That Can’t Last Long

A Long Island woman sells non-existent items on EBay, gets caught, faces jail:

A Long Island co-ed was busted yesterday for working her way through college allegedly by selling items on eBay that she didn’t own.

Investigators said Alexis Levine, 26, a C.W. Post student from Farmingdale, posted musical instruments, cellphones, computers and theme- park tickets on the In ternet auction site and collected more than $10,000 from buyers in the United States and Canada.

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Treglia said Levine operated her scheme between last March and last August.

In one case, he said, Levine sold a Dell Inspiron laptop computer to a couple in Marion, La., for $680. The couple never received the computer — nor a refund.

In another case, he said, a Canadian man bought an Armstrong Open Hole flute for $121.75 but never received it.

In addition to the flute and the computer, Levine also “sold” clarinets, violas and tickets to Disney World.

She used several eBay user IDs to conduct business, including jennyrosemusic, italiansteakbeauty, floridababy64 and collectivepawnstuff.

But she had customers send checks or money orders to her home in Farmingdale, enabling detectives to track her down easily.

Levine had no comment after her arraignment except to say, “What are those TV cameras doing here? I don’t want to be on television.”

Would you buy something from someone who called themselves “italiansteakbeauty”? You know, I probably would!

Obligatory neighbor reaction:

[A] neighbor said, “She just seemed like a nice, quiet college girl, but you never know what people are up to. To be honest, I’m surprised. There are other ways to get through college.”

Like stripping, for example.