[jacopo]

Hi there!

I spotted these Orpheus on eBay USA.

With the usual caveats:

1. I dont know the seller
2. the seller is a newbie
3. he dont answers the mails
4. the insertion lacks of several major information

jacopi|!

 

[Zoide]

And you forgot another cause for concern: Why would anyone want to sell their Orpheus?

Well, right know I can think of a couple: to buy a new car, finish paying off the mortgage, send their kids to college, buy 50 pairs of HD650s....

 

[Flea Bag]

Whatever it is, the buyer had better use escrow! I wouldn't have that kind of purchase any other way.

 

[enzoferrari650]

PRETTY

 

[ayt999]

tempting... but something isn't right.

 

[Wmcmanus]

Tempting, maybe, but this has got scam written all over it!

Imagine putting up a system with a new retail price of $14,900.00 with no reserve? No comments about it's value anywhere in the ad? The only pic is a 'stock' pic (as well as the product description) that can be snagged off the Internet with ease by anyone with a 4th grade education. Not only does the guy have zero feedback, he just joined eBay on August 24th (the day the ad was placed). No information about the acceptable methods of payment. Nothing.

If you do bid and win, please do not send this guy any money in any way, shape or form! Find a fellow head-fi'er whom you can trust (there are several of them within driving distance of Akron, Ohio) and offer to pay them a small commission to arrange a "Cash-for-Orpheus" swap in person with the seller, making payment only after seeing the headphones and amp for themselves. I'd be 99.9% sure that such a meeting would never take place. The guy will just disappear off the face of the Earth once he knows that you're on to him.

 

[jacopo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wmcmanus Find a fellow head-fi'er whom you can trust (there are several of them within driving distance of Akron, Ohio) and offer to pay them a small commission to arrange a "Cash-for-Orpheus" swap in person with the seller, making payment only after seeing the headphones and amp for themselves. I'd be 99.9% sure that such a meeting would never take place.

yep! and on the residual 0.1%, after the swap taking place, the fellow head|fi'er and your orpheus would suddenly disappear in misterious circumstances

J|!

 

[boodi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jacopo yep! and on the residual 0.1%, after the swap taking place, the fellow head|fi'er and your orpheus would suddenly disappear in misterious circumstances J|!

lol lol lol

your mind have quite good ideas

 

[JiPi]

If the guy *does* make money off of that sale, wouldn't eBay be able to track him down and recover money? (They do have his CC number after all...) Or is that some sort of eBay "I don't care if you get robbed" policy?

 

[Spent&Bent]

Wow, you too huh?

http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83388

 

[spwal]

fine.

ill take the risk and we'll see who has the last laugh when i win this for 900 bucks!

j/k

 

[boodi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by spwal fine. ill take the risk and we'll see who has the last laugh when i win this for 900 bucks! j/k

mmm
intriguing

 

[boodi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JiPi If the guy *does* make money off of that sale, wouldn't eBay be able to track him down and recover money? (They do have his CC number after all...) Or is that some sort of eBay "I don't care if you get robbed" policy?

probably not , this is quite clearly a fraud attempt , so ( MO ) it should be no risk for the skilled thief
i shooted an email too wihtout answer ..who would put first time an ebay auction selling one Orpheus system , low starting price - and would not care about tracking day by day what happen on ?

there's probably some people making some money lastly on ebay this way

 

[jacopo]

I had a problem with an ebayer and eBay refunded me. But this warranty covers only 300 or 400$ if I remember....

In another case, and with an amount of about 1.000$ a friend of mine had the money back by his bank/creditcard company


but spwal be careful

jacopi|!

 

[GlowWorm]

The best case scenario would be that the seller is some crackhead looking to unload a stolen Orpheus for some quick cash not knowing (or not caring about) it's true worth. However, I think anybody with any amount of intelligence can see that there is a 99.9% probability that it is a BLATANT scam attempt.