SCAM WARNING wtc999good-sellers selling Uni-T meters cheap on eaby

[P90]

Instead of buying, click the "Report Item" link above the description on the right side. Then, select the following:

Report category: Listing practices
Reason for report: Fraudulent listing practices
Detailed reason: You suspect the listing is fraudulent

Click the Submit Report button. If it gives an error about the item number being missing, just click the button again and it'll complete.

That's all. No need to write anything. Just a few clicks.

:thumbsup:

[Housedad]

I hve to admit it. I got hit by one of these scams recently.  I tried to buy a microscope ring light that everyone else listed at 24 dollars.  The seller had it up ther for 10 dollars.  I should have known, looking back on it, since they were using stock pics from the manufacturer and very low sales volume.  The Seller was new and had no history.  Ebay is the one that told me how the scam works after it all was done and said.

[Housedad]

If you think about it, knowingly purchasing these items is enabling the crime. Thus, doing so is effectively acting as an accessory to fraud. Will anything happen to you as a result? Unlikely. However, the situation is something to contemplate.

A legal view is the concept of "good faith"   If a buyer attempts to purchase and item and is willing or has paid, the buyer is acting in "good faith", and would fully expect the transaction to go through.  Only if the buyer is fully appraised of the scam and is in collusion with the seller would the buyer be subjected to criminal charges.  As long as the buyer is acting in good faith, they have broken no laws or moral obligations.

[P90]

I hve to admit it. I got hit by one of these scams recently.  I tried to buy a microscope ring light that everyone else listed at 24 dollars.  The seller had it up ther for 10 dollars.  I should have known, looking back on it, since they were using stock pics from the manufacturer and very low sales volume.  The Seller was new and had no history.  Ebay is the one that told me how the scam works after it all was done and said.

I thought first it was said, then it was done...

[Housedad]

Ahh, semantics and grammer.  Oh, well.

[bitseeker]

If you think about it, knowingly purchasing these items is enabling the crime. Thus, doing so is effectively acting as an accessory to fraud. Will anything happen to you as a result? Unlikely. However, the situation is something to contemplate.

A legal view is the concept of "good faith"   If a buyer attempts to purchase and item and is willing or has paid, the buyer is acting in "good faith", and would fully expect the transaction to go through.  Only if the buyer is fully appraised of the scam and is in collusion with the seller would the buyer be subjected to criminal charges.  As long as the buyer is acting in good faith, they have broken no laws or moral obligations.

Yeah, I'm certainly not a lawyer, but the key phrase was "knowingly purchasing". It was simply something to think about when tempted to buy. I like good deals and "scores", but this kind of thing affects us whether buyers or sellers. My hope is that as a community, we EEVbloggers can work together to help make a difference.

[coromonadalix]

 luolanjun33229   flagged to ebay 30 items  with queen name in it ...

[coromonadalix]

oh  i think the name is gone ...

[Jwalling]

Oh oh...

"We had to remove this listing from the site and you're not required to complete the transaction. If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about. If you have any questions about delivery, please check tracking or contact your seller. If you run into any trouble along the way eBay is here to help. Please visit the Resolution Center to help resolve any problems you may encounter."

...process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about...

Except you (I) won't be getting your (my) meter, of course.

[P90]

Oh oh...

"We had to remove this listing from the site and you're not required to complete the transaction. If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about. If you have any questions about delivery, please check tracking or contact your seller. If you run into any trouble along the way eBay is here to help. Please visit the Resolution Center to help resolve any problems you may encounter."

...process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about...

Except you (I) won't be getting your (my) meter, of course.

So I guess you'll be "visiting the Resolution Center" soon... LOL

[Jwalling]

Oh oh...

"We had to remove this listing from the site and you're not required to complete the transaction. If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about. If you have any questions about delivery, please check tracking or contact your seller. If you run into any trouble along the way eBay is here to help. Please visit the Resolution Center to help resolve any problems you may encounter."

...process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about...

Except you (I) won't be getting your (my) meter, of course.

So I guess you'll be "visiting the Resolution Center" soon... LOL

Maybe not so soon. 
Estimated delivery Fri, May 26 - Sat, Jun 17
Please stand by...
It's only 10 bucks, so no big deal.

[ocw]

wtc999good-sellers has moved to Wytheville, Virginia and lowered the 15B+ price to $8.99:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FLUKE-15B-Digital-multimeter-Tester-DMM-with-TL75-test-leads-Soft-case-KCH17-/232337648793?hash=item3618672c99:g:M2MAAOSwONBZGtDT
Happy trails to $8.99 ...

