Currently i am noticing a growing trend of ebay members taking pre order still listings and not writting the listing is for a pre order
Take for example the new blackberry bold
with a release date of a few weeks from now yet a particular ebayer is selling them from the us and not one of his 10 bidder have left him a good feedback
Now i know said user is a powerseller but i still have worries when you consider that not 1 of the bidders has recieved this phone from him
I have checked their listing and found not one word on shipping time frames less than 21 days and they have been selling this phone for like a good few days
I have not seen one person leave good feedback yet and they have been selling now for a few days i am a bit concerned that as phones like this come out
What you will get is people trying to take pre orders from ebay buyers and not advising that your item is actually going to be done in a pre order.
I will try to contact the seller for images and advise on here. but i would say for now if your considering buy to think twice as there is nothing to show this seller actually has this phone as they didnt even use an actual image of the phone it's a stock photo.
Don't forget to vote cheers
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Update 09-08-2008
Turns out i am right about people selling the phones with pre order motives and not telling the buyers its pre order
Some are saying its a customs declaration issue others are saying its at a friends but one thing is certain the Black berry bold is not out in Uk nor is it out in USA some people tend to sell items before they are released officially.
If they do always ask for photo (personalised) its too easy to get an image of anything these days online
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Another note - the blackerry servers are going to be down until the blackberry is actually released somewhere in the world this means even if you have it right now you will only be able to use the phone service nothing more.
Ebay is a great way to pre sell items before you actually get authorisation to sell the item from the manufacturer but its also a great place to fall victim to fraud if you are not careful obviously many people selling these are genuine but there is a small minority of sellers trying to abuse the ebay system
I spoke to a seller that was trying to sell this phone in Uk when i asked him to collect he said he didnt have the phone on him and he was waiting for a friend to bring it for him so i warn all buyers be careful and know that until any seller selling this phone is getting feedback from people that have bought it before hand i would ask you to not part with your money yet till you see some feedback from people that have bought
One seller currently offering over 40 phones has sold around 100 units of these and not one person has given him any feedback
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Final shocking update-
A little bit of sad news having already seen this ebayer listingblackberry bolds from 1st august and not stating that it is a pre order selling them for top dollar(the kind of money you get for items that are not available) I sent him an email asking about if he had stock and here is what i got as a response PS i did not buy any from him so this response got me worried
This is a list of the emails i have got from them so you decide whats going on
This first mail was received on the 7th august days after this user had sold around 80 of these units all on ebay
These should start shipping next week, we ask all buyers to allow up to twenty days for delivery, even though they should start shipping next week. We ordered 60 Units from Blackberry, and we should of have them by today, but because they stock in customs they will be only released next week, as soon as they do, we will be sending them out! They are Original in the box with all accessories, Unlocked and Unbranded. thanx, N_G_P
Now this wouldnt shock you unless you saw this second email i received 6 days later surely by now it should have cleared customs after the user had by now taken more than 140 orders not one item shipped
OK, we ordered 90 Units from Blackberry, now they stock in customs, we should of had them by now, but customs still testing to see if everything is safe and other crap that they do, as soon as they clear I will send it to you!
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