Gaming Ebay Vita

[KingVamp]

Returns are accepted as well. If it's real, it's too bad I couldn't get it before.

 

[w0dash]

Why? If you are brave you can still order one

 

[Maxternal]

^ ... for double the price

 

[robman62]

It's from a new seller account, but yeah... It's the same products that the guy sold before. I am beggining to think that they're selling stolen products

Even if they are stolen and we all still get them...We'd never know it was stolen, maybe he is a crazy billionaire who thinks the world will end. lol

 

[w0dash]

^ ... for double the price

Yes, but assuming is it real (as he said), it would still be a bargain.

 

[DaggerV]

And now, le waiting game

 

[KingVamp]

Would someone faking it, try this hard?

 

[DaggerV]

Over in China maybe.

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Would someone faking it, try this hard?

His last listing that got removed, last I seen it had already sold over 200 bundles 200*16=3,200. that's plenty of reason to try hard

 

[KingVamp]

His last listing that got removed, last I seen it had already sold over 200 bundles 200*16=3,200. that's plenty of reason to try hard

When/if people find out that it is fake, he wouldn't get any of that, right?

 

[Madridi]

Well, I just placed an order for 2.. If things go south I can always get my money back

No real harm in trying

 

[Lanlan]

So what's the general consensus on this? Fake or not? Worth the risk?

 

[DaggerV]

Second listing i"m not so sure about, but the former I'd say worth it.

 

[Madridi]

I'm not sure why anyone would think it is not worth the risk. Even if it was for a $100.

In the end, if it doesn't work out, you'll get your money back. There is no way for the seller to scam anyone.

 

[Maxternal]

It could just be a numbers game assuming that enough people won't actually ask for their money back for the scam (as well as the effort of making a new account every time it gets nuked) to be worth it for the "seller".

At the same time, if you know you can get your money back there's no risk ... as long as you understand you could get something sent to you that's no where NEAR being a Vita.
Even if he sends you something else, it may still be basis for you to get your money back (I hate to suggest a chargeback because I'm connected enough with the industry to know how much of a pain it is to be on the receiving end of one of those, legit or not, but if you paid with a credit or debit card, not receiving what you were told you would definitely qualifies for you to win a chargeback claim. ... and I think he'd deserve it if it's anything short of a good clone.)

 

[robman62]

So what's the general consensus on this? Fake or not? Worth the risk?

Considering, the first listing was from a seller with over 900 positive reviews, real or fake, for 16 its worth the risk. The second one may be the same guy but that 0 next to the name makes me way more weary to actually pull the trigger on that. Did anyone realize how most of the feedback from the first guys sales were for items that were less than $10 and most of them were desktop wallpapers.

 

[Lanlan]

Regardless, I took the plunge. On the $28 one

 

[Melchizedek]

So did I. One can always dream!

 

[Devin]

While at first I was scavenging up some change, now I'm not going to pay up.

What I believe is going on is the following.;

eBAY seller created an account sold a bunch of low end items such as wallpaper. Slowly building his credit on eBAY. Once you get enough credit eBAY doesn't hold the funds from your transactions until the buyer receives said item. So he pulls off this Vita for $15.99 deal, as well as some more deals like a 3TB HDD for $16.99. Having over 200 items sold. Over $3000 cash for just 200 alone. Sends funds to alternate paypal account once the payments go through, and goes on his merry way.

Of course it is just $16. And there's eBAY Buyer Protection for you all.

My initial thought was that he's going to send something other than a Vita, and people are going to just say screw it. Since here in the US shipping to China can be somewhat costly. Spending $20 to ship back a $16 purchase isn't that bright. So people won't care, won't file a dispute, and then the guy is $16 richer for every item sold.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see you guys get a Vita. (My girlfriend ordered two of the Vita's as well.) But from my standpoint this doesn't seem valid anymore. eBAY closing his account confirmed it, at least for me. Now my two questions would be. Why undersell a Vita? Shoot, you could post Vita's for $50 and they'd still sell like hotcakes. My other one is how will he get his funds directly instead of having eBAY hold them if he is using that new account. eBAY does let you have multiple account, and a call to them letting you know that you've already got an account with good standing will make it so eBAY bypasses the holding of funds limit on the new account.

That is all.

 

[Madridi]

While at first I was scavenging up some change, now I'm not going to pay up.

What I believe is going on is the following.;

eBAY seller created an account sold a bunch of low end items such as wallpaper. Slowly building his credit on eBAY. Once you get enough credit eBAY doesn't hold the funds from your transactions until the buyer receives said item. So he pulls off this Vita for $15.99 deal, as well as some more deals like a 3TB HDD for $16.99. Having over 200 items sold. Over $3000 cash for just 200 alone. Sends funds to alternate paypal account once the payments go through, and goes on his merry way.

Of course it is just $16. And there's eBAY Buyer Protection for you all.

My initial thought was that he's going to send something other than a Vita, and people are going to just say screw it. Since here in the US shipping to China can be somewhat costly. Spending $20 to ship back a $16 purchase isn't that bright. So people won't care, won't file a dispute, and then the guy is $16 richer for every item sold.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see you guys get a Vita. (My girlfriend ordered two of the Vita's as well.) But from my standpoint this doesn't seem valid anymore. eBAY closing his account confirmed it, at least for me. Now my two questions would be. Why undersell a Vita? Shoot, you could post Vita's for $50 and they'd still sell like hotcakes. My other one is how will he get his funds directly instead of having eBAY hold them if he is using that new account. eBAY does let you have multiple account, and a call to them letting you know that you've already got an account with good standing will make it so eBAY bypasses the holding of funds limit on the new account.

That is all.

Good points on all bases, but again, I don't see why anyone won't just try.
You get the wrong item or don't get anything at all, you'd get your money back.

So why not try? 0.0001% reward, but 0 risk

Or am I missing something here?