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Legato-and-Vash
04/14/21 2:44:52 PM
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From everything I've heard, customer service HEAVILY favors the buyer. So I assume the scams that these people are trying to run would backfire. Are they attempting to take the money and run fast as hell before anything can be done? Does eBay/PayPal hold their money?

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Cocytus
04/14/21 2:46:09 PM
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They're scams. It's buyer beware.
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Doe
04/14/21 2:46:26 PM
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pokedude900
04/14/21 2:49:51 PM
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Are you sure they're selling 3080s and not 3080 boxes or pictures?
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Legato-and-Vash
04/14/21 2:53:54 PM
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pokedude900 posted...
Are you sure they're selling 3080s and not 3080 boxes or pictures?
That's what I thought but it didn't mention it was a box. I mean it's still pretty obvious it's a scam, but it mentions being the real thing unless I missed something. The first listing was already delisted. Here's another one if it isn't gone by the time I post this. (space between ? and hash)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-ROG-Strix-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-3080-OC-Edition-Gaming-Graphics-Card-SEALED/194038032167?
hash=item2d2d916727:g:ggIAAOSwvaxgdygI

Edit: Looks like someone actually bought the second one.

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fan357
04/14/21 3:20:59 PM
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Hello American friend I have TOO MANY 3080 Nvidia and must sell them at a discount!

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Legato-and-Vash
04/14/21 3:22:31 PM
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I guess I'm just more surprised since I thought obvious scams like that would not work in the scammer's favor in 2021.

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monkmith
04/14/21 3:24:13 PM
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Legato-and-Vash posted...
I guess I'm just more surprised since I thought obvious scams like that would not work in the scammer's favor in 2021.
stupid people still have money though?

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Legato-and-Vash
04/14/21 3:37:02 PM
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monkmith posted...
stupid people still have money though?
What I mean is I thought eBay tightened it up so much that even honest sellers have issues. I would expect the scammer in this case to not be able to get away with it. Unless eBay/PayPal does NOT hold money or anything like I thought. Will eBay eat the cost when the scammer flees? Or does the scammer need to have a verified bank account that can't just easily be ditched so eBay/PayPal can take the money back from the scammer?

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_BlueMonk
04/14/21 3:38:23 PM
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a lot of people are making these fake listings to screw over the bots that buy them at msrp prices so not everyone there is bad.

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Legato-and-Vash
04/14/21 3:40:57 PM
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_BlueMonk posted...
a lot of people are making these fake listings to screw over the bots that buy them at msrp prices so not everyone there is bad.
Actually, now that you mention that, I do vaguely remember hearing about that.

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Cocytus
04/15/21 12:41:37 PM
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_BlueMonk posted...
a lot of people are making these fake listings to screw over the bots that buy them at msrp prices so not everyone there is bad.
Now there's an interesting idea.
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