Another Scam on E Bay


I bought a pair of Polk fx 1000 speakers from a company in California off of EBay, they were advertised as being new with a 5 year waranty, upon receiving them, they were obviously not new, also with a broken dipole switch and stripped threads on the bidding post, I called Polk and they said that the seller was not a authorized dealer and that there was no waranty, luckily my credit card company has put a hold on the charge, after that , the conpany contacted me and offered to replace speakers if I filed a claim for shipping damage against ups, I told them that the speakers were not damaged by ups, and would not participate in fraud against ups, at that point they hung up on me, this company has many ads for polk speakers on ebay, before you buy ask for sereial numbers and check with polk !
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The "funny" part about my situation is that the seller has his home address and real name listed in his Audioweb member "bio". Through this information, i was easily able to track down his phone number and that is how i was able to call his house. As such, if he is a "scammer", he's not a very bright one. Sean
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Hey guys,

I believe that ALL buyers and sellers here at Audiogon should be verified. It would go a long way in keeping the riffraff out. I emailed this idea to Audiogon and got no reply. I feel that we should all be REAL and LOCATABLE.

Happy listening,
Patrick
Good work Sean, a little detective work goes a long way. I'm sure alot of people fall for that scam however. Thank God most criminal types are stupid and make stupid mistakes (makes them easy to catch). Botom line is if it looks to good to be true, it probably is. Most con games and scams use a persons own greed against them. Lugnuts idea of everyone on Audiogon being verified might be a good idea.
Sean, that's what the cops count on.. most crooks are not the sharpest knife in the drawer......... way to stick with it, my friend! -aj