Buyer Beware?

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I suspect that it is a newbie seller's mistake. There are four available, maybe buy all four and hope to make a profit?

Based in China, yct1818 has been an eBay member since May 09, 2007
but has only one "positive feedback?" :roll:
 

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For that price I'd still be happy with a case swapped Baofeng or whatever receiver they have in it. Got a link?
 

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That's not all that surprising. A lot of vendors use "stock photos" rather than taking their own. I'm not too worried about taking a small risk though, if nothing else eBay is good about getting your money back if the product isn't precisely as described.
 
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Well check out the BCD996P2 for $16.99 if your that gullible.
 

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Interesting that one of the pics shows "free two day air"

and the shipping description shows Estimated between Tue. Jun. 21 and Wed. Jul. 6"

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That's not all that surprising. A lot of vendors use "stock photos" rather than taking their own. I'm not too worried about taking a small risk though, if nothing else eBay is good about getting your money back if the product isn't precisely as described.

Oh yeah just something curious.
 
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Yep, probably just a seller screw-up. About two years ago I saw a 436HP for sale on Amazon for a crazy low price. - around $200. I ordered it and recieved a Uniden Marine radio. I returned it and received a full refund. The webpage (which I sent as a link to support my claim) with the bad picture and description came down right after my refund.
 

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Well check out the BCD996P2 for $16.99 if your that gullible.

This listing (291785463551) has been removed, or this item is not available.

EDIT: I just received an email from eBay advising that they've removed the listing for the $16.99 scanner. :lol:
 
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The low price is a new scam that's been popping up on Ebay from overseas sellers (mainly from China).

They entice the buyer with an extremely low price on a product with a "Buy it Now" option.

When the buyer pays, the seller/scammer fraudulently hacks the buyer's account info for identity theft.

The scammer uses hi-tech tracking/hacking to obtain the buyer's account info, password, credit info, etc.
 

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This is why I never buy anything on Scam-Bay any more. I've been burned too many times in the past.
 
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