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Scams on Audiogon (McIntosh Amps)

I recently purchased a MC-452 on Audiogon for an amount close to market price... but I have seen this specific ad (link below) pop up now and then, only to disappear agian. Going by the incredibly low price its offered at, I'm guessing this is a scam.

My question is how do these ads make it past the approval stage? I woudl have easily fallen for this since I was looking for this specific amp!

 

bugsnest
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larsman
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... and free shipping too, for something that weighs 110 pounds! Perhaps they decided that wasn't such a great thing to offer....

bugsnest OP
33 posts
 

@roxy54 that’s what I thought too but these ads show up with the same price point (he dropped it 10 bucks now) and then gets removed a few hours later. This is the 5 or 6th time I’m seeing this show up. Even the description is very generic (copy pasted from the McIntosh website). 

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ozzy62
3,126 posts
 

Well the ad has been suspended. I guess someone thought it was suspicious enough.

 

bugsnest OP
33 posts
 

It will show up in a week, about 5 bucks cheaper 😉

Well the ad has been suspended. I guess someone thought it was suspicious enough.

ebm
9,311 posts
 

The world is now scam and ripoff  city BEWARE!!

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