so i have been watching the 8000nex unit on ebay the last week or so and have notice there is kind of a price war going on. each day in the last week the lowest price dropped a decent amount. yesterday the lowest BIN price being $1049 and now $1039! 

I'm inches away from jumping on a 7000 for $850. The only problem is any unit from ebay isn't getting a warranty unless you purchase a square trade one. 

not exactly true. Check and see if the people your purchasing from has a store front. Some times sellers will include a traditional invoice in the package making it easy to interact with the manufacturer. 

The people selling it on ebay are not authorized retailers though. There is only a handful of them on pioneers website. 

this is why you get a warranty with squaretrade    

so i made a offer on eBay on a 8000 and the seller sent me this message 

" I will respond to your offer, just so you know, a good majority of these units for sale are altered in undesirable ways to prevent tracking of the units origin among other reasons,
Our units are 100% authentic brand new in unaltered condition.
Thank you "

i did a search and couldn't confirm this happens. i decided this a great place to ask if anyone has heard of this?

its a good selling tactic for sure.....    you could always get unit, contact pioneer and check warranty status.... I do this with a lot of computer equipment too, if warranty is void then you send back to seller... ebay will cover you on issues like this