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Another Ebay Con.....?

Postby TonyH on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:29 am

Have a look at this one guys.....

He's selling a D200 with Nikon Flashes and a Canon 24-105 image stabilised lens or from the photos at least....

His description does not match the photos, gets the alarm bells ringing, I reckon someone is going to get dudded.

What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nikon-D200-Digit ... dZViewItem
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Postby TonyT on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:34 am

the second pic is a 5D with a 24-105 lense
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Postby TonyH on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:37 am

I wasn't sure which Canon body that was..... :oops:
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Postby ATJ on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:56 am

Interesting feedback and wide variation in products sold.
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Postby gstark on Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:59 am

The joys of fleabay
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Postby matt-chops on Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:09 pm

I'd just steer clear of that one. There are too many scammers flooding crap onto ebay to take the risk. Patience is a virtue...
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Postby MATT on Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:48 am

Says he is in Northgate brisbane, so pickup may be an option, or maybe get someone to check it out??


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Postby broadbean on Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:36 pm

They must've updated the picture. Looks ok to me, but I don't know what lens it is connected to the Nikon body. Did he mean 18-135mm?
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Postby ATJ on Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:51 pm

http://i13.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/c8/2f/a4da_1.JPG

Definitely a Canon body with Canon lens.
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Postby who on Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:30 pm

I did ask via message - no reply. Shock Horror :?
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:04 pm

I have, in the past two days, cracked two scams on LCD TVs on Ebay. A high def Samsung 40" panel for $860 (BIN) - these people have no imagination, the price alone making it suspicious. I actually had an email from the Samsung people in China giving me their banking details (I did not ask for them) when my question to them was that how could they have 6 units sold but only 4 on offer. Bloody idiots.
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Postby broadbean on Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:08 pm

ATJ wrote:http://i13.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/c8/2f/a4da_1.JPG

Definitely a Canon body with Canon lens.


Didn't pay attention to that one - thought it was just one of those promo shots they nicked from the manufacturer's site.

Caveat Emptor!
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Postby MATT on Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:30 pm

Theres another what looks like a scam with D300's I'll try to find them again.


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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NEW-Nikon-D300-D ... dZViewItem
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Postby Reschsmooth on Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:33 pm

The things I love about camera/lens auctions on ebay:

1. Using stock photos to sell a $1000+ item
2. Using mobile phone quality photos to sell a $1000+ item (or any item, for that matter).
3. People applying some condition rating factor (8.5+ or Mint -) which means SFA to anyone.
:lol: :lol:
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Postby sirhc55 on Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:29 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:3. People applying some condition rating factor (8.5+ or Mint -) which means SFA to anyone.
:lol: :lol:


Long before you were a twinkle in your fathers eye this was the standard method used to define the quality/appearance of a camera :wink:
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Postby Reschsmooth on Thu Dec 06, 2007 9:18 am

sirhc55 wrote:
Reschsmooth wrote:3. People applying some condition rating factor (8.5+ or Mint -) which means SFA to anyone.
:lol: :lol:


Long before you were a twinkle in your fathers eye this was the standard method used to define the quality/appearance of a camera :wink:


So I try to sell a camera, rating it at 8.5 based on my subjective opinion and a bloke down the street has his rating system and has the same model camera for sale and he rates it 8.0 because he is more pedantic (I know, poor grammar)?

Who am I to mess with tradition? :?
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