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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
roxy54's avatar
roxy54
8,007 posts
 

Maybe he's just selling it cheap because he's in a hurry for money, or he ight have realized it was too cheap and removed the ad.

larsman's avatar
larsman
1,973 posts
 

... 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
3,148 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.

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