Anyone experienced fraud when buying photography equipment on ebay? I don't mean difficult experience, but more like you won the bid, paid the money, but never get the goods. Share?
When it's too good to be true, it generally is. I got lots of these kid of e-mails thru ebay. I generally forward them to e-bay's fraud unit.shinken said:The reason I asked is because I just lost a bid on a 1DMkII. In the process of bidding, I received offers through the ebay mail system to sell me at 1.8k USD (yes, 1DMkII). After I lost the bid, I got messages with similar offers. Example of one below:
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Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital body
Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM EF Lens
Canon 17-40mm f/4.0L USM EF Lens
Titanium .45x Wide Angle Lens
3 Piece HIGH Resolution Filter Kit
Hitachi 4GB MicroDrive
Canon 580EX Speedlite Flash E-TTL II
USB Compact Flash Card Reader
Heavy Duty Aluminum Hard Case w/Dividers
Deluxe Carrying Case
Deluxe Video & Photo Tripod
Professional 3 Pc. Lens Cleaning Kit
price 2100USD new with all the taxes. Negociable... We have and lower prices if you want
thank you and reply me asap
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I was seriously tempted by the 1.8k USD offer to take the risk. This subsequent offer reinforced my fear for scams. Checked ebay mailbox, received several other messages saying that the buyer for the cam I bidded backed out, and offer to sell me at my last highest bid.
Ebay also sent a message warning me against transactions outside ebay arising from mail messages when they detected my mailbox receiving messages during my bid.
I can't say the offers are confirmed scams until I really got cheated. But I thought sharing this experience won't hurt too much ya?
shinken said:The reason I asked is because I just lost a bid on a 1DMkII. In the process of bidding, I received offers through the ebay mail system to sell me at 1.8k USD (yes, 1DMkII). After I lost the bid, I got messages with similar offers. Example of one below:
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Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital body
Canon 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 IS USM EF Lens
Canon 17-40mm f/4.0L USM EF Lens
Titanium .45x Wide Angle Lens
3 Piece HIGH Resolution Filter Kit
Hitachi 4GB MicroDrive
Canon 580EX Speedlite Flash E-TTL II
USB Compact Flash Card Reader
Heavy Duty Aluminum Hard Case w/Dividers
Deluxe Carrying Case
Deluxe Video & Photo Tripod
Professional 3 Pc. Lens Cleaning Kit
price 2100USD new with all the taxes. Negociable... We have and lower prices if you want
thank you and reply me asap
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I was seriously tempted by the 1.8k USD offer to take the risk. This subsequent offer reinforced my fear for scams. Checked ebay mailbox, received several other messages saying that the buyer for the cam I bidded backed out, and offer to sell me at my last highest bid.
Ebay also sent a message warning me against transactions outside ebay arising from mail messages when they detected my mailbox receiving messages during my bid.
I can't say the offers are confirmed scams until I really got cheated. But I thought sharing this experience won't hurt too much ya?
You walk into SLS, you chances of getting taken to the cleaners is is as big.Germinc said:I dont dare to try. My sis tried to buy a adapter for me and it turn out a fraud. Lucky she din pay anything yet. :sweat: