Again, Tillithz, you are the man......
thanks,again for being right and providing solid info....
at least this thread is going to work and people are seeing all the bad sources on who NOT to buy from! thanks again dude, I'll PM you later
Now is this a scam or what... looked on ebay and seller has like 8 of these and have like 17 hrs left. Almost perfect feedback and no one has bid on them.
I'm going to have to go with it's a scam, says invalid item or it was removed.
it seems reinventing the wheel is popular
You will see these auctions pop up on ebay every week. They are usually 1 Day auctions and eBay cancels the auctions as soon as they find out that someones account has been hijacked. Most people have caught on and don't even bother to bid on these items.
A hijacked account is when someone hacks into another eBayer's account for the sole purpose of utilizing their positive feedback ratiing. If you read the auction description carefully, many times you'll see "Do not bid on this auction until you email me first or your bid will be cancelled" -or- "Don't use eBay to contact me, contact me at this email address".
If someone does try to contact the alleged seller through eBay, then the real owner of that account will get the email and not know what the heck is going on. Then the account owner then notifies eBay and the auction is cancelled. And then the following week, that same scumbag, along with many other scumbags will hijack someone else's account and try it again until they hit a sucker that is willing to pay for the item outside of eBay.
This has happened to my account a couple of times.
NEVER CONTACT A SELLER USING AN EMAIL ADDRESS THAT IS LISTED IN THE AUCTION. ALWAYS CONTACT THE SELLER THROUGH EBAY!
Some other good bits of advice are:
1. In addition to reviewing the seller's feedback, look at the sellers previous auctions. If this seller has sold a lot of mobile electronic items in the recent past, chances are better that he is legit. If he mostly sold china dishers or care bears, then the account HAS been hijacked.
2. Look to see how long it has been since the seller has sold an item prior to this current auction. If it has been more than 6 months or if this person has no record of ever selling anything on eBay, be skeptical!
3. If you are skeptical, always contact the seller in advance before bidding and see if they respond.
4. Finally, NEVER EVER WIRE MONEY! Try to encourage the buyer to accept credit card or PayPal payments. You will have some protection with these two payment methods.
I hope this input helps.
Cheers,
Kevin
Places on E-Bay are listing them for $300 each. All BRAND new in the box. Cheaper if you buy 2. Just wire the clowns the money and wait for the UPS truck to pull up. Of course if it doesn,t...you wired the money and it's gone forever. If it sounds to good to be true...well you guys know the rest!!!