Im wary of buying ’To Good Too Be True” deals but ive just took a gamble on this on Ebay,
If I get a £200 torch for £17 I will eat my hat, but 400+ positive feedback?
I have read before of sellers over there selling a few cheap items then getting 100% feedback and then offering items that were cheap as they come, only the never come and the seller disapeared.
There is even cheaper ones but the sellers feedback is quite low, So what do you think?
There was the same page up in the US and we thought scam.
That kit sold for $400 during Christmas.
Considering most of the feedback is for items costing less than $2 my guess would be that you've been had.
Seems the decimal should be a step to the right… £169 is a good price with batteries and charger i guess…
If you get one, CONGRATS!
if you order one… yes it’s unfortunately it’s a scam… lately a lot of dishonest ebay sellers from china selling fake lights.
they boost their rating for a less than a year… sometimes they even had few years in business already.
unfortunately the stuffs they’re selling usually is cheap items for few bucks … just to get the rating high.
and when they had enough ratings… usually they started selling high end flashlights… which is in demand right now.
and they’ll ship it with the slowest shipping ( even with tracking) just to fool the buyer that the item is being sent.
by the time you’ll get your envelope ( usually containing junk) they’ll be gone and let paypal reimburse you instead.
cheaper by$10 is normal… but cheaper than $50 or more? definitely red flag… especially if free shipping included
ebay1: http://www.ebay.com/itm/300847664533
ebay2: http://www.ebay.com/itm/190782645026
i've been observing the sales counter. number seems to go down lol.
I have went into this not expecting to get anything, and then try and get my money back off another fraud called Ebay resolution centre!
This guy had been selling tablets etc recently, so I thought i would take a punt
And thereby adding to the fees charged to everyone on eBay.
I understand what you are saying, but I think EBAY fees are way over the top, and they also jiff you on PP as well, they make so much money, and yet most claims they don’t settle so I disagree that because of this the fees are so high it’s just company greed
Again, we all know this is a scam…
Is there a way to report this to Ebay?
it would seem ebay could find these scammers - maybe that’s not cost effective.
Scam city, dude. What I’d do is first contact the seller and try to get info on how he has the items at this price. If (when) no response, make ebay aware that it is almost certainly a scam.
I have 4 of them from two separate vendors on the way. Both reported as shipped today… time will tell.
Thanks for taking it .. for us ;)
I think the annoying thing is that there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to tell eBay that it’s a scam. Not maybe, not probably, but definitely a scam. As Chicago X says, this is why eBay and Paypal fees are so high.
I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole - I got enough foreign coins. 
I see…
From Ebay’s stance, it does seem ridiculous to have a report option for “My guts tell me this is a scam.”
If its the real deal, I hope it doesnt sell out before everyone gets in on one. Of course, Im predicting a PP dispute/refund for imitation merchandise, but you never know till you try. The process is easy enough so Im not at all worried. There is always the bullet-proof protection of my CC if all else fails.
Other threads to watch:
Never had a Paypal dispute, I am going to order this now…
And my prediction is you will get a Chinese coin.
Hahahaha If we are lucky!