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I just bought a Samsung D500!

Johntea
Johntea Posts: 1,206 Forumite
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http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=6369370797

I'm in the Winning bidders list! :D...Kept thinking 'do I need a new phone, my Samsung E700 is still fine' etc but decided to treat myself ;)

Mind you, for the price he's knocking them out at (£200 + £5 p&p) I could end up re selling it for a profit!
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  • JPS
    JPS Posts: 1,402 Forumite
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    Sorry to burst your bubble...but are you mad?!? You have just paid a seller £200, and they have 2 feedback! Sorry to be so pesamistic but I know eBay pretty well and I would never spend that kind of money from a seller with just 2 feedback. How do you know you will get your phone? This guy has just sold 20 of them = £4000. Thats a hell of a lot of sales for someone with 2 feedback.

    I hope I am wrong, I really do, but I would just never do that.

    Edit: How are you going to pay? They don't even accept Paypal so you will not get any protection. I would just be really careful and seriously think about this purchase. The awful description and the fact that the seller has put "this is not a scam" immediatly makes me think it IS a scam! :confused::(
    The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing:)
  • sunflower_2
    sunflower_2 Posts: 1,471 Forumite
    and he has only ever recd feedback on selling a 3-piece-suite?

    :confused:

    on second glance, looks like he is leaving q a lot of feedback so maybe he is just starting up in the mobile phone business....
  • Johntea
    Johntea Posts: 1,206 Forumite
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    JPS wrote:
    Sorry to burst your bubble...but are you mad?!? You have just paid a seller £200, and they have 2 feedback! Sorry to be so pesamistic but I know eBay pretty well and I would never spend that kind of money from a seller with just 2 feedback. How do you know you will get your phone? This guy has just sold 20 of them = £4000. Thats a hell of a lot of sales for someone with 2 feedback.

    I hope I am wrong, I really do, but I would just never do that.

    Edit: How are you going to pay? They don't even accept Paypal so you will not get any protection. I would just be really careful and seriously think about this purchase. The awful description and the fact that the seller has put "this is not a scam" immediatly makes me think it IS a scam! :confused::(

    Well I emailed him several times the other day and quick responses, I have also got his telephone number. Don't worry, I'm sending no cheque off until I am 100% happy to go ahead.

    Most scammers use PayPal / Western Union etc...
  • Glad
    Glad Posts: 19,017 Senior Ambassador
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    I've moved this to the ebay board as that's the direction the discussion seems to be going in :)
    I am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    Hope this isn't a scam!
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • Bargainbabe_2
    Bargainbabe_2 Posts: 1,741 Forumite
    angelcake wrote:
    Hope this isn't a scam!


    Hmm..got to say, I wouldn't of risked it. At least if you pay with your credit card through Paypal you've got some recourse. Oh well, ever the sceptic!

    OP- I wish you luck.
    "There are no pockets in a shroud..."
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    Bargainbabe wrote:
    Hmm..got to say, I wouldn't of risked it. At least if you pay with your credit card through Paypal you've got some recourse. Oh well, ever the sceptic!

    OP- I wish you luck.

    Yeh good luck! Let us know how you get on!
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,001 Ambassador
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    Bargainbabe wrote:
    Hmm..got to say, I wouldn't of risked it. At least if you pay with your credit card through Paypal you've got some recourse. Oh well, ever the sceptic!

    OP- I wish you luck.

    I'm with Bargain babe on this one. There is a video I want and yesterday I saw it at considerably less than its usual price, trouble is the seller had only 1 feedback and didn't take paypal. I am so paranoid I wouldn't even risk the £12 that it would have cost me.

    Also, as it is coming in from Milan are there going to be any additional charges for inporting it? I'm not sure about VAT and stuff now on Euro goods.

    Soo
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  • Blushbaby
    Blushbaby Posts: 110 Forumite
    Johntea wrote:
    Well I emailed him several times the other day and quick responses, I have also got his telephone number. Don't worry, I'm sending no cheque off until I am 100% happy to go ahead.

    Most scammers use PayPal / Western Union etc...

    Having his telephone number means noting. How do you know its even HIS number??!! I have a fake number listed on my ebay account as I don't want my number going out to people as do lots of my friends.

    Hope you get the phone and it's in good working order.
  • Encantador
    Encantador Posts: 678 Forumite
    Send me a name/address and tel No.
    I can`t guarantee anything but can tell you what I find out and then you decide if you want to send off the cheque.
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