Fraudulent sale on eBay
I JUST TONIGHT SEPT 10, CAME ACROSS AN AUCTION FOR JBL 300 "SUMMITS". (300S THEYRE NOT SUMMITS). FOR SALE FOR $300.00. FORGET IT!!! I BID $65,000. I REPORTED TO EBAY. BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THE SAME WOMAN I HELPED PUT OUT OF THE SCAMMING BUSINESS 15 YEARS AGO. IT MEANS WHEN THEY TAKE THIS DOWN, A STRING OF "TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE" auctions WILL COME UP. THE WOMAN Interpol caught went to prison but she may be out right about now. She SUPPOSEDLY sold brand new in box Martin Logan Vistas for $3000 with free overnight delivery from Europe! Good deal since the delivery was $6,000.00. I just followed her all day bidding millions of dollars on each auction. As soon as you see the "DO NOT BID, contact me directly" its a scam, head south.
I just got the best deal ever on ebay. I've been buying cheap little subs because I want to try out the multiple sub thing. The guy was selling it as "for parts or not working" because he couldn't test the speaker level inputs. He has a video attached that demonstrates that it works through the RCAs which is what I'll be using. $19.99 + shipping! I'm up to 6: 2x10", 2x8", 2x5.25". EPISODE ES-SUB-EVO10-200 Powered Subwoofer (Gloss Black) | eBay |
The manufacturers’ concerns are that, if you buy a counterfeit cable and assume it is real, you will complain publicly how poorly it performs because it sounds like lamp cord from Home Depot. Counterfeiting damages their reputations and impairs their trademark’s goodwill. Both Cardas and Kimber have authentication programs. Call them if you think you purchased a counterfeit cable. They will help. |
I've been on ebay for twenty years (maybe more) as a seller and a buyer. I currently do not sell on ebay (one of my first buys was my SAE 2100L). I do browse, however. Ebay feels the need to compete with Amazon (talk about Chinesium...) and have opened their doors to sketchy sellers, here and abroad. I've seen cartridges for astronomical prices with no cantilever, and visible body cracks. I purchased a turntable on ebay, seller's feed back said "The Best Packaged Turntable I've Ever Seen". So, I took a chance. The Best Package Ever turntable arrived at my house wrapped with bubble wrap, and then wrapped with cardboard. There was no indication that what was being shipped was fragile. It arrived with the arm bent and broken, head shell and cartridge attached (cheap to start with, but worthless now). Yes, I had a couple clues, I asked the seller some questions, and he either didn't own this one (burgled? Uncle Ned's shed?)), or didn't honestly know anything. Description said "Audio tested", So I'll assume he had a DIN connector, but the head shell wires were soldered and molten solder had fallen on the plastic coated wires and shorted them. People acquire things, and in this economy, think they can turn them on ebay for much needed, or wanted $$$. Etsy is turning into a hungry corporation, think Reverb, and there's not much else out there (do I trust craigslist? facebook?) for equipment and media that I CAN AFFORD. I had two good experiences with USAUDIOMART, and have purchased a few things on Audiogon. I buy a lot of media on Discogs, and have only had one disappointment, so far. In some ways Discogs reminds me of how ebay was back in the day.... Yeah, there's still some good on ebay, if you separate the grain from the chafe, but can't ebay do that for us? Say a young person, or not, decides to get back into audio, or vinyl, and they shop on ebay. Will they know what they're looking at? And if they come to Audiogon for advice, is "If You Don't have at least a 5K budget..." really helpful? I'm old and frustrated. The world is passing me by, which wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't going the wrong way. |
I get what you're saying, and we all know that ebay is greedy and has some egregious faults, but in the case that you mention, you should have specifically asked about packing details, and also asked for close-up photos of the cartridge etc. If the seller didn't want to do that for you, you shouldn't have bought it. |
