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Quote:Investigators probing the murder of Rachel Entwistle and her baby daughter have obtained the family’s eBay trading records and already contacted one especially disgruntled potential customer.

In addition to confirming that eBay turned over the records to Middlesex investigators, a spokeswoman said the San Jose, Calif.-based Internet giant froze husband and father Neil Entwistle’s account after a rash of trading irregularities about a week before the murders.

Entwistle had been an active trader on eBay, but an unpopular one in recent weeks.

He was apparently luring potential “millionaires” using photos of large-breasted women in skimpy outfits and promising quick cash...

Hani Durzy, the eBay spokesman, said Entwistle had been a model seller since 2004. ..

full article:  http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegion...eid=123139

Quote:He was apparently luring potential “millionaires” using photos of large-breasted women in skimpy outfits and promising quick cash...

Hani Durzy, the eBay spokesman, said Entwistle had been a model seller since 2004. ..

Durzy probably meant he was a "model seller" - hiring out the girls with the skimpy outfits for photoshoots. 

Quote:Durzy probably meant he was a "model seller" - hiring out the girls with the skimpy outfits for photoshoots. 

That's the only possible explanation for Durzy's comment. 

Update on the story of this eBay seller

Quote:A BRITISH man burdened by debt shot his American wife and their baby daughter in an aborted murder and suicide plan, it was claimed yesterday.

But Neil Entwistle allegedly changed his mind after killing his wife and child.

Instead of turning the gun on himself he is alleged to have covered his tracks before fleeing to England.

full article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,...31,00.html

A related article:

Quote:Neil Entwistle not only sold get-rich-quick schemes but bought into them as well, including a product promising easy money by playing the ponies and counting cards at casinos, according to eBay records...

In one purchase, Entwistle paid $9.95 for a “$$ HUGE MILLIONAIRE MONEY MAKER.” In eBay feedback, the seller labeled Entwistle a “fantastic customer” and added, “hope U prosper very soon.”

How the scheme worked is unclear, but the pitch promised there was “absolutely no work involved!!!”...

full article:  http://news.bostonherald.com/entwistleMu...eid=127912