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Probably.

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Just now, sazrocks said:

Probbably.

Or they could just want it gone, and so didn't set a minimum bid. And you can get your money back with PayPal, right? If so, I'd go for it. 

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"unused unopened"

-shows picture of the mobo out of the packaging-

 

do you seriously not smell the BS here?

also, i'm mildly disappoint in MSI if they use that kind of antistatic bag..

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1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

Or they could just want it gone, and so didn't set a minimum bid. And you can get your money back with PayPal, right? If so, I'd go for it. 

I dont have enough right now to place a bid but tomorrow I can

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2 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/MSI-Z170A-Gaming-Pro-Carbon-LGA-1151-Intel-Z170-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-1-ATX-Inte-/282524316787?hash=item41c7c2f473:g:FUEAAOSwhvFZNQ3G its stupid cheap

Bidding will nearly always result in massively higher than started price point, as tactic is to bid after everyone else as soon as possible so they cannot out bid you. Within many a few days such price will probably reach colossal prices after people have seen it and bidder :D

 

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

I dont have enough right now to place a bid but tomorrow I can

Awesome. Say the bids get up to $10 or so and it turns out to be a dud, at least you didn't waste much money. 

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The seller has a good rep and this is not the 'Buy Now' price, that's the opening bid.  That will NOT be a $2 motherboard because there WILL be a bidding war.

 

It's not that it's 'Too good to be true' it's that you don't seem to quite get how AUCTIONS work...

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6 minutes ago, manikyath said:

"unused unopened"

-shows picture of the mobo out of the packaging-

 

do you seriously not smell the BS here?

also, i'm mildly disappoint in MSI if they use that kind of antistatic bag..

the last thing i got in one of those was my ASUS P5N-e SLI which is an LGA 775 board lol

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2 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

The seller has a good rep

most of that percentage comes from him being a buyer tho.. you should scroll trough his seller rep..

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3 minutes ago, manikyath said:

the dude's two negative feedbacks...  are.. worth a read..

Hhmmm. And most of his positives seem to be from sellers saying he was a good buyer. There's only one review from a buyer that I saw on the first two pages. Fishy....

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Just now, manikyath said:

most of that percentage comes from him being a buyer tho.. you should scroll trough his seller rep..

It could still be legit.  I don't sell much on eBay so most of my rep is from being a buyer.  There's really no 'red flags' and 'Let's throw this up on eBay and see what it goes for' is not an uncommon tactic.

 

Really, if it had a redonk Buy Now price of like $20 or something, that'd be a HUGE red flag.

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Just now, Zando Bob said:

Hhmmm. And most of his positives seem to be from sellers saying he was a good buyer. There's only one review from a buyer that I saw on the first two pages. Fishy....

and those two negatives.. are brilliant in just about every way..

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12 minutes ago, Billy_Mays said:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/MSI-Z170A-Gaming-Pro-Carbon-LGA-1151-Intel-Z170-HDMI-SATA-6Gb-s-USB-3-1-ATX-Inte-/282524316787?hash=item41c7c2f473:g:FUEAAOSwhvFZNQ3G its stupid cheap

What the fuck ?!

I cannot belive that it is that cheap. Maybe something is broken. It has to be there is no way someone can sell Z170 that cheap

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1 minute ago, AshleyAshes said:

It could still be legit.  I don't sell much on eBay so most of my rep is from being a buyer.  There's really no 'red flags' and 'Let's throw this up on eBay and see what it goes for' is not an uncommon tactic.

 

Really, if it had a redonk Buy Now price of like $20 or something, that'd be a HUGE red flag.

hows this for an idea: he tosses it up for auction, and based on what gave him two negative feedbacks, if it doesnt reach the price he hoped for he just screws you over.

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1 minute ago, AshleyAshes said:

Also, PayPal basically ALWAYS has the buyer's back even if there is SOME risk. :)

I'm too young to get a PayPal account 

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8 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

The seller has a good rep and this is not the 'Buy Now' price, that's the opening bid.  That will NOT be a $2 motherboard because there WILL be a bidding war.

 

It's not that it's 'Too good to be true' it's that you don't seem to quite get how AUCTIONS work...

Sellers with reasonably valuable/good condition items typically set a minimum bid quite a bit higher than this though don't they?    I'm almost certain I've seen that happen before to protect the seller from a crazy low final bid if that might somehow happen.  

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He's charging $25USD for shipping fwiw

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Do you not know how ebay works?

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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10 minutes ago, Bleedingyamato said:

Sellers with reasonably valuable/good condition items typically set a minimum bid quite a bit higher than this though don't they?    I'm almost certain I've seen that happen before to protect the seller from a crazy low final bid if that might somehow happen.  

No. Lots of times the minimum bid is low, sometimes only 99 cents for something expensive, like a Segway.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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7 minutes ago, MysticalRainXIV said:

He's charging $25USD for shipping fwiw

I know 

 

1 minute ago, spwath said:

Do you not know how ebay works?

I know how it works I'm trying to find out if it's too good to be true

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Just now, Billy_Mays said:

I know 

 

I know how it works I'm trying to find out if it's too good to be true

No. its perfectly normal. By the time it sells, it will sell for much more money, like the actual price.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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