Actually I think this extends beyond welders but that's where I found it.
Something expensive (like an Rtech Inverter MIG ) normal cost 4-500 quid on at £220 "Used" when you look at it, the supplier (using a
phished amazon acc) has this :
"X-MAX OFFERS!!!The product was used only for advertising purposes in my store, and the price is so low because has been unpacked-,full warranty,
full accessories New,never,used-Before buying let me know here Negoce#computer4u,com (please change the # to @) « Show less "
So the scam is to get you to give them a CC payment outside of Amazon. Then no product.
Actually a search on that text brings up a lot of examples of it
Hope that helps someone
I saw a similar thing on a brewing system where they followed up an e mail query with an explanation similar to yours. If it seems to good to be true
it probably is!
Regards John
This is happening a lot with amazon accounts. I was watching it on watch dog or something.
Legitimate accounts that have had little recent actuvity get hijacked and then trade bogus products away from the secure trading method.
Amazon marketplace will not refund you if you fall for it.
I'm very sceptical of Amazon all together now. A lot of the stuff is from 'Market Place Traders' and seems little different from eBay
- except that eBay gives better support. They refuse to do anything to help me when the seller does not respond to my emails, returns requests or
even Amazon's emails to them.
They are clearly happy to let misleading listings remain. Even when errors are pointed out they simply say that is all the information they have from
the manufacturer.
[Edited on 16/12/16 by geoff shep]
At the moment there are quite a few hacked Amazon accounts selling stuff like that. On a non-car (brewing) forum they've been tracing the same scammer offering boilers at almost-too-good-to-be-true prices on obviously hacked accounts- as soon as one account is closed by Amazon they move to another hacked account.
The old saying,
"if its too good to be true" and "buyer beware"
both spring to mind,
I have never bought off Amazon, and probably never will,
if I need a specific item, I always go on ebay, and if not there, will buy off a reputable dealer/shop direct
steve
Usually - with some exceptions - I always by items that are marked as "supplied by Amazon" or whatever the wording is. In other words, I buy
from Amazon itself, not some trader dealing through them.
Also, all disputes, communications and payments go through the Amazon system - no 'back door' payments.
[Edited on 16/12/16 by David Jenkins]
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Originally posted by steve m
The old saying,
"if its too good to be true"