[W&B] Need help finding somebody insulting me on eBay...

[Dan Colucci]

PS - Ebay also told me to change the password on your EMAIL Account that
is linked to ebay.  That is the more common way they get into ebay. 

-----Original Message-----
From: woodandbrass-bounces at kjsl.com
[mailto:woodandbrass-bounces at kjsl.com] On Behalf Of Dan Colucci
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:26 AM
To: Collectors of 19th Century Cameras &Photographica; idcc at kjsl.com
Cc: arguscg at yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [W&B] Need help finding somebody insulting me on eBay...

David

My ebay account was hacked into this morning.    I have been getting
wacky and threatening emails as well.  Make sure your account is secure
and ignore all emails !  Touch base with ebay, I did. 

-----Original Message-----
From: woodandbrass-bounces at kjsl.com
[mailto:woodandbrass-bounces at kjsl.com] On Behalf Of David Silver
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:19 AM
To: idcc at kjsl.com
Cc: arguscg at yahoogroups.com; woodandbrass at kjsl.com
Subject: [W&B] Need help finding somebody insulting me on eBay...

Hi gang,

This is terribly off topic, but I wanted to quickly appeal to the
resourcefulness and knowledge of the members because it MAY have some
reflection on my relationship with the camera collecting community.  The
issue is that this morning I received, through the eBay e-mail
forwarding system, an outrageously rude and threatening note from
somebody hiding behind eBay ID "saffron0_9".  This person chose to send
the message without revealing his e-mail address (coward!), but, in a
nutshell, he claimed that "thanks to the forum" people were now learning
I am a fraud and a scam, and nobody was going to buy from me any longer!
The message arrived as a "question" regarding an item I'm currently
selling on eBay (for what it's worth, I'm "dfscameras" and the camera in
question is the Anthony 4-tube wet plate).  Now, my question for all of
YOU is...can anybody find out for me who the heck is this "saffron0_9"
or perhaps what is his direct e-mail address?  I believe he's in the
United Kingdom.  And any ideas what "forum" this idiot is talking about?
What makes this issue most pressing is that I received two e-mails
earlier in the month, just out of the blue without any connection to
eBay, one from an anonymous Comcast account and the other from a Yahoo
address (which is as good as
anonymous) saying variations of the same thing.  The problem with these
is that they did not come from the UK, but according to the headers they
originated in two different parts of New England.  Mind you, I only gave
you the basic intent of the recent eBay message...most of you are aware
I can use some very "colorful" language on occasion, but the words THIS
person used would even embarass ME if I relayed them to all of you here.
Odd point...none of the messages actually referred to cameras.  They all
referred to dirty rip-off dealings.  Anyway, my theory is this; I've
been confused for another David Silver!  So I desparately want to corner
this "saffron0_9" and find out what he knows.  Going to eBay and asking
for help will NOT work (and anybody who has experience with eBay would
know
better!) and I can assume he's going to ignore the question I sent him
back through the forwarding system.  No, this has to be done somehow
outside the system, and the fact that "saffron0_9" appears to be a
legitimate person who regularly visits eBay makes him my best connection
so far.  I'm going to be returning from a trip this evening just in time
to see my auctions finish, and I'm terrified there may be some
repercussions from whatever "forum" has been bad mouthing me.  That
would be a shame because I have a selection of real beauties going
tonight.
Thank you for any help or advice in finding "saffron0_9".

Best wishes,

David Silver--President
International Photographic Historical Organization
E-mail: silver at well.com  Telephone: (415) 681-4356 Webpage location:
http://www.well.com/user/silver/