ebay a2

maxitwist

Would ye guys trust ebay, an ebay item that comes from china? they sell a cowon a2 there for €65 + €50 deleivery, brand new and unopened.
What do ye think bargain or fraud?

Ruu_Old

What methods of payment are they offering?

crybaby

sounds ridiculously dodgy but i want one of these so badly that i must insist upon a link

maxitwist

crybaby wrote:

sounds ridiculously dodgy but i want one of these so badly that i must insist upon a link

Well this is the first time I've tried a link so if it does'nt work don't get angry just copy & paste it.

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Cowon-Systems-A2-30-GB-Digital-Media-Player-A-2-30g-NEW_W0QQitemZ170011853649QQihZ007QQcategoryZ74813QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


There is also this one I found today and is even cheaper $49.99 (au) (€33.46) And from England, good enough!!!! but hurry it expires in 10h

http://cgi.ebay.ie/New-Cowon-iAudio-A2-30GB-PMP-DivX-XviD-MPEG4-MP3_W0QQitemZ230013505585QQihZ013QQcategoryZ20084QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

mickoneill30

The Chinese guy has 0 feedback. That's not a good sign. And the buy it now price seems seriously underpriced. The payment method seems to be to transfer payment to their bank account so you've got no comeback if they don't send you the item.

I'd say no.

I've no probs buying from China and I've done it before but I'd want them to have feedback of at least 200 and I normally check the last few feedbacks to make sure they're similar items.

The American company selling from England looks dodgy too. He's got good feedback but he's a sports store selling a video player. I'd be asking some questions as to why? They use Paypal which should protect you if you don't get the item. He also has a link to his email address in the ad. You don't contact him using that. You contact him using the Ask Seller A Question link at the top right.
He's a sports shop that suddenly put about 20 expensive electronic items up on his eBay sports shop. That should be setting off alarm bells.

maxitwist

Maybe but they all have bids well most of them. I'll let you know if i decide to bid and I've asked him a few questions.

crybaby

i actually won the second auction for 250 euro but ebay then cancelled the auction due to the possibility of the sellers account being comprised by a third party

so i think the moral of the story is to stay away from deals that look too good to be true

Bard

crybaby wrote:

so i think the moral of the story is to stay away from deals that look too good to be true

HERE HERE!

Don't get stung! Stay away from dodgy looking ebay auctions!

maxitwist

crybaby wrote:

i actually won the second auction for 250 euro but ebay then cancelled the auction due to the possibility of the sellers account being comprised by a third party

so the auction started at €32 and it ended with you winnning at €250! and then ebay cancelled it beacuse it was a fake, he a well its all good, o and the same person has put up another 4 a2's! I actually contacted the seller and he/she said that in total it would cost me €1200! I dont know where they got that from but it dosent matter, good ending