Shortly following this I noticed that 2 other almost identical ads to the one that I had 'paid for' came up from similarly-named sellers with a similar selling-history.Īt this point I was 90% sure I was being scammed, so I contacted eBay with my concerns pleading with them to cancel the deal, however they explained that once purchased, unless you work something out with the seller before they send the item, you must wait until after the last expected date of delivery. I figured that it was highly suspicious so tried to contact the seller to no avail. It was when I checked this that I really started to panic, every single one of the seller's previous sales were of amounts of less than £1, generally sim cards. I was so overjoyed that I could finally have the CDJs that I'd been longing for for so long that I committed to the auction without being as thorough as I would usually be (I've also been using eBay for 8 years without a hitch so had grown to trust the site).Īround 5-6 hours after phoning all my friends telling them how I excited I was to finally have some CDJs on the way, I suddenly had a thought 'I wonder if this guy is selling any other gear so cheap', this led me to look at his previous sales history. The seller quickly responded, explaining that he would send them insured and tracked, any any damage/loss during transit would be his responsibility to sort out with the courier and that I could expect the item in 3 days if I bought them. I noticed that the seller wanted to use standard delivery, so I contacted them requesting that if I committed to the auction they send the item tracked and insured. The ad checked out, decent photos and description and the guy had 100% positive feedback from many buyers. Low and behold when I reached the £1700 savings mark, a pair of CDJ 2000s came up for £1700. The average 'bargain-price' I saw coming up was just under £2000 so I thought that would be a good region to look in when I had finished saving. I thought I'd document my experience here as it may be useful to others unsure about buying from eBay and how the process actually works should anything go wrong when doing so.Įssentially, I had been watching the eBay market for a while for a pair of CDJ 2000 Nexuses as I wanted to buy second hand and I knew eBay provided cover, so it seemed wiser than buying through Gumtree/Craigslist like I normally do. I was recently the victim of a rather stressful, eBay scam that attempted to suck me out of £1700 of my year's CDJ savings.
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