has donated to the red cross. That ain't it. (Also: There needs to be a a specific key phrase without which the German equivalent of the IRS will come down on you like a ton of bricks. It is missing)

cromulent 2y ago
The date 8.12.2001 is a Saturday. This also seems off.

alvah 2y ago

I have a bridge for sale. Completely genuine, honest!

aix1 2y ago
I can't tell if it's a reference to this but thought I'd mention as it's a fun story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_Cit...
- microtherion 2y ago
  The traditional bridge sale involved the Brooklyn Bridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_C._Parker

simantel 2y ago

Did you miss the part where Chris Espinosa said "That’s not Sherry Livingston"? Chris also has a follow-up post not shown in Cabel's blog where he says there aren't any photos of Sherry online: https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/112391173495267599 https://mastodon.social/@Cdespinosa/112391173495267599

jandrese 2y ago
Which is kind of amazing when you think about it. There's no "The Apple Team" group photo that includes employee #10 anywhere? No wonder the scammer chose her when making the fake, it would be impossible to verify the photo without tracking down either Sherry herself or someone who personally knew her back in 1977.
CamperBob2 2y ago
That's an interesting thing to assert. How does he know there are no photos of a given person online? It's getting into Russell's Teapot territory.
- quesera 2y ago
  Possibly an overstated version of "I know what Sherry looks like, and an image search for her name does not turn up any pictures of the real person". I might say the same for several of my friends.