Best eBay deal ever or am I missing something?

[tom66]

I wonder if their price and description scraping bot can't handle commas in prices.

So when it sees a Keithley PSU for AUD$1,100, it sees $1. It bumps the price up to a minimum $11.14 (the rest of their catalogue has loads of these, smd resistors etc., it's the cheapest item price they have) and keeps relisting them as they are sold as the source still has them for sale.

[Mr Simpleton]

Fishy... now the link provided from the OP shows 6 more for sale... Jeez someone seems to found a wihite van full of these 

[macboy]

Fishy... now the link provided from the OP shows 6 more for sale... Jeez someone seems to found a wihite van full of these 

It is entirely possible, though very unlikely, that someone bought a pallet or warehouse full of these N.O.S. for peanuts, then put a standard markup (3x purchase price or whatever) and is actually making a small profit on these. Possible. Unlikely.

[Vito_R]

There are more models available: http://stores.ebay.com.au/Street-AutoParts/_i.html?_nkw=KEITHLEY&submit=Search&_sid=147358973
I bought 30V 5A.

Does anybody know if this thing has a switch for changing from mains 120V to 240V?

The specs show min voltage as 199 and 99v so I'm taking a chance that it can be switched.  Picked one up and will see what happens.  Bet you they will not ship them.

[CrashO]

Ordered 2 of these as well ( 20V 5A version) but agree with tom66's possible explanation for this. Probably a bot gone wild and missing a decimal point. Don't expect them to deliver, all orders will just get canceled. (although they shouldn't be able to, freaking bot advertisers with standard margins should pay the price for their full automation zero human-check laziness, in my opinion)   

[Yago]

Well there is the possibility that someone will run with the money, leaving Paypal to cough up the loss to us.
So perhaps we are not the target, but paypal is.
Mere pawns again?

If, that is, the gods of good fortune and bad robots are not smiling upon us.

[Vito_R]

There are more models available: http://stores.ebay.com.au/Street-AutoParts/_i.html?_nkw=KEITHLEY&submit=Search&_sid=147358973
I bought 30V 5A.

Does anybody know if this thing has a switch for changing from mains 120V to 240V?

The specs show min voltage as 199 and 99v so I'm taking a chance that it can be switched.  Picked one up and will see what happens.  Bet you they will not ship them.

Yup manual says it has a mains input voltage selector.  I really hope we get lucky and these guys actually ship them out.  That's one nice power supply.  Hope I don't get the old brick in a box scam. 

[retiredcaps]

I'm suprised no one is buying 4 D cells from the same seller at $42.95AU.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/181584268776

OR

AU $3,848.26 for the capacitors

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/171528301551

I wonder if this account is somehow related to the 100+ million ebay passwords stolen back in May 2014?

[LaurenceW]

I guess this is a COCKUP, not a scam. A scammer would probably have asked $3-400 dollars, and still expect to hit a good few punters!

You might even get your money back - eventually.

[Yago]

I guess this is a COCKUP, not a scam. A scammer would probably have asked $3-400 dollars, and still expect to hit a good few punters!

You might even get your money back - eventually.

Good point Lawrence.

Why would there be a problem or delay with a refund in that case?

[Mr.B]

Ebay buyer protection...  I have put my AU$22.28 in for two of them. 

[george graves]

Ordered a 20v 5a.  Only one of those left as of now.

[CrashO]

More of you getting mail from the seller? (via direct email, not ebay messaging)

Also to note, the "logging into your account" url refers to handyimports.com.au 

[Towger]

I must lookup what these can actually do.  I just got the 72v version, fills a nice gap in. I see some of you went to town ;-)

[Ryano]

Seeing as I haven't bought any Lottery tickets this year I grabbed one of the 60V 2.5A (All that was left at the time). I've blown more on a night at the bar.

I'm not sure what's going on, but with all the buyer protection covering this I doubt it's a deliberate scam. I more believe the "Bot gone wrong and misplaced the decimal point" theory.

All we can hope is that the same Bot that screwed the pooch in the first place, that is happily taking our money, giving us positive feedback, and sending order confirmations, also automatically sends the "release for shipment" order to whatever warehouse these are sitting in before anyone notices.

I would love to be there 30 days from now. Someone is going to shit when they open a $100,000.00 invoice against the $1000.00 of sales and shipped product.   

That....or we all get screwed and have a nice laugh together a few months from now.

If we do actually get product I'm going to be kicking myself for not stocking up and flipping units for a huge profit!

[bingo600]

Had to get 2 x 30v/5A ....

But have my doubts ....

/Bingo

[Fraser]

I had a similar situation with a seller advertising professional LCD viewfinders for only GBP10 each.

I bought ten of them. Next day I received an email from the seller stating that somehow the stock level had been listed as the price ! The units were over GBP500 each and they were not going to honour the sales. Ebay cannot force the seller to ship the items and the seller just refunds payments.

Whilst I hope that you all get your early Christmas Present, do not be surprised to receive a refund shortly.

For those wishing to play safe, why not buy one but delay making payment for a day or two to see if the seller contacts you.

Aurora

[tom66]

I actually hope that they are NOS without knowing the value. So no actual loss. I don't feel like costing some small business thousands of dollars - likely that'll come right out the back pocket of the business owner, if it's not noticed already.

[TunerSandwich]

lol I'm in for $2k worth.....this will be funny if I get a shipping confirmation.  With ebay and pay pal buyer protections there is no issue about getting "scammed".....I have dealt with deadbeat ebay deals before and got my money back within a couple days of filing complaint

If, by some miracle the units show up at the warehouse, I will be happy to re-list them for a couple hundred bucks each and keep a few dozen for the lab.....

Just imagine having a keithly psu to power each component in a development topology....

Time to order a few bags of pomona quick clips, some bananas and some hook-up wire 

[TheBay]

I had a similar situation with a seller advertising professional LCD viewfinders for only GBP10 each.

I bought ten of them. Next day I received an email from the seller stating that somehow the stock level had been listed as the price ! The units were over GBP500 each and they were not going to honour the sales. Ebay cannot force the seller to ship the items and the seller just refunds payments.

Whilst I hope that you all get your early Christmas Present, do not be surprised to receive a refund shortly.

For those wishing to play safe, why not buy one but delay making payment for a day or two to see if the seller contacts you.

Aurora

But if it was one of us selling something eBay wouldn't let us off for a Mis-price.

[ElektroQuark]

Order cancelled by seller.

[grumpydoc]

Order cancelled by seller.

Given how many have sold, that's going to dent his seller rating

[CrashO]

Order cancelled by seller.

Pretty weak from the seller, considering there are still active (in stock) ads online with it...

[ElektroQuark]

Email says nothing about why it has been cancelled.
Thay are not thinking clearly. To much orders

[nitro2k01]

Order cancelled by seller.

Given how many have sold, that's going to dent his seller rating

Do you actually get to leave a rating if the order is cancelled?