ebay garmin gps 396 _ $100? what is going on ?

"Ol Shy & Bashful" wrote in message
oups.com...
BIG TIME SCAM - BEWARE This has come up before and there is no
recourse if you lose money on the deal. Ebay has sent countless
warnings about these "too good to be true" listings. If they are out of
country keep on going. Even if they are in country, if you don't have a
way to reach them, beware. Some reputable dealers will use a "loss
leader" from time to time to generate action but they are established
people and reachable.
Caveat Emptor
d&tm wrote:
Over the last 24 hours there were 23 new Garmin GPS396 up for auction ,
no
one is bidding on them except 1 which went for $89 Euro. It looks very
suss
that they all come up about the same time and all come from China or
Hong
Kong and from sellers with little or no feedback history. Seeing as
they
claim to take cash on delivery I am putting in a bid , more out of
curiosity
than anything else. I know these units are worth about $2000.
terry

Thanks shy,
After a bit more investigation I found so many things that just didnt add up
, it was clear that all of these 23 auctions were related even though they
used different names. Looking at the sellers feedback was most interesting.
Typically they had been ebay members for 4 or 5 years but only had 6 or 7
feedbacks and stangely all 7 would be on the same day and within minutes of
each other , and the other sellers would have their feedbacks on the same
day also ( and that day just happened to be yesterday). and if you actually
went into place a bid ( before the confirmation stage , they all had the
same message about postage and customs etc and all written in Italian! ).
terry