Ebay scam?

[solidcrowd 10+ year member]

This looks like a deal but im a little unsure becuase he has never sold any items. What do you guys think. scam?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alpine-PDX-1-x-1000-w-rms_W0QQitemZ320110195817QQihZ011QQcategoryZ39732QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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[mattmcss 10+ year member]

just because he doesn't have much exp doesn't mean he's a scamma

 

[solidcrowd 10+ year member]

I know that but for that price and theres no info it just makes me think its too good to be true

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Better to err on the side of caution than to be out $300

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

yeah I mean I wouldn't buy it from him no way

 

[guting 10+ year member]

hows that a scam?

 

[djeazie 10+ year member]

It seems to good to be true and you know what they say about that.

 

[bigj06040 10+ year member]

some one in Des Moines should buy it and do a local pick up

 

[Biker 10+ year member]

OK could be a scam but most likely not. Ebay will give you $175.00 of your money back if you get scammed. They cover up to $200 and charge $25.00 fee so you will get back $175.

I was scammed out of $250 by purchasing a PSP from a dude with 4 feedback rating. He only accepted a Money order and closed his account one week after I sent it.

The fact this guy accepts Paypal is also a plus because you have some protection there also.

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

well, i never buy from anyone on ebay unless they are a power seller. i don't have the confidence anymore because i bought a cell phone on ebay they said 100% working and the guy had 100% positive feedback but when i got the phone, it was broken and he didn't even give me a refund.

 

[Rawr-DQ 10+ year member]

That looks like a scary deal, a good price and all, but I dunno if I could trust it.

However, he has pics of the amps open and mounting gear moved around, the buy it now auction is for a long period, usually scammers do an auction starting at a penny, and 1 day or so...

The feedback scares me as well....I'd try to pm the seller and have him take a picture of the amps and a piece of paper, and write his name in marker, preferably on notbook paper w/ lines, and then like, some kind of object that could not be easily added in/photoshopped in.

Also some scammers reply to messages automatically...and most go for a payment other than paypal.

I made a mistake once, the guy had good feedback, and seemed to work in a car stereo shop...well him or some scammer had a pic with a recent date stamp of it on the auction, no negative feedback yet, a few other auctions, looked legit...

Paid via paypal, and never got the shit. I got back 175 of 425, from back in november of last year, paypal says it's still trying to recover funds, but I dunno if I'll ever get the rest back.