Is this a scam?

[Yamaheart]

I went searching for a deal on TV and stumbled upon this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370291030981&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Pioneer Kuro for GBP 1000?

Has anyone dealt with this before?


I do have another question and do not wanna clogged up the forum, so I'm gonna use the same Thread.

What would be a good price for a used/like new Panasonic TC-P65V10? Thanks all.

 

[Rickster71]

I'm not an EBay expert, but.
It sounds fishy to me, with too many red flags.

The first: seller wants to circumvent EBay's "Ask seller a question" and only wants to be contacted directly.

Claims to have over 3000 ratings, though he doesn't have the "Buy It Now" sale set up correctly.

He only wants to sell as a "Buy it Now" sale. Yet, he has it set up as an "Up for Bid Item"

 

[adk highlander]

It was a scam and it was already pulled by ebay. I used to see these for some high end Denon receivers like the 5308 and such. Selling way under even b-stock and saying to contact directly. In many cases the actual seller does not know they were hacked.

 

[Yamaheart]

Thanks all,

I also got another question.... What is a good price for a USED/Like new Panasonic Plasma TC-P65V10? Thanks...

 

[jostenmeat]

Thanks all,

I also got another question.... What is a good price for a USED/Like new Panasonic Plasma TC-P65V10? Thanks...

This model is pretty darn new. Why would someone want to sell it already? Seriously. Stolen? Defective, but consumer didn't do anything about it until 30 day window to return has expired, and doesn't feel dealing with warranty??

I would ONLY every buy used with such a display, if I could either:

1) See it in person
2) buy from a very respected forum member, with good reputation
3) buy from a dealer/installer with a reason such as "customer backed out", "customer upgraded to nice projector", "we're going out of business and need to get rid of our stock", etc.

I wouldn't buy a used plasma from ebay period. Deals on new stuff are hard to beat, IMO, anyways.

I say forget this idea.

Make a sacrifice some other way.

How about the 65" S1? If you have it "properly" calibrated, it will look better than the V10 untouched. Both pro calibrated will look similar.

The only thing you would then lose is that 3:2 is applied to film.

Still, as someone who exclusively watches film at home, that's still an easier compromise to swallow than worrying, fidgeting, second-guessing an over-priced and high-risk used plasma purchase.


I do have a price-figure in my head, but I don't share it. I have my reasons for not sharing, as well as the pricing itself, but it will be so low that you won't find it anyways.

 

[Yamaheart]

This model is pretty darn new. Why would someone want to sell it already? Seriously. Stolen? Defective, but consumer didn't do anything about it until 30 day window to return has expired, and doesn't feel dealing with warranty??

I would ONLY every buy used with such a display, if I could either:

1) See it in person
2) buy from a very respected forum member, with good reputation
3) buy from a dealer/installer with a reason such as "customer backed out", "customer upgraded to nice projector", "we're going out of business and need to get rid of our stock", etc.

I wouldn't buy a used plasma from ebay period. Deals on new stuff are hard to beat, IMO, anyways.

I say forget this idea.

Make a sacrifice some other way.

How about the 65" S1? If you have it "properly" calibrated, it will look better than the V10 untouched. Both pro calibrated will look similar.

The only thing you would then lose is that 3:2 is applied to film.

Still, as someone who exclusively watches film at home, that's still an easier compromise to swallow than worrying, fidgeting, second-guessing an over-priced and high-risk used plasma purchase.


I do have a price-figure in my head, but I don't share it. I have my reasons for not sharing, as well as the pricing itself, but it will be so low that you won't find it anyways.

The seller stated that it was too big for his room... Sound kinda fishy, no TV is too big for anything. But I hope to see it in person soon. What defects am I going to look for? Dead Pixel? Burn-in prematurely? What if this has manufacture warranty? Is $3000 sound good if the product is good to go? Thanks

 

[jostenmeat]

Is $3000 sound good if the product is good to go? Thanks

No.

Brand spanking new S1" + pro calibration will be less money than 3k. It will look BETTER than that V10.

You'll have 3:2 pulldown. Big deal, it's a plasma first of all, and secondly, I think color accuracy will be of greater benefit.


I would look for less than 3k on that TV as NEW. That's just me. Sure, it might take me a while. But hey, they were selling 60" Elites for 3k recently so anything is possible. Those Elites had double the motion resolution of even Pana plasmas, with better unit to unit variation, better black level retention, probably still the benchmark for ANSI contrast, and had the capability to add ISFccc for night/day calibrations per source.