RD recently reported a sour purchase of a DVD online. This was an interesting case where he regularly does preorders of new media but happened to get the low-ball by a parasite fraudistic seller who was really offering just a list of wholesale vendors. (This list concept is very similar to the Cockeyed.com article, only for other products.)
The cost of the item was $1.50, plus shipping and handling, or essentially $5.00 for something excerpted from google.
When asked about the purchase, the seller responded by denying deception and quoting his ad:
Now here's the fun part: the guy chose to list this on RD's employer's site. I can't really share what went on, other than the seller is no longer a problem. I'd expect this thing on ebay all the time, but it seems relatively new to this particular vendor.
Of course, since this was a preorder set up to match criteria like "Very good or New Condition" and price, my RD never saw the original ad. In case you were curious, the "product" was a word doc containing the following text, reprinted in its entirety:
Seller: xxxxxxxxx Ships from: FL, United States Comments: - READ CAREFULLY PLEASE, THIS SALE IS NOT FOR THE DVD! It is for a LIST of websites on how and where to buy DVDS like this one at WHOLESALE! It will be e-mailed to U after purchase, SORRY NO REFUNDS!!!!
You can find most of this junk on wholesale411.com
WHOLESALE DVD WEBSITE LIST Here are 5 sites for buying and selling quality DVDs at wholesale prices, enjoy. http://edgewholesale.zoovy.com/category/dvdmovies/ http://www.wholesale-dvds.com/ http://www.buyritedvd.com/ http://wholesalediscs.com/ http://www.moviesvalley.com/
Now here's the fun part: the guy chose to list this on RD's employer's site. I can't really share what went on, other than the seller is no longer a problem. I'd expect this thing on ebay all the time, but it seems relatively new to this particular vendor.
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