#149571 - 21/03/2003 07:41
The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
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journeyman
Registered: 10/02/2003
Posts: 78
Loc: St. Louis, MO
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I was just rummaging through some old e-mails and came across this one from another eBay member. Seems he saw me bidding on another auction and thought he would be helpful and turn me to his bargain:
"Hi! I saw that you were bidding on a WORLD'S BEST MP3 CAR STEREO !!! RIO CAR
EMPEG (Item # 3005689833) and wanted to tell you that I have one for sale cheap.
The unit is in a 9.5/10 condition and comes with manual, remote, wiring harness
and mounting hardware. If you want it, I will sell it for $100.00 I will pay
the shipping!
I am liquidating the contents of 5 pawn shops and have sold the majority of the
items locally, but are selling the electronics via the internet. I need to sell
the inventory quickly to free up funds to secure future shipments. If you are
interested get back to me ASAP. Thanks!!"
$100 and free shipping?? Ummm, if you saw that I was bidding on another Empeg, you obviously saw how much it was going for. Who would take a loss of $500+ when you could sell it so easily on eBay? Maybe I passed up the deal of a lifetime, but in all odds, I saved myself a hundred bucks.
BTW, if anyone wants to take a chance, the user was celtics_rule3. No telling if it is still available, it was a pretty hot deal...
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#149572 - 21/03/2003 07:44
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: MinerTwoFour]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Even if it was legitimate, if it was a pawn shop liquidation, it might have been someone else's stolen unit.
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#149573 - 21/03/2003 09:19
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: pgrzelak]
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addict
Registered: 30/05/2002
Posts: 695
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...it might have been someone else's stolen unit
If I were in the position I would have probably picked it up and then made a post asking everyone who had theirs stolen to submit serial numbers.
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#149574 - 21/03/2003 09:38
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: DeadFire]
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journeyman
Registered: 10/02/2003
Posts: 78
Loc: St. Louis, MO
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Yeah, that would have been the optimal thing to do, but the first thing that came to my mind was "phony advertisement", and the e-mail was dismissed. Had I had any inkling that it was a stolen unit, I would've definitely picked it up.
I've still got the e-mail address, I guess I could always check. I'm sure that the seller probably e-mailed it to a lot of other people though. Thought maybe some of the other members might have received the same.
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#149575 - 21/03/2003 11:25
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: pgrzelak]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31602
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Even if it was legitimate, if it was a pawn shop liquidation, it might have been someone else's stolen unit. Not everything sold in pawn shops is stolen merchandise. However, I agree that it would make me suspicious if I knew it came from a pawn shop.
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#149576 - 21/03/2003 12:53
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: tfabris]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
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Especially at that kind of price... I suspect it more a hoax, though.
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#149577 - 24/03/2003 04:17
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: pgrzelak]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
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If each poster on this thread chipped in $16,66, we could find out if it was a hoax or stolen: in which case, we could return it to its owner for $100. If it turns out to be neither, or the original owner doesn't want it because his insurers have paid out, we could sell it on and make a profit, each, of $66.64-
-All you risk is $16,66.
Cast your bread upon the waters and it will return....
....but who wants soggy bread.
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#149578 - 24/03/2003 05:13
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: boxer]
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pooh-bah
Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2489
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Of course, if the insurers had paid out, the Empeg would belong to them. But for $16, you can't lose!
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#149579 - 24/03/2003 10:33
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: CrackersMcCheese]
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journeyman
Registered: 10/02/2003
Posts: 78
Loc: St. Louis, MO
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I sent the guy an e-mail a few days ago, haven't heard anything out of him (The first e-mail was a few months ago). Apparently he decided not to liquidate too much stuff on eBay, cause his rating sits at (0).
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#149580 - 24/03/2003 22:40
Re: The Best Empeg Deal Ever...
[Re: MinerTwoFour]
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old hand
Registered: 31/12/2001
Posts: 1109
Loc: Petaluma, CA
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ya im in
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