eBay seller REALJAZZCAT has been running scam tube auctions for almost
a year. He gold plates the pins and then sells them as original
factory Gold Pin Tubes. He also sells GE 12AT7/6201 tubes as genuine
Telefunken ECC801S.

Below is a list of his victims over just the last few months. He has
actually scammed MANY more buyers out of thousands of dollars. The
really sad part is that his victims don't even realize that they've
been scammed. We need your help:

1. If you know any of these victims, would you kindly inform them that
they have been scammed and encourage them to complain to both
REALJAZZCAT and, more importantly, eBay.

2. In order to remain anonymous, we can only post this on the Audio
Asylum and Internet Usenet Newsgroups. This leaves MANY more websites
where this information should be posted. Therefore, we strongly
encourage people to copy this information (or link) and post it on
audio or related Internet sites so that as many people can be made
aware of this fraud. We would greatly appreciate any assistance with
this. Thank you.

Here are the lists (Victim/Location/Auction Number/Price Paid):

Gold-Plated Pin Tubes being sold as genuine Gold Pin Tubes

jlochra/United States/5718322261/$250.00
laucy1/Hong Kong/5705845178/$187.50
hksumyu/United States/5708832644/$138.00
mark1note/United States/5715134169/$250.00
kw57eq/Japan/3094913633/90 days
mylove_vn/New Zealand/5702351649/$160.00
ilg68/Hong Kong/5703558997/$149.88
kiyokomo99/Japan/3095805835/90 days
luciferben/United States/3094620097/90 days
53guy/Australia/5723055224/$120.00
tinycrumb/USA/5722783291/$500.00


General Electric 6201 being sold as Telefunken ECC801S

schow1234/Hong Kong/5717721597/$82.50
lks5178/United States/5717735579/$122.50
prosound_italy/Italy/5712097507/$80.00
funken12ax7/United States/5715319753/$44.00
davide63/Italy/5713993089/$86.00
tricia-nc/United States/5710622435/$90.00
jmeyer2000/United States/5709413056/$71.00
audiocentral/United States/5707325128/$81.00
warresport/United States/5707613412/$120.00
19676/United States/5707411978/$99.00
liveasyoudance/United States/5700246484/$120.00
gh3298/Hong Kong/3095815107/90 days
rod2539/United States/5712160706/$89.00
fifi971/Guadeloupe/5716471197/$89.00
desertwindmusic/United States/5719073046/$140.00

Concerned Citizens of the World