Guest The Southern Bandit Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Whooo, that's a good one... Dan. Batch/bulk/quantity buying. Quite normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 All gone :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I'll bet if it is legitimate, what you'll get is the 1/48 scale F4U-1D and not the new 1/32 even though that's what's advertised. I'm not biting as I think it's a scam too. You'll get your money back from PayPal (if you used it) but the scam goes merrily on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyoy5 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Scam waiting to happen fellas, if it sounds to go to be true then it's normally false and a lie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." The old caution may not always end up being justified, but I ain't betting against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Don't forget the Hobby Lobby $130 Academy Hornets for $30 - plus 40% off coupons! I missed out on those as Hobby Lobby didn't open here till a few years ago. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." The old caution may not always end up being justified, but I ain't betting against it. It doesn't snound good at all, the first five looked like mistakes. The next bunches were all at varying bid amounts, but with the listed shipping amount every one of them was over $200. I bought from Tokyo Hobby, $90 plus $25 shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Reading thru the ad, it says to allow up to 20 days to ship the order and then delivery could take 2-5 weeks. It also says that if you receive the wing item, they will issue a refund only after receiving the wrong item back. I hope they're not planning to do a bait and switch. "Oops, we sent the 1/48 kit and not the 1/32 one. Just get it back to us and we'll send you the right one." Sounds too dodgy to me. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) Reading thru the ad, it says to allow up to 20 days to ship the order and then delivery could take 2-5 weeks. It also says that if you receive the wing item, they will issue a refund only after receiving the wrong item back. I hope they're not planning to do a bait and switch. "Oops, we sent the 1/48 kit and not the 1/32 one. Just get it back to us and we'll send you the right one." Sounds too dodgy to me. Carl There is a time-limit on submitting a claim, all though I don't recall now. It is 30 or 45 days from the end of an auction. Edit - just read the post again, that is outside the time you can get a refund. Edited September 17, 2017 by ScoobyDoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Let's just hope those that were lucky enough to grab the deal do indeed get a bargain. Positive thoughts folks! LSP_K2 and Daniel Leduc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'm looking at the other Corsairs this guy is selling with high shipping costs. Read over his Ebay posts carefully. The seller comes across as someone who is not very good with Latin characters and arabic numerals. He may well be legit but did not ask for the correct shipping fees in the earlier ads due to not really being familiar with our "crazy" words and numbers...God knows I'd be worthless trying to create an Ebay auction in Chinese characters... I'm curious to see how this one plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I'm looking at the other Corsairs this guy is selling with high shipping costs. Read over his Ebay posts carefully. The seller comes across as someone who is not very good with Latin characters and arabic numerals. He may well be legit but did not ask for the correct shipping fees in the earlier ads due to not really being familiar with our "crazy" words and numbers...God knows I'd be worthless trying to create an Ebay auction in Chinese characters... I'm curious to see how this one plays out. What country doesn't use Arabic numerals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Or it could be as simple as he forgot an '0' at the end of the shipping costs for the Canadian entry. Strange, though, he should have known as soon as he got the first payment something was wrong. Could be he plans on eating the costs for those few to keep his rating high. Daniel Leduc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) What country doesn't use Arabic numerals? I had to look it up myself Ar·a·bic nu·mer·al noun plural noun: Arabic numerals any of the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Arabic numerals reached western Europe through Arabia, replacing Roman numerals, by about AD 1200, but probably originated in India. Edited September 18, 2017 by 1to1scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaf-man Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I had to look it up myself Ar·a·bic nu·mer·al noun plural noun: Arabic numerals any of the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Arabic numerals reached western Europe through Arabia, replacing Roman numerals, by about AD 1200, but probably originated in India. They look a bit different than we are used https://seasonsali.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/arabic_numbers.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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