HEY - Comp geeks. Check out this eBay item - quickly

[mekannik]

Sounds TOO good to be true - regularly $2700 for $400. Unless it was a damaged shipment buy.....


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=26266&item=6720416539&rd=1


Acer Ferrari 3200 Laptop AMD64 2800+ 512MB 80GB DVD±RW

Acer Ferrari 3200LMi / AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 2800+ / 512MB / 80GB / DVD+/-RW / 15.0" TFT / 56K / Bluetooth / 802.11g WLAN / Gigabit LAN / XP Pro
CPU AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 2800+
RAM 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
Screen Size 15.0" Active Matrix TFT SXGA+
Hard Drive 80.0GB
CD-ROM Modular Super Multi-Write Plus DVD+/-RW Drive + 4-in-1 Card Reader
Modem RJ-11 56K Modem + Gigabit LAN + Acer Invilink 802.11g WLAN + Bluetooth
OS Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Video ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128MB VRAM
Sound Microsoft DirectSound compatible
Speakers built-in stereo speakers + microphone
Bundled Software Acer Launch Manager / Acer System Recovery CD / Norton AntiVirus / Adobe Acrobat Reader / CyberLink PowerDVD
Miscellaneous Lithium-ion battery (up to 3.0 hours life) / 4x USB 2.0 / 1x FireWire / 1x S-Video / TouchPad / Acer FineTouch keyboard

 

[chewyxrage]

the seller isn't even a registered user?

 

[jb160]

Scammer!!!

 

[Razorguns]

HA!

someone is about to get ripped off!!! Serves 'em right.

 

[chewyxrage]

look at the sellers other items:

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopag...dsperpageZ50QQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1


and how is he selling without being a registered user? I don't get that part.

 

[mekannik]

HA!

someone is about to get ripped off!!! Serves 'em right.

I bought 5.

We'll see in a week or two. Maybe months. If I am lucky.

 

[string_bean00]

I bought 5.

We'll see in a week or two. Maybe months. If I am lucky.

You're fucked.

 

[chewyxrage]

I bought 5.

We'll see in a week or two. Maybe months. If I am lucky.

Wow. You really bought 5 ? Not too smart man - the guy has 0 feedback and isn't a registered user....that didn't concern you?

 

[chewyxrage]

"not a registered user." What does this mean?
A registered user's status may change if they ask to cancel their membership or if they're suspended from trading on eBay. If this occurs, there will be no changes to your feedback rating or to the comments left by that user when they were registered.

 

[Devastation]

scammed. happens alot in the high end laptop area. alienware, dell xps etc

 

[BBC]

Even if the seller had a feedback of 10,000, do you know how easy it is to hijack a sellers account. My only advice is to keep transactions under $500 and use Paypal.

 

[Dial_tone]

I would not buy something that costly from someone w/no feedback.

 

[Razorguns]

even using paypal doesn't guarantee much.

i would use a legit escrow considering he isn't registered and has no history. check ebay's page on how to "protect yourself". amazing how many buyers never take the time to read it. Lotsa great tips.

 

[BBC]

even using paypal doesn't guarantee much.

i would use a legit escrow considering he isn't registered and has no history. check ebay's page on how to "protect yourself". amazing how many buyers never take the time to read it. Lotsa great tips.

You're right, paypal only covers up to $200. Whereas www.escrow.com covers $500 and over. But what ever you do, don't send M.O or checks, it's a scammers wet dream.

 

[SoreArms]

If it's not a scam, it's probably barebones

 

[Dial_tone]

I bought a Sun Ultra 5 on ebay for $1200 a few years ago, but I picked that bitch up in person.