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There scams dont buy them and report them right away

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Just now, Max_Settings said:

Scams, I bought one yesterday and it's a scam

new card or something to that affect?

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3 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

new card or something to that affect?

No, it's not even that. The scams are intended to garner money from unsuspecting people.

 

They say the item has been shipped immediately. Are they sitting at a post office doing this or what?

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Just now, Hiitchy said:

No, it's not even that. The scams are intended to garner money from unsuspecting people.

 

They say the item has been shipped immediately. Are they sitting at a post office doing this or what?

What the hell

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

What the hell

Yup, it was mentioned in another topic yesterday. As soon as you send the money and they see it, they say the item has shipped. Anyone who tries buying a 1080Ti at this price is in for a rude awakening when they get a box with a brick the same weight of the videocard.

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Always suspect not realistic prices, a GTX 1080 costs above 300$ regardless.

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7 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Always suspect not realistic prices, a GTX 1080 costs above 300$ regardless.

well here in sweden a Palit GeForce GTX 1080 Dual OC HDMI 3xDP 8GB is about $678 (the least expensive new one to buy in sweden)

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For sure that is too good to be true, so probably a scam.

 

But, if it is a scam, could you not get your money back through Ebay buyer protection? I guess Ebay is the one who really loses the money in that case, in case the seller is nowhere to be found. But Ebay and Paypal work closely together, so couldnt Paypal reclaim the money from the fraudulent seller?

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even if you do purchase one of these, considering ebay's priority buyer protection system, and lack of seller protection, you should be fine in getting your money back

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Also: the buyer does have 100% approval rating. Most of the feedback is as a buyer, not as a seller. But he does have 1 positive seller feedback from over a year ago, so it is not a new account or anything.

 

Strange.. It seems more likely that the buyer meant to price it at $559 or have an auction that starts at $55 or something, but made a mistake. It is a new listing...

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This is still going on, I found a way to turn these adds into a game, see how many items the seller is selling, watch the graphics card and ask them a question about it, then time how long it takes to disappear from your watched list, then go to your sent message and click on sellers name, check how many items are left that anyone actually would want to buy.

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a $1000 GPU for $55 and felt the need to ask if it was a scam, what was you hoping for? Of course it's a scam, if it's too good to be true it more than likely is 

 

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1 minute ago, ImHyperstyle said:

WHY DO YOU EVEN NEED TO ASK THE QUESTION ARE YOU MENTALLY RETARDED!?!?

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that's more likely to be an older card, modded to have 3 fans. If you buy it, check GPU-Z and complain to eBay it was a scam, they will give your money back AND sometimes let you to keep it!

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Appears to be real. 

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