is this as good as it sounds???

[starstalker]

seems to good to be true! Telescope Meade 14" LX200 GPS

[Doc]

Got to be a misprint.

[starstalker]

thats what i thought but i emailed him anyway and gave him a lesser offer!! lol(too cheeky?)

[russ]

thats what i thought but i emailed him anyway and gave him a lesser offer!! lol(too cheeky?)

now that is cheeky

[starstalker]

ahh well if u dont ask u dont get!! heheheh

[Doug]

Any repley, please let us know what he said

Doug

Essex

[starstalker]

he will probably laugh at me and say it was spose to say 4999 or something!

[Keiran]

What a price, surely tat is the first thing you check before you post an ad?

[starstalker]

i will let u know how it goes, fingers crossed!! lol

[brantuk]

Doesn't look like ten grands worth to me lol - in fact - it doesn't look big enough to be 14" in the pics

[starstalker]

how much would u say then?

[SteveL]

Is anyone else's spidey senses tingling on this item? Same images, exactly the same text, different locations, different prices. One of these may be real, but I doubt the London craigslist one is

Google Translate

eBay Österreich: Meade 14" LX200 GPS Telescope (Artikel 220621490854 endet 16.06.10 16:29:57 MESZ)

[starstalker]

wow, thanks for the headsup, what do u think is going on then??

[SteveL]

oh come on, its a con/scam!.... A Meade 14" plus goodies for 1000 quid? If it looks too good to be true, it usually is. And 1000 quid is a bit much to take a risk with....

[Earl]

There have been some scams on big scopes on ebay recently, i placed a bid on one and got an email from ebay saying that it was an account which was not in control of the original owner...

Of course this happens after the auction has ended I hope the winning bidder didn't loose any money.

[starstalker]

lol this is getting good now, i offered him 900 and he said a grand including packing, and he wants the money by money transfer,so yes it is too good to be true, i have emailed and asked him how come the scope is on sale by 3 different sellers in 3 different countries? no reply as of yet......lmao!!

[syd_malicious]

This is patently a scam even before the link to the other ads

• worldwide shipping - this is almost an automatic scam if it sys this. You know it will be for shipping only even if you live in London
  
• pictures - this does not look like a typical British house
  
• he paid ten grand - in dollars probably
  

Sorry but this sort of ad is just so blatantly a scam I don't know how people fall for it.

If you wanted fun you could get into a long discussion about how his brother could ship it from his aunties house at 419 Scam Street in Nigeria .

[NickH]

What's his email address...have some useful little tools I could let rip with if you want me to... :-)

[starstalker]

oh well at least its helped get my post count up, 23 more and ill be able to see the classified section and hopefully find a real bargain!

[barkis]

£1100 Is an awful lot of brass to chuck away.

It smells awful this one. There isn't an Idiot on the planet who would sell that scope for that much.

Ron.

[starstalker]

yeah i still havnt had a reply to my last email,think he knows hes rumbled! lol

[starstalker]

What's his email address...have some useful little tools I could let rip with if you want me to... :-)

heaven-r11@hotmail.com, have fun!!!

[NickH]

ah, hotmail...bit more risky

shame...

[iamjulian]

I once read a great article about these kind of scams. The person turned it round and managed to con them out of money. Along the lines of asking them to do something, and because they thought the person was going to fall for it, they risked a bit of money - scam the scammer.

[Abernus]

ah, hotmail...bit more risky

shame...

If you were thinking of a nuke or something along those lines , then yes VERY risk with Hotmail.

As to the add I wonder if I scanned in a £50 note and printed my own cash he would accept it and send the goods