I was offered a deal on a laptop....

[Punchy]

I have a bid on a laptop on ebay. Some guy e-mailed me and said that he has some new Dell Inspiron 8500 laptops and would sell me one for $900 shipped. If I bought three, he'd throw in a new Dell Latitude C810 laptop for free. Well I figure this deal is too good to be true, so I told him in my last e-mail that I'm going to pass. It appears that he is in Italy, and he'll only accept a wire transfer as payment. I asked him to ship first but he doesn't seem to want to do that.....anyway if anyone wants a copy of the e-mail, I'll be glad to send it to you. I figure he is sending them to anyone that has a bid on a laptop.

The specs - cut and pasted from his e-mail:

Here is the description of the Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop :

Processor Intel Pentium IV Processor at 2.0GHz
Hard Drive 30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
Memory 512MB DDR Memory 266MHz
Optical Device 24x CDRW / DVD Combo Drive with Roxios Easy CD Creator®
Display 15.4" WSXGA TFT Display (1680 x 1050 Resolution)
Floppy Drive Not Included
Operating System Windows® XP Home Edition
Modem Internal 56K Modem
Networking Intergrated 10/100 Network Card
Video Memory 32MB DDR ATI MOBILITYT RADEONT 9000 4x AGP 3D
Video Battery 72WHr Lithium Ion Battery
SoftWare Bundle WordPerfect® Productivity Pack with Quicken® New User Edition
Dell Picture Studio Image Expert Standard
Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH
Dell SecurityCenter by McAfee, 90-day introductory offer

Internet Provider 6 months of AOL Included
I/O Ports IEEE 1394 integrated port (FireWire)
2-USB (Universal Serial Bus) 2.0 compliant 4-pin connectors S-Video for TV-Out for S-video, composite video, and S/PDIF etc.

I'd love to get this but I can't take the chance of being scammed

 

[vi edit]

Smells shady.

I'd pass.

If he's serious about selling, ask him for the express service codes of all three machines.

 

[loup garou]

Scam-o-rama

Why would you even think about this?
1) The guy contacted you outside of ebay
2) He made an offer too good to be true
3) He is in another country
4) He only accepts a payment method that offers no fraud protection

 

[ImGoingDown]

They guy didn't mention anything about wiring money to Russia did he?

 

[fs5]

what was it? a sucker born every minute?

 

[mchammer187]

escrow?

 

[Punchy]

Well, just got another e-mail saying that I can pay half now, and the other half after I receive and inspect the laptop....Still would rather not lose $450.

 

[ElFenix]

you just can't trust those euros...

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Isn't it against ebays rules to email people and offer them products like that?

If it is then the reason would be THIS IS A SCAM.

That is all.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Punchy
Well, just got another e-mail saying that I can pay half now, and the other half after I receive and inspect the laptop....Still would rather not lose $450.

Stop freaking thinking about it. It is a scam. Jesus christ.

 

[Punchy]

Yep, I'm sure you guys are right. I just wanted some input for GP..........thanks!

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Punchy
Yep, I'm sure you guys are right. I just wanted some input for GP..........thanks!

just say you have a friend it italy about 20 miles away and that you are gonna give him the money and have him ship it out to you and that

you want him to see the laptops first then he will pay

if he does not accept than you know its a scam for sure

 

[RossMAN]

S C A M, avoid it at all costs unless you can use some sort of eBay accredited escrow service.

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
escrow?

Not always safe either. There are fake escrow services out there.

 

[Garet Jax]

Ooops. Sorry ignore. Wrong thread.


<------ Idiot in training.

 

[Punchy]

Here is a reply (cut and paste) from the "seller":

Dear sir,
i know that your scared to send me the money but i promis you that i'm a very honest men incapabil to scam somebody.I'm not the kaind of men that scam people.You can trust in me because i will send you the package in security.You can check my feedback to see that i'm a men honest and if i scam some body i don't want to go to the jeal for some money. My feedback you can check is: fisto222 ok sir i will wait to answer to the e-mail. best regards and have a nice day!!

 

[vi edit]

You keep rolling 1's on your "scam awareness" checks.

 

[Punchy]

Here's the latest (I'm going to quit bothering you guys shortly)

sir
send me your address so i can send you the package
after i will send you the package i will e-mail you the scaned paper from UPS but i will cover the tracking number after you send me the money i will give you the tracking number so you can pick up the package ok???? reply me!!

 

[kermalou]

hey, what ever happened to the guy in Romania?

 

[MegaloManiaK]

Originally posted by: Punchy
Here's the latest (I'm going to quit bothering you guys shortly)

sir
send me your address so i can send you the package
after i will send you the package i will e-mail you the scaned paper from UPS but i will cover the tracking number after you send me the money i will give you the tracking number so you can pick up the package ok???? reply me!!

Since when do you need a tracking number to pick up an item.

Scam 27
Legit 0

 

[nater]

Hi Punchy. I've got 15 laptops I'll sell you for $50 a piece. It's legit. Me be honest man. Send money right away I send laptops right away. for contact me it is best that you pm me for address.

 

[fs5]

oh there's also a king in nigeria that has a 100 million dollars that's yours.

 

[Legendary]

Punchy I've got a bridge I want to sell you.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: nater
Hi Punchy. I've got 15 laptops I'll sell you for $50 a piece. It's legit. Me be honest man. Send money right away I send laptops right away. for contact me it is best that you pm me for address.

me am better laptop for lesser monies. PM my first.

 

[Punchy]

I wouldn't consider myself to be gullible. If I were, I would've already wired $2700 for 4 lappies :beer::brokenheart::camera::clock::disgust::evil::frown::gift::heart::light::lips::|:moon::music:

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