do i smell a rat

moaninggit

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIB-ASUS-GOOGLE-NEXUS-32GB-3G-WI-FI-7-INCH-BLACK-ANDROID-TABLET-WIFI-UNLOCKED-/251270478296?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item3a80e339d8

help i want to buy this at this price but i know its wrong please stop me

SSGjosh

Looks like a hacked account, I wouldn't waste your time.

cyclomonkey

74 sold , yet no feedback since 2009 ! other items are also very cheap

There is a phone number so you could call and if you pay by payapal you should covered.

I however wouldn't touch it! why would the seller haver so much stock at such a low price.

vikingaero

Who.is shows no info on Kick Mobiles as the info is hidden by proxy. The only good thing going for them is that the domain was registered in 1995.

Looking on the Kick Mobiles website shows the same mobile phone number and address as on the eBay advert. The 0844 number shown on the website is as disposable as a PAYG sim.

Googling the postcode SW7 4UB comes up with a Mailboxes Etc accommodation address.

SSGjosh

vikingaero wrote: »

Who.is shows no info on Kick Mobiles as the info is hidden by proxy. The only good thing going for them is that the domain was registered in 1995.

Looking on the Kick Mobiles website shows the same mobile phone number and address as on the eBay advert. The 0844 number shown on the website is as disposable as a PAYG sim.

Googling the postcode SW7 4UB comes up with a Mailboxes Etc accommodation address.

Listing details copied from http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIB-ASUS-GOOGLE-NEXUS-32GB-3G-WI-FI-7-INCH-BLACK-ANDROID-TABLET-WIFI-UNLOCKED-/300822671892?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item460a6db214

zerog

There seem to be a lot of buyers who have spare money or credit limits sitting around to take risks like this...

morganedge

as a buyer though, what could go wrong? You just get your money back anyway, no?

challengedavid

its a scam, a fair few of these types of auctions i have looked in their completed items and quite a lots of time a hello kitty case has been sold
http://www.ebay.co.uk/csc/leethorogood_69/m.html?item=251270478296&pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item3a80e339d8&LH_Complete=1&rt=nc

ballisticbrian

All they have done is copied this advert and changed the price:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BNIB-ASUS-GOOGLE-NEXUS-32GB-3G-WI-FI-7-INCH-BLACK-ANDROID-TABLET-WIFI-UNLOCKED-/300822671892?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item460a6db214

So - it is not kick mobiles who are the problem. If you look, kick mobiles has recent consistent feedback. It's just a copied advert and a hacked eBay account.

ballisticbrian

as a buyer though, what could go wrong? You just get your money back anyway, no?

Get your email address put on a suckers list, not get any phone, waste your time, and risk your money, what could go wrong?

James_Lahey

morganedge wrote: »

as a buyer though, what could go wrong? You just get your money back anyway, no?

Not sure if it's the case here but a while ago i bought a "buy-it-now" 500Gb USB hard drive which was well underpriced (at the time.)

Later got a cancellation note from ebay and a full refund (no problems.....)

In the next few weeks I had a number of spoof paypal emails starting:

Dear *My actual name*

and ending with

"Spoof or ‘phishing’ emails tend to have generic greetings such as "Dear PayPal member". Emails from PayPal will always address you by your first and last name."

I've always assumed they were connected - still easy to avoid, although admittedly they did a pretty good job of faking paypal email addys and the mail looked a lot better than some of the phishing attempts I've seen (never click a pp link in email, always go through bookmarks or google!)