Trust this seller?

[MojangYang]

Location: Australia

Shipping from china

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-Samsung-970-PRO-512GB-PCIe-NVMe-M-2-Solid-State-Drive-SSD-MZ-V7P512/223461277380?epid=27030815474&hash=item3407547ec4&enc=AQADAAAC8FjVrDbVsZ8oH%2F8PNHtt9VX4%2Fw7FZcmMuqsX8uaFEduVINDGKPZ4bUf%2Foek%2Fgi1a6UFyTU77tk7z%2FUw3EB1ga8kft95uMA8HUfibCpv6YbFtqnK4iOdo5PAh371YoeCmqBteyhJIMazb7vvQg%2Fhh0di3KnZ7iS1y9TsGlxUnQAF3KJAsxuyeuBQlic%2BJ6Hfwa7Af8ZtoLIMpwj9IeyfLW7ZLdVPMWRGrGpgxI%2Fj940wiHX%2FgsShlYPSy4O6SzyjCUNJ1Vl8pxgxzkoztGP3QoVT%2B0VqvoNAHmW8PdYclgnqtPesNmR5dM49trMudHUGiLdBRaTO7rKke%2B9f6FrnuZFqvsBwQvLP8AcLmEcBajvKXQvdkHihIA6cgUSuXxtUNNmybK1%2FAGMBEFLhyAaodrbHvUrKqyPFS3SGkl%2BO7qIKa5YrmPBFsh%2Bnl85Jwddx9W%2FGw0YGqWCxxza0tmBOy5y2OxIHfcbo8oeCuP3CIfdlKRksOxNPrQwvQBLQHXAaUnPBS7orCsDXdZSIZJLa9JkHN4TrBYtt1tffbno5n5gHASWqPFOC%2Fx5MbvvdpAKsvdbimrfPep2b6iYBvnnkeJ31kyWfAeMHhGRK65hVQiKC4csM61I%2Fvgrrj%2F0WNx%2FzoLuKG3sJu77voS5vS0aBPqnuWG278bBVsh61%2FocFlLnqYGt9deCsPQU%2BBCME%2BTzkInFAzSWU4icR6Vi1IBh%2BLaqVq9lGUgBYNUFIgjl%2FQmFBL8q7UPdUF7AS4TQU0%2BIWbwCPPOh2ffEqWN9n9E%2B9hlk0%2FmYa4oKlARPv2Ulnt9ZPuvc2b6wZl73%2FYotkxnR4f50mJ46uAgSHkdywEL3FuddHVPFOp0XwN0oryC728QsqtXY9FthSUjGXSY7NQzp1cGtV1x%2BgiZfC2SF6iWQW67ANQfc7gFWcWJiBKRR7O%2Bgk%2FoVrhijHQgi1G%2FNY%2BqefO%2FiZk%2B0CpalsdPR0Zsi7rfDnXyX%2FZ69IdDpc8IWvQuTfq&checksum=223461277380d0b95b37bd814671b461afcee4c02842

[Spotty]

No. It's a scam. Common ebay scam; Chinese seller lies about their location, lists high value, sought after items for insanely low prices. People hand over $50-$100 thinking they're getting an item worth 5x that, but in reality they get nothing.
Price is too good to be true. Those drives are normally worth around AUD$225, not AUD$55.

 

Stick to reputable stores and reputable eBay sellers. If you're looking to buy one, here's some stores selling the Samsung 970 Pro 512GB in Australia
https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/thvbt6/samsung-970-pro-512gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7p512bw

[Spotty]

Just now, valdyrgramr said:

The fact that the seller has no rating is also a good reason not to buy from them.

Yep.
But, just because they have a good rating doesn't mean they're legit. I have seen a few cases where it appears legitimate accounts with good rep have been stolen/bought by scammers. You'll often see an active feedback and comments from the account for a period of say, 2015-2017, usually common stuff like mostly feedback as a buyer and buying things like socks or handbags and random things like that... Then no feedbacks for 2 years then suddenly they're advertising Dyson vacuums and RTX2080TIs for $60 each, typically with Chinese shipping despite the account claiming its in UK/America/Canada/Australia/etc.

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17 minutes ago, MojangYang said:

Shipping from china

if you know the source/ locaton, go to that country webs to search for similar products, and get those directly. eg taobao / tmall in this case

 

also there is many alternatives to 970 pro, adata sx8200 pro for much cheaper & similar performance

[Spotty]

6 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

if you know the source/ locaton, go to that country webs to search for similar products, and get those directly. eg taobao / tmall in this case

55 Australian Dollars is about 300 HKD (less than $40 USD). Even on sites like Taobao you won't get something like a brand new Samsung 970 Pro 512GB for HKD300/USD$40.

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2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

55 Australian Dollars is about 300 HKD (less than $40 USD). Even on sites like Taobao you won't get something like a brand new Samsung 970 Pro 512GB for HKD300/USD$40

sure, in fact 970 pro in hk is hk$1180 >USD150, while 8200pro is just hkd709 > usd 90

for your interest, branded stuff are cheaper in hk

and for accessories, taobao is miles cheaper (at own risk over quality)

[Spotty]

5 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

sure, in fact 970 pro in hk is hk$1180 >USD150, while 8200pro is just hkd709 > usd 90

for your interest, branded stuff are cheaper in hk

$1180 HKD is $212 AUD.
If you see the PCPP list, you will see the Australian prices start at around AUD $217. https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/thvbt6/samsung-970-pro-512gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-mz-v7p512bw

Next to no difference in price, and considering the Australian price already includes sales tax and won't incur import duties & taxes, it is actually cheaper to buy from an Australian seller.

 

Though, there probably are a lot of other products that are cheaper in HK.

Edited March 27, 2019 by Spotty