too good to be true? - TranceAddict Forums

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- DJ Booth
-- too good to be true?

Posted by spc on May-16-2006 20:11:

too good to be true?

I just won the auction on 2 CDJ-1000 MK3s & a DJM-800 mixer, located here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...Item=7415352082

I double-checked the seller's feedback ratings, and they were mainly positive. I also sent an email to the seller just to double-check that this was indeed him/her that set up this auction. The last time I bid on a set of turntables I was notified by ebay that the seller's account was hacked into and that it was not the user's. Well, I'm just waiting on the seller's response before I make any payment, but I was wondering what your thoughts were as well.

Posted by Danila on May-16-2006 20:16:

First off, The mixer in the pic is not the djm-800

he does have some positive feedback from buyers and 1 negative from a buyer. Either way its a killer deal for 2cdj's1000 and a pio mixer.

Its your money

Posted by spc on May-16-2006 20:20:

Yeah I didn't think that was the DJM-800 in the picture as well... when I get in contact with the seller I'll make him take a picture of the CDJ-1000s and the DJM-800 with a piece of paper next to it saying "i'm not ripping u off"

It's either an amazing deal, or someone hacked into his account and set up this auction. I'm hoping its the amazing deal otherwise i'm going to give up hunting for decks on ebay and purchase brand new cdj-200s and a djm-500

Posted by Freak on May-16-2006 20:25:

Textbook scam.

If you pay the guy, I 100% promise you that you will never see any goods or your cash back.

Its a hijacked account- trust me man- im an ebay power seller- can spot these things a mile off.

1- private auction
2- seller usually sells golf clubs- suddenly lists a load of electrical goods. A&H V6 is another one of his items.
3 short listing ( usually 1 or 3 days)
4- link to email seller in description
5-stupidly low buy it now price in the description
6-AOL email address for the seller....dead giveaway always
7 Cut and paste description
8 Wrong picture....they are mk1s in the picture and its not the mixer mentioned in the listing.
9 poor grammar/spelling etc in listing.

Want me to go on?

Dont touch it with a barge pole.

Posted by Protege on May-16-2006 20:44:

it looks like the djm-909.
I also call shenanigans

Posted by spc on May-16-2006 20:47:

ugh, yeah you're right freak. i was just being too optimistic (not to mention ignorant) and hoping that it really was not a hijacked account, even though i had that gut feeling it was a scam. the seller had a different email address for his ebay account, and i emailed that one. in the message i asked why there was an aol email address listed in the auction... well, i guess i'll notify ebay that the account was hi-jacked and the auction is a fake. thank you for the advice. i'm done ebay-hunting for a great deal, 2 attempts and 2 scams time to buy some new cdj-200s

Posted by Greedy on May-16-2006 21:05:

thats a damn shame

Posted by spc on May-16-2006 21:14:

yeah, at least i never ended up sending payments to either auctions. in the first ripoff auction i bid on, i never won... ebay closed the auction and notified me that it was a scam. i guessed they missed this one. oh well, no big deal. it was worth a shot