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Nov 22, 2007 | 9:40 am

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Originally Posted by flying_bubba

I don't see how anyone could not recognize this as obvious. If you saw an eBayer with 22 SWUs for sale, wouldn't you question the legitimacy of the SWUs, now compound that by seeing 5 eBay sellers with >15 SWUs for sale or sold. Then wouldn't you agree it becomes more than obvious.
Bubba

I agree with you and became suspicious myself early on when I saw so many of these. What needs to be realized and what many people are saying here is that they NEVER visited eBay and so didn't know people were offering up unlimited quantities. Maybe they looked at CC and saw one cert available that they were gifted. When that was their only frame of reference it's easy to see how people acquired and used these not having any inkling that they were "stolen". Some people may have had a clue; some people likely didn't. On this thread, please avoid the blame game and see how this continues to play out. I don't want to see this thread closed, but if it gets into blaming anyone and everyone who ever used one of these certs, this thread won't last and that will be a great disservice to a large group of folks here.

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