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by sleazebreeze 4787 days ago
In most cases, the items they are using as the vehicle for the scam are 1. Large and hard to transport and 2. Used for only one or two purposes and thus are not commonly traded so the scammer get to set the market price.

It is not a scam in that it is arbitrage in name only, but it plays on people's greed to get them to purchase a rare item only to turn around and pull the rug out from underneath them and leave them holding this worthless item.

Personally, I am of the "buyer beware" mindset. More power to the scammers and thieves; they keep EVE interesting.