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Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby ks04 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:52 am

Came across this this morning: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CANON-EOS-5D-DIG ... dZViewItem

5D upto $400 with 30mins to go... does this seem dodgy? or just because its a 2day listing and not many people have seen it; not sure what to do!

Are there any obvious things that make you go "it's dodgy"; it says its from hong kong so itll be grey market?
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:57 am

Probably legit but I would only buy if there was PayPal protection :wink:
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby ks04 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:11 am

Its so tempting; but seems so risky. If i get it and it turns out to be dodgy will ebay chase the money for me? or is that only if i have buyers protection?
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:18 am

I am often suspicious of listings that only have stock photos as opposed to photos of the actual item for sale. But that's just me.
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby ks04 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:21 am

Well i decided to give it a miss, will watch his feedback though to see how the people that won went; Would have been nice, but not worth the risk. back to my search for a 30D!
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby moz on Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:29 am

A seller located in Australia but the item is located in Hong Kong? I wonder...
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby sirhc55 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:34 am

moz wrote:A seller located in Australia but the item is located in Hong Kong? I wonder...



This is quite normal these days. Many ebayers have Australian banking accounts but the goods are delivered from HK.
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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby jamesw on Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:08 pm

it seems too good to be true... watch his feedback on the item and post it up here! i for one am interested.

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Re: Ebay 5D - Too good to be true?

Postby whitey on Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:40 pm

moz wrote:A seller located in Australia but the item is located in Hong Kong? I wonder...


Reiterating reply above, this is pretty common these days. I bought a phone from a seller with a setup like that
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