Who is conqwy?

akptc · Jun 5, 2006

He is selling an R-D1 on ebay right now, has no feedback, his item descr. is lifted from Cameratown.com, he is using stock photos, and he will not reply to any messages. I am in the market for an R-D1 but this one looks iffy...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7624678546&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

ch1 · Jun 5, 2006

akptc said:
He is selling an R-D1 on ebay right now, has no feedback, his item descr. is lifted from Cameratown.com, he is using stock photos, and he will not reply to any messages. I am in the market for an R-D1 but this one looks iffy...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7624678546&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

I think you should run away with one caveat - you might want to ask Cameratown if they use such a seller name on eBay. That would be one legitimate reason for using the pics.

I seriously doubt it but then they could take action to have the listing removed.....

Geo · Jun 5, 2006

I would stay away if I were you.
Not his own photos and the guy has no feedback at all.
Besides that, the price is already so high that you will end up paying the same
price as Robert White is charging you for a brand new.
And these are great guys to deal with.
Geo

akptc · Jun 5, 2006

Good point. I will let this one go (still no reply from the seller). Btw, Cameratown.com sems to only communicate via email, no phone number.

Oh, where are the good old days when one could assume honesty and not be wrong most of the time... I really need to move back to Kansas...

ch1 · Jun 5, 2006

akptc said:
Good point. I will let this one go (still no reply from the seller). Btw, Cameratown.com sems to only communicate via email, no phone number.

Oh, where are the good old days when one could assume honesty and not be wrong most of the time... I really need to move back to Kansas...

After seeing "Wicked" I can no longer vouch for Dorothy's innocence.

Anyway, your quest for a RD-1 may be similar to that for the holy grail:

http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/consumer/consDetail.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=49164277

Ergo · Jun 5, 2006

greyhoundman said:
It don't matter where you live. You buy on e-bay...you might as well gamble with a card sharp. You have the same chance at winning.

1000's of buying and selling,never a problem.
One just has to look.

Rich Silfver · Jun 5, 2006

No, there are a number of us who have had nothing but good experiences from eBay even after almost 100 transactions over 6-7 years. It does require applying common sense and doing a bit of legwork though. Very little 'gambling' involved.

ch1 · Jun 5, 2006

I'm generally a fan of eBay. I started using it trading ham radio gear four or five years ago. There were some sellers who, shall we say, "exaggerated" the condition of their gear but no real out and out scams.

Similar experience when I was building up a couple of older-style Italian bicycles.

But I must say that there seems to be a heck of a lot of scamming in the camera area. Most seem to be non-US sellers and include the clearly crooked "Nigerian missionaries" etc. as well as a lot of misrepresented gear.

I guess because there is a much larger market to play in - it attracts more scamsters?

fgianni · Jun 5, 2006

greyhoundman said:
It don't matter where you live. You buy on e-bay...you might as well gamble with a card sharp. You have the same chance at winning.

200 transactions, 100% success rate, if you do yoour homework e-bay is not at all like gambling.

Geo · Jun 5, 2006

copake_ham said:
Most seem to be non-US sellers and include the clearly crooked "Nigerian missionaries" etc. as well as a lot of misrepresented gear.

Wow, you're really saying something.
Based on.......
Don't share your opinion.
Geo

Rich Silfver · Jun 5, 2006

greyhoundman said:
And I have 76 successful buys. So?
When you enter the land of $1,000.00 and up, you better be Dick Tracy.

Well, it may be indicate that it's not 'a gamble' then. Wouldn't you say?

As for 1,000 and up - been there, done that. Same rules applies (even though I may allow myself to be somewhat less careful if the item is worth $5 - but even in those situations I do some homework). People who gets scammed - or see eBay as a gamble - are often people that go for the 'too good to be true'-deal from a zero-rated seller - or listen to the people that did so.

oftheherd · Jun 5, 2006

Despite being careful, I have been had on ebay a couple of times. I wouldn't say every face to face deal I have made has been perfect either though. Even so, I have also made some very good deals on ebay. A perfectly working FX103 for $15.00 including shipping wasn't bad. Nor was a sub $100 deal on a Turner Reich triple for 8x10 cameras. Barely has any lens separation and only 3 speeds don't work. $45 will fix that. Learned how to fix a Pentax SV wind crank along the way rather than have to send it back and hope the shyster seller refunded my money. But, all in all, I am ahead. That doesn't make me happy with those two of three bad deals, but if you take chances you can only hope for the best. Sometimes chicken, sometimes feathers.

fgianni · Jun 6, 2006

A seller with 99% or more positives over several hundreds of sales and with a significant number (30% or more) of high value items sold is a seller I can spend £1000 from.

If a seller has some negatives, it is worth checking them, sometimes they are jus left by idiots that received the item 2 days later than expected.

As an example I am sure everyone here won't have any problem buying a high vaue item from Oleg.

At the end of the day you can order from a shop, and they can take your money and then go burst, so there is no 100% safe transaction.

fgianni · Jun 6, 2006

So Greyhound, hundreds of transcation with 100% success rate is comparable to "gambling with a card sharp"

That is interesting, care to share your gambling method with us, I would not mind to get that kind of success rate against a card sharp 😀

iUser · Jun 6, 2006

I wouldn't by from ebay. why not just get an r-d1s

Steve L · Jun 6, 2006

Well, his R-D1 sold, for $2,000.....I wonder if the buyer actually got it?

akptc · Jun 6, 2006

iUser said:
I wouldn't by from ebay. why not just get an r-d1s

- any idea where one may find one?

iUser · Jun 6, 2006

Seem this?

http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/digital.htm#Labelerd

akptc · Jun 6, 2006

iUser said:
Seem this?

http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/digital.htm#Labelerd

Sure, but they are out of stock.

iUser · Jun 6, 2006

Are you sure?

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