[Housedad]

huge clues:  Seller has 0 feedback. Seller is brand new May 5th.  Price is unbelievable.  Pictures are lifted from different aliexpress ads.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Upgrade-FLUKE-15B-F15B-Digital-Multimeter-Meter-100uf-to-1000uf-larger-LCD-backlight-faster/32810116941.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.312.kEroQO&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10065_10151_10130_10068_5160015_436_10136_10137_10157_10060_10138_10155_10062_10156_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_100032_100033_100031_10099_10103_10102_10096_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_5150015_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10178_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10181_10183_10182_10185_10078_10079_10073_10123,searchweb201603_4,ppcSwitch_5&btsid=f5b2cc9a-1f94-4afa-ab0f-785d8343171f&algo_expid=1c19eda8-3fe0-4ab3-aa8c-115f46b31a66-41&algo_pvid=1c19eda8-3fe0-4ab3-aa8c-115f46b31a66

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/True-NEW-FLUKE-15B-F15B-Digital-Multimeter-W-Free-Case-FLUKE-15B-F15B-Digital-Multimeter/32752323457.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.268.kEroQO&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_5_10152_10065_10151_10130_10068_5160015_436_10136_10137_10157_10060_10138_10155_10062_10156_10154_10056_10055_10054_10059_100032_100033_100031_10099_10103_10102_10096_10147_10052_10053_10050_10107_10142_10051_5150015_10084_10083_10080_10082_10081_10178_10110_10111_10112_10113_10114_10181_10183_10182_10185_10078_10079_10073_10123,searchweb201603_4,ppcSwitch_5&btsid=f5b2cc9a-1f94-4afa-ab0f-785d8343171f&algo_expid=1c19eda8-3fe0-4ab3-aa8c-115f46b31a66-35&algo_pvid=1c19eda8-3fe0-4ab3-aa8c-115f46b31a66

[Decapitator]

huge clues:  Seller has 0 feedback. Seller is brand new May 5th.  Price is unbelievable.  Pictures are lifted from different aliexpress ads.

The pictures are the same factory stock pictures everyone uses. No watermarks. Some of the aliexpress pictures are watermarked.

I don't see any legitimate basis to report this vendor.

Anyone here live close to Virginia? Shipping to my location is estimated at 8 days or less but I don't really need a 15B.

BTW I've received generic positive feedback from both "wtf999good-sellers" and "luolanjun33229".

[P90]

I recently ordered some item from ebay coming from China, I hope I didn't get scammed: )

[Nusa]

Here's another version of the above, supposedly shipping from Sherman Oaks, California. Account created today.
http://www.ebay.com/usr/heidnguye-1

[Bud]

Some of you guys seem to never learn.

[retiredcaps]

Some of you guys seem to never learn.

I thought I was doing this community a favour by pointing the scam, but some people have to learn first hand, but "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." Mark Twain.


Anyway, this will likely be my last comment in this thread.  Getting 

PS. I will ask moderators to close or lock this thread if it gets out of control.

PPS. According to a chinese newpaper, the average annual salary in major Chinese cities is $900 USD or $75 month or roughly $3.75 a day as reported on Jan 1, 2016.  Scamming $10 USD per person is more than a honest days work.

[mtdoc]

  Scamming $10 USD per person is more than a honest days work.

I'm not sure "honest" is the right term - but I get your intent.

[P90]

Some of you guys seem to never learn.

oh, we learn, but some of us are old and we forget shortly after we learn...

[coromonadalix]

Ebay / Paypal    should keep the payment for at leat 2 months (i know its too much to ask)  or waiting for the feedback left  to release the payment to the seller ...

I've bought from Aliexpress recently, took over 90 days to receive some 8$ things, for a 40$ bill,  paid 2$ more in the shipping to accelerate the shipment, No use, changed nothing  pffff

I think it was my last "cheap buy/bought" thing.

I did bought expensive things from Israel (1 week EMS) and from Ali (3 days by DHL)  worked perfectly

[medical-nerd]

Hiya

I received on of these:

"We had to remove this listing from the site and you're not required to complete the transaction. If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about. If you have any questions about delivery, please check tracking or contact your seller. If you run into any trouble along the way eBay is here to help. Please visit the Resolution Center to help resolve any problems you may encounter."

  recently on a purchase which I had already immediately paid for from a reputable UK seller, I had already brought items from this seller before.
This was the first time I had encountered this and after a brief panic thinking that I had paid on a hijacked account or webpage and checking repeatedly my paypal account the item arrived just as described.

Unfortunately I couldn't leave positive feedback.

Not everything is a scam.

Cheers

[Housedad]

It is a boilerplate response.  I got the same one about the ring light.   Watch your messages.   On the day after the last day it is listed to have been delivered, a message will ask you if you want a refund.  There is something else you have to respond to in between, but I don't remember what it was.

[Electro Detective]

Some of you guys seem to never learn.

I thought I was doing this community a favour by pointing the scam, but some people have to learn first hand, but "A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way." Mark Twain.


Anyway, this will likely be my last comment in this thread.  Getting 

PS. I will ask moderators to close or lock this thread if it gets out of control.

PPS. According to a chinese newpaper, the average annual salary in major Chinese cities is $900 USD or $75 month or roughly $3.75 a day as reported on Jan 1, 2016.  Scamming $10 USD per person is more than a honest days work.

PLEASE keep up the scam alerts, it is doing the community a favor and a welcome service!   

I don't want to get caught out again buying 10 Fluke 87Vs for $100 AU total   

...plus shipping which should have been free for such a bulk purchase     

[bitseeker]

I've run into a bunch of fraudulent test equipment listings during the past week or so. They must be fruitful for the scammers.