smells like a scam?

[dolph]

auction in question

he appears to have bought this camera 2 weeks ago at best buy, which goes for $1500 there, plus $100 psp. he is starting to sell it at $450, about half of what it goes for on pricewatch. he has zero feedback rating. quack quack quack...

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[Antisocial Virge]

How is that a scam? Its a auction with two days left and its not like it has a "buy it now" price of $450
I have seen cars start at $1 with no reserve before and they always seem to get a fair price.

 

[AnyMal]

Originally posted by: Antisocial-Virge
How is that a scam? Its a auction with two days left and its not like it has a "buy it now" price of $450
I have seen cars start at $1 with no reserve before and they always seem to get a fair price.

Just like he said

 

[DorkBoy]

I was new once with no feedback and started my auctions all at $1.


Use a CC

 

[HiTek21]

Its only 450 with 2 days left. I bet that camera will sell for over $1200 by the end of its auction. Everyone will start bidding in the last 2 - 3hours of the auction.

 

[HappyFace]

What he said ^

 

[scorp00]

You obviously don't shop on ebay much. 90% of the bidding takes place in the last few hours.

 

[Confide]

That is one hell of a camera, starting low gets people watching it, im an ebay watch, i've already got that one saved in my fav places jus to see what it goes for, could be a scam, but at 5 bux a bid, i could see it reachin retail or atleast near it.

 

[xospec1alk]

maybe he got it at a bestbuy open box sale? i knew some dude was picking up a sony f707 for 350 at a best buy open box sale, too bad it was employees only

 

[MichaelD]

Buying anything open box is not very wise. That stuff gets smashed, dropped, slammed, played with, jammed up, thrown down...and then somebody's KIDS pick it up! :Q Open box = waste of your money.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

he probably stole the merchandise.

 

[rml]

This guy has zero reference, I bet he will not sell it if the price is not high enough. He might not steal your money, but will not accept your money and take a negative feedback from you. Then register with another username and start fresh.

If you think he stole it, you could ask him thru e-mail for a receipt for this item and the warranty that he said worth $100 and transferrable.

 

[dolph]

i emailed him at about midnight last night, haven't heard back from him yet. kinda i doubt i will. i originally thought it was "scammy" because i thought he could return it to best buy if it was in new condition and only 2 weeks old, but best buy's return policy is 14 days for digital cameras as opposed to 30 days for most other products. my point is, selling something this huge for a first auction without his own picture is a little suspect, and slow email communication just makes it worse. but no one's holding a gun up to my head to buy this, and the final cost will probably be pretty high anyway. so i'll let this be, and hope who ever wins doesn't get burned.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

emailed him at about midnight last night, haven't heard back from him yet. kinda i doubt i will. i originally thought it was "scammy" because i thought he could return it to best buy if it was in new condition and only 2 weeks old, but best buy's return policy is 14 days for digital cameras as opposed to 30 days for most other products. my point is, selling something this huge for a first auction without his own picture is a little suspect, and slow email communication just makes it worse. but no one's holding a gun up to my head to buy this, and the final cost will probably be pretty high anyway. so i'll let this be, and hope who ever wins doesn't get burned.

I would never buy anything this large from someone with 0 feedback. Anybody who does and gets burned deserves it. There's people on and off the internet that are ready to take your money. Be smart.