An Example of a SCAM -- Zenith 50" Plasma Flat-Panel HDTV TV for $2500

[venk]

The Regular Amazon price for this thing is $9,000, but one of the new/used sellers is selling three of them for $2500 in brand new condition.

Link

I don't know if this is a good price compared to what you can get it for elsewhere, but 75% off MSRP does sound really hot.

 

[bsobel]

Brand new seller, seems kinda scary to me....
Bill

 

[AnimEva]

very scary, dont like new sellers

 

[csc2]

Don't get your hopes up. The items are not really even being offered. If you were to try to add them to your cart you wouldn't be able to checkout. It's just a bug in Amazon's system.

Flagg

 

[olouie]

add fine for me.... but no way in hell would i buy this from a brand new seller

 

[EXman]

some idiot will try

 

[InvaderZim]

Even if these didn't "fall off the back of a truck", I wonder if Zenith would honor the warranty on these should something go wrong. And if they're stolen, is there any time limit for how long they can be reclaimed? Past Amazon's 30 day guarantee period? Sounds flaky to me.

Or maybe they just have a lot of defective pixels.

 

[chynkboi]

aw man, i got excited too

 

[olouie]

Amazon's customer service is top notch and it seems like they guarantee every purchase as long as you use Amazon's payment service.

this is def a SCAM, but there is not much to loose if you have lots of time on your hands

 

[freebee]

Its actually right under amazons payment service guarentee. Which is why he didn't list it for more than 2500.

 

[UCSDHappyAsian]

hehehe... may be a fraud

 

[Wei]

100% scam

 

[Noirish]

Originally posted by: freebee
Its actually right under amazons payment service guarentee. Which is why he didn't list it for more than 2500.

What's the limit?
He's also selling 60" for $2450 or so.

 

[CPA]

Even Pricegrabber's lowest is about $5800. Definitely something fishy about this.

 

[VaG]

Originally posted by: CPA
Even Pricegrabber's lowest is about $5800. Definitely something fishy about this.

Oh really?

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: VaG

Originally posted by: CPA
Even Pricegrabber's lowest is about $5800. Definitely something fishy about this.

Oh really?

Yeah, really.

 

[lawguy]

This is definitely a scam. I saw the 60" listed for about $1,500 a few weeks back. I suspected a scam, e-mailed the seller with some questions, got an e-mail back requesting payment through some alleged English dot.com escrow company so my money would be "safe." A simple google search revealed that the escrow company was a fake. The web site was pretty convincing though. The site is still up. Check it out.Scam Site

 

[zodder]

NFW I'd bite on this! S-C-A-M

 

[Hav0k99]

Come on venk fix the topic! It's too misleading.

 

[JHawk]

I think these guys should self submit to the IFCC. Talk about fraud....... check the spelling and context

As a member of Uk-Escrow, you can file complains against other users you have engaged in transactions with. Every complaint you file will pe sent to the IFCC (Internet Fraud Complaint Center)

 

[ICR5]

Have him send it C.O.D see if he's willing..

 

[Duckstab]

It is a scam, just a slight variant on this one

Anandtech thread

 

[lawguy]

There are two very scary things about this. The first is that sites like this continue to exist with no measures taken to stop them. The second is that people committ thousands of dollars to companies and people that they have no idea are reputable.

 

[JImmyK]

anbody in the area ask him for a pickup and payment on the spot

 

[Duckstab]

"A fool and his money are easily parted."

That will never change. Once you try to make something idiot-proof, they always build a better idiot.