Would you trust this?

[McVenco]

CD32 on eBay

The item location says Germany (or at least, it looks like that), but when asked I got the answer "Hi, this item will be directly shipped from warehouse located in China. Thanks
"

The seller sells a lot of (counterfeit?) DVD's, also coming from China I presume, and he already has some negative/neutral feedback which says the goods are counterfeit.

Would anyone want to buy this, or is this probably counterfeit as well?

[ffastback]

No, he has like 5 negatives this month alone, I'd forget it!

[Oli_hd]

Would anyone want to buy this, or is this probably counterfeit as well?

I would buy it, a NOS boxed CD32 in 2007 for £5 plus £25 P&P.
And the effort needed to counterfit a CD32 would be massive, re-make the PCB, chips, case etc. heck if it was a 2007 CD32 it would be worth a tonne.
As for the 5 negatives, well on a 99% feedback I would still take the risk... unless it was a DVD, then I wouldnt

----edit---
in typing my reply the price went from $9.99 to $62 O_O
still cheap IMHO

[McVenco]

Oli_hd wrote:

----edit---
in typing my reply the price went from $9.99 to $62 O_O
still cheap IMHO

Nop, it's still at $9.99. He's got more than 1 for sale apparently. Which even makes me doubt this more.

[countzero]

if you guys keep it calm I can buy one and see what it's about. shipping to japan should be cheaper.

[Oli_hd]

Nop, it's still at $9.99. He's got more than 1 for sale apparently. Which even makes me doubt this more.

Opps yup your right. :-)

[ZeBeeDee]

$50 for shipping throughout the EU??? I could hop on a plane and pick the darn thing up in person for less!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Do an ebay search - he's got three of them on there right now (although one has <1 minute left, at $96, another is still at >4 days, for $9.99).

My guess is, he stumbled across - or stole - a NOS supply of them.  It is in China, right?  And anything can happen in China.   :-o

[ZeBeeDee]

@ Oldsmobile_Mike

Not China ... Seller is located in Germany

[Homer]

Didn't I read somewhere about some company mislaying a warehouse full of Amiga stuff in Germany  :-o

[Retromania]

@ McVenco

Without sounding too negative, due to my experiences recently (last few months) I would not touch it.  There are just too many scams going on and if the location is not the same as that of the seller, it does sound suspicious.

Retro

[odin]

This CD32 seems to have been sent to the right place in orderly fashion.

Looks like it's fairly safe to buy, although it looks rather dodgy =). You can't really make a counterfeit CD32 =).

[McVenco]

odin wrote:

You can't really make a counterfeit CD32

True, it was more of a joke really :-)

But I think I will look somewhere else if I want to buy one. Shipping costs are too high to make it a decent priced object, plus I can't use a 110 Volt, NTSC version here in Europe anyway....

[giZmo350]

I emailed the guy and asked if it would work here in the states and how much shipping would be but I get now reply.  :-?

[amigadave]

gizmo350 wrote:
I emailed the guy and asked if it would work here in the states and how much shipping would be but I get now reply.  :-?

It clearly states that it is NTSC and 110 volts, why wouldn't it work here in the states?

He probably didn't answer because it was a question that was obviously answered in the auction.

If I were interested in getting (another) CD32, I would be all over this auction, if I could pay by Paypal with a credit card.  That way you have two protections, one from Paypal and the other from being able to reverse the credit card charge for something that never arrived.