ebay dillema..suggestions?

[87Doodle]

I'm a wanting one of these Garmin 2820 in a bad way, the FJR I bought has all the hardware for it installed alraeady, and with an MP3 player I won't need to buy a 3.5mm to 3.5 mm lead from Autocom in addition to using two poerts, one for GPS and one for MP3.

Alright, here's the dilemma, this seller has 6 or so of these units all ending at around the same time, and it's a pretty good bet at least one of these is going to go for less than $450, which is what I would pay.

Problem is Seller has Zero, zilch, nada feedback. Damn.

What would you do?

https://cgi.ebay.com/Garmin-StreetPilot-282...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[dbvolfan]

I have never been burned on ebay and I sell as much as I buy on there but I dont know about this one. Personally, the zero feedback and the 6 he are selling open box would bother me and I would pass, but then again I dont like to gamble unless it's with play chips.

Have you tried froogle on the Garmin 2820 and then sorted by price low to high? Might be able to find one slightly more than what you are willing to pay that is an open box,demo or refurb with a warranty?

 

[wfooshee]

That's high-dollar stuff for an eBay n00b to be starting out with.

[paranoid] OTOH, might not be a n00b, might be a new name for a busted acount. . . . . [/paranoid]

 

[87Doodle]

That's high-dollar stuff for an eBay n00b to be starting out with.
[paranoid] OTOH, might not be a n00b, might be a new name for a busted acount. . . . . [/paranoid]

I hear you.

Only been burned once on Ebay, this guy had like 2,500 positives and a couple negs, but after I bought the item, he went belly up with 21 negatives in a row and became unregistered.

I had a friend, true story, got into a car accident and was in a coma for two months, let his ebay accoung go south.

When he responded to negatives he told a seller he had been in a Coma, and they thought he was lying and mocked him on feedback...

I guess you just never know.

 

[Lake Powell]

If you use PayPal there is an extra level of protection, so I wouldn't be too worried.

 

[bramfrank]

One strange issue - He is supposedly in Canada, yet stated MN residents pay sales tax . . .

Pass.

 

[wfooshee]

And if he ships from Canada, you'll probably get a letter from the Customs office demanding a fee for electronics imports. Happened to me when I bough an iPAQ (HP Pocket PC handheld) on eBay, which was weird because the iPAQ was made in the US, exported to Canada, sold on eBay and re-imported, and I got a bill for 80-some-odd bucks for import duty.

What REALLY sucked is that the fee was based on the declared value the shipper put on for shipping insurance, which was close to 3 times what I actually paid for the thing.

 

[Fencer]

I do a LOT on ebay. Power seller and all. This one red flags me, I would pass, but thats me.

Paypal protection is only up to $200.

If you ran your CC through paypal, claimed fraud over the paypal amount $200 you would get your money but paypal would prob close your account. I reversed a charge on my card andpaypal was not overly friendly about that.

 

[DaSpyda]

Actually, Paypal protection is up to $2,500...

I bought some software from a guy who was good, but the transaction went bad - he never shipped it. I got my money back, but it took a few weeks.

 

[slapnpop]

If you use PayPal there is an extra level of protection, so I wouldn't be too worried.

:rofl:

That's about the funniest thing I've ever heard!

Paypal: the company which advised an unpaid seller to contact the cops about me, a week to the day after the transaction cleared the bank on my end.

:****:

 

[AStar]

If you use PayPal there is an extra level of protection, so I wouldn't be too worried.

:rofl:

That's about the funniest thing I've ever heard!

Paypal: the company which advised an unpaid seller to contact the cops about me, a week to the day after the transaction cleared the bank on my end.

:****:

I would say let the auction expire and get the next one that becomes available from some with some feedback. There is always another good deal around the corner.

 

[Checkswrecks]

Maybe I'm the odd-duck here, but I've been burned a couple of times on FleaBay. Always smaller dollar items, but I won't even swing at sellers with no feedback any more.

I see not one, but three to four big red question marks on this one so would definitely let it go.

There's great deals EVERY day for those who simply keep looking.

Bob

 

[Murph]

Run for your life. Not worth the [possible] headache.

 

[Fencer]

You link shows the listing is now removed.

Suspicions confirmed.

 

[radman]

Beware of Garmin ads in Ebay. There have been multiple account hijacks selling high end Garmin units of all types. For a while the same group had multiple units (like yours) on sale at very low prices, the ads were perfect copies of each other, and there would be 4 or 5 duplications a day for a week, all with very low sales/feedback histories, all accounts which were pretty much unused for a year or more. For a unit such as a good GPS, stick to known entities, the after sale support is worth a lot more than the few dollars one might save initially, even if the unit turns out to be real.

You link shows the listing is now removed.Suspicions confirmed.

It will be back, you can bet on it.

 

[cota95]

I was bidding on these and I just got an email that Ebay has removed the listings...