C100: Potential ebay scam?

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shuenwang

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I've been in these threads a lot lately as I am thinking about purchasing a C100. I hardly use ebay but I noticed there was a used C100 on sale by a reputable buyer. C100 hasn't been out that long, so there aren't many. This seller had a pretty low buy it out price that could be requested by email, and I wanted to know why. This seller accumulated almost 3,000 transactions with 99% positive feedback.

After emailing him, he responded and soon the listing was taken down. Upon further investigation, the picture and description he provided were copied exactly off another sale that occurred in February this year. (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canon-EOS-C...ofessional_Video_Came ras&hash=item460cbd29d3)

This guy has had no serious issues with his account other than some minor issues with small sales. I'm not posting his name at this point because I do not want to wrongly accuse. But I do think it's somewhat of a scam. Anyone have any idea what this is about?
 
I've reported this scam to ebay via the "Report Item" button several times (not on the report item page with the item listed). When you are viewing the auction page with the C100 or other item (this scammer is doing this with several items), it's not ACTUALLY the seller you think it is. I know that sounds strange, but it's true. If you look in the address bar (top of your browser) after you click anywhere on the page, it directs you to another page. You'll know you're off ebay when you look at your browser and no longer see the ebay shopping bag icon. In the auction, it tells you to email him first (INITIAL RED FLAG). Very deceiving! The seller does this with several large dollar volume camera items. The key is to make sure you complete the transaction via ebay/ paypal. Always keep an eye out on the "If it's too good to be true items"!!!! Typically, it's best to STAY AWAY from anything that looks too good to be true!!!
 
Interesting. I figured it must have been a subtle phishing scam but I didn't catch it. He suggested completing the transaction through ebay, but I did not proceed. I imagine there's another layer of work there.

I saw this for the Sony FS-100 as well. I think we must be talking about the same guy.


ntouched said:
I've reported this scam to ebay via the "Report Item" button several times (not on the report item page with the item listed). When you are viewing the auction page with the C100 or other item (this scammer is doing this with several items), it's not ACTUALLY the seller you think it is. I know that sounds strange, but it's true. If you look in the address bar (top of your browser) after you click anywhere on the page, it directs you to another page. You'll know you're off ebay when you look at your browser and no longer see the ebay shopping bag icon. In the auction, it tells you to email him first (INITIAL RED FLAG). Very deceiving! The seller does this with several large dollar volume camera items. The key is to make sure you complete the transaction via ebay/ paypal. Always keep an eye out on the "If it's too good to be true items"!!!! Typically, it's best to STAY AWAY from anything that looks too good to be true!!!
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There is no free lunch!......The Cinema EOS dealers all have the same pricing...and with the new rebates launched last week, the C100 is $5499 (w/24-105mm $6099), C300 is $13999, and all the Cinema lenses have instant rebates. Anyone claiming to sell Cinema EOS cameras and have a lower price than the established dealers, is a scam period.

Jim Martin
Filmtools.com
 
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