Does this look like a scam?

[ClassyEnd]

Hey guys, I found this on ebay and bought the last one. Does it look like a scam to you? Im not worried about the item not working because there's a return policy for it with an ebay money back guaruntee, but im still kinda skeptical. Anything weird you guys are seeing?

Heres the ebay link...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/112361965572

[EarthboundHero]

Probably is a scam, but eBay is almost always on the buyers side.

[Energycore]

Sounds like a pretty clear scam. Even a dead 980 Ti is worth more than that to the people who would find a use for it (as a donor board for other GPUs, clearly)

[Alkali A]

I'd go for it, as there's often some weird listing on Ebay (in my experience) and Ebay tend to have you back with that sort of thing.

[ClassyEnd]

1 minute ago, EarthboundHero said:

Probably is a scam, but eBay is almost always on the buyers side.

Yea, luckily they have a buyer return policy. Ill be safe. But im more worried about it blowing up my computer or something LOL

[ClassyEnd]

Just now, Energycore said:

Sounds like a pretty clear scam. Even a dead 980 Ti is worth more than that to the people who would find a use for it (as a donor board for other GPUs, clearly)

Yea, I get what youre saying. I think imma still go for it and return it if need be

[Zando_]

Other than the fact the user's only been active since 2 days ago (the 6th), and that they have no reviews, and they don't give much info, it seems to be okay....

2 minutes ago, EarthboundHero said:

Probably is a scam, but eBay is almost always on the buyers side.

If it is a scam, then eBay should back you up and give you a refund. If it isn't, or even if it is a used card, it should be a good deal.

[Energycore]

1 minute ago, ClassyEnd said:

Yea, I get what youre saying. I think imma still go for it and return it if need be

You'd just be wasting time though

[ClassyEnd]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

You'd just be wasting time though

im just a high school student ive got all the time in the world bro lol

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, ClassyEnd said:

Yea, I get what youre saying. I think imma still go for it and return it if need be

It's sold already no? 

[ClassyEnd]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

It's sold already no? 

There was two left and my friend and I each bought 1

[Cyracus]

14 minutes ago, ClassyEnd said:

Does it look like a scam to you?

Yeah, I'd keep an eye on my bank account for some strange activity in the near future

[Herman Mcpootis]

so: 

• 0 rep
• account made 2 days ago
• price extremely low to the point where broken ones are more expensive
• low price yet brand new+30 days warranty
• not much of a description

how is this legit again?

[W-L]

-Moved to Graphics Card Section- 

[NannerBeans]

These type of sellers are becoming more and more common. Over at Amazon, they're referred as the "Just Launched" scammers since that's what Amazon calls sellers with no feedback yet. It's a basically a ton of overseas people, mostly from China, that make accounts and then sell things for too good of a price. Of course, once they sell the item, they never ship it. Now most people will get their money back but if the item is shipping from overseas, you will have to wait over a month to get your money back. In that time, they'll be long gone. I don't know how much they actually make with scams like this because typically Amazon and Paypal hold onto the money for a certain amount of time, but they must be making something to keep on doing it. 

[SCHISCHKA]

i like these posts. someone should make a website like a gameshow called 'is this a scam?'

[BubblyCharizard]

Once the seller "ships" it in ebay, then usually paypal releases their money.

 

But if it never arrives, or isn't what it was supposed to be....they should return the money.

[ClassyEnd]

17 hours ago, Cyracus said:

Yeah, I'd keep an eye on my bank account for some strange activity in the near future

Luckily, since it's paypal, they cant make any hidden charges. Thanks for your concern, though <3

[DildorTheDecent]

 

come on

 

eBay has the buyers side 95% of the time though. Even if the seller provides proof. eBay near always has the buyer. 

[Cyracus]

4 minutes ago, ClassyEnd said:

Luckily, since it's paypal, they cant make any hidden charges. Thanks for your concern, though <3

That's what I thought the last time I used paypal, a few days later I had hundreds of dollars in fraudulent charges to deal with, so unless someone coincidentally ninja'd my cards details at the same time paypal letting me down is the only logical conclusion I could make

[NannerBeans]

2 hours ago, Cyracus said:

That's what I thought the last time I used paypal, a few days later I had hundreds of dollars in fraudulent charges to deal with, so unless someone coincidentally ninja'd my cards details at the same time paypal letting me down is the only logical conclusion I could make

Did those transactions say PAYPAL and then a seller's name? If not, they likely got your card info some other way. 

[Andreas Lilja]

Don't worry eBay is always on the buyer's side, even when wrong. 

[Biggerboot]

I would never recommend taking a shot on these guys even if eBay has you covered.  You're helping a scammer and there's the slight chance they'll do more damage.  It's not likely but remember they have your ebay account name, full name and address.  One more piece of info gives them the means to social engineer their way into your account.  Obviously the risk is always there in online shopping, but you have to consider the odds of an ebay scammer attempting the stunt would be greater.

[BubblyCharizard]

On ‎2017‎-‎04‎-‎08 at 10:18 PM, Biggerboot said:

I would never recommend taking a shot on these guys even if eBay has you covered.  You're helping a scammer and there's the slight chance they'll do more damage.  It's not likely but remember they have your ebay account name, full name and address.  One more piece of info gives them the means to social engineer their way into your account.  Obviously the risk is always there in online shopping, but you have to consider the odds of an ebay scammer attempting the stunt would be greater.

at this point, you could always ship to a PO box, or use something similar to Canada Post's FlexDelivery (shipping to a post office for pickup)