NEQ6 SYNSCAN

[DAVE AMENDALL]

Hi All. I have just seen a brand new  NEQ6 offered in Amazon Market Place with free delivery for £676. I wonder how that's possible on an item which is usually a £1000 plus....................Dave

[red dwalf]

it may have been a demo model or something like that but at that price i`s be very tempted to snap it up, if it isn`t all that it is supposed to be you can always return it.

[JonC]

Just looked at the advert, the seller looks odd, although they have loads of feedback

Borg Pharma Ltd

 

my guess would be grey import with no VAT or duty paid, although not sure on duty for astro kit. You have to contact the seller directly to purchase, looks a bit dodgy.

[Demon Barber]

Interesting -----------Borg Pharma,not heard of them,sounds to good to be true----------- time will tell,proceed with care

Mike

[Cornelius Varley]

Borg Pharma in Woking are supposed to be a chemists yet all the items on their amazon market place appear to be electronics. They also require you to contact them first before ordering. This is a little suspicious, they make ask you to make payment for the goods outside of amazon ie direct bank transfer where you might not get the protection if the sale is dodgy. A quick google for the email address brings this up. See here . Another seller is also offering an NEQ6 way below the rrp with the same request to contact them outside amazon. Avoid these scams, buy from a real authorised Skywatcher retailer.

If it is too good to be true then it probably is.

[Cornelius Varley]

Maybe the thread title should read NEQ6 SynSCAM

[Marky1973]

From what peter has said, I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole....

There is one on ENS Optical at the moment for £750 - a little more, but I suspect you will get a hell of a lot better support from ENS, than some random on Amazon

http://ensoptical.co.uk/skywatcher-neq6-mount-tripod-3

 

[DAVE AMENDALL]

 Yes , I would agree that it looks like a scam and not to be touched with a barge pole. I would not be too keen on the ENS deal either,would prefer to pay the proper price with  people like FLO, RVA or Telescope House...............Dave

[Marky1973]

Fair point,  Dave,  but ENS sound like a decent store,  search on SGL and you'll find good things.   Up to you,  of course.  Good luck! 

[r3i]

3 hours ago, DAVE AMENDALL said:

 Yes , I would agree that it looks like a scam and not to be touched with a barge pole. I would not be too keen on the ENS deal either,would prefer to pay the proper price with  people like FLO, RVA or Telescope House...............Dave

Bear in mind that the mount for sale with ENS is used, as is most if not all of the equipment that they sell, which will account for the difference in price to the suppliers that you mention.  

Certainly the two sellers on the Amazon marketplace look highly suspect.  Is there a way to bring these to the attention of Amazon, like you can with dodgy looking listings on eBay?

[cotterless45]

Very often if you buy used and be careful, you can get a real bargain. ENS for example have a reputation to keep .

Sellers on AB&S are mainly astronomers, you can easily weed out the scammers and the chancers with a friendly phone call. That applies particularly to eBay .There's tons of unused gear out there.

Sometimes it can pay to buy carefully used gear. I know of several star gazers who have modded stock mounts to such a state that they are better than new.

There are also the occasional bright bargains that come up , such as GP mounts, needing only a mod to make a superb Synscan goto. I've seen this done to a bargain basement eq6.silent and deadly accurate. In many respects better than new.

A bit of research goes a long way and it's always buyer beware,

Old Nick

 

 

 

 

[Cornelius Varley]

16 minutes ago, r3i said:

Is there a way to bring these to the attention of Amazon, like you can with dodgy looking listings on eBay?

I'm looking into it right now. I think I managed to report one of the sellers but another one has popped up.

[DAVE AMENDALL]

I see we have another one on Amazon at the same low price by D.J. Wholesale. The difference here seems to be that they have 100% pos feedback?    Dave

[Marci]

ENS (chap called Steve) is a reliable reputed supplier of quality-assured used tackle...  and will hand deliver for a small fee and promise of coffee on arrival. Ended up nattering for about an hour on cloud formations when he delivered my 8" Dob.

[Cornelius Varley]

A quick update. I contacted amazon through their "report incorrect product information" link reporting the suspicious activity (items marked at far below rrp and requesting contact outside of amazon). All the original fake sellers have now been removed leaving just the two genuine dealers and another hacked account which has sprung up using the same email contact details. Remember, only buy from authorised dealers, you know it makes sense.