Knocked off by a bargain

mimo2005 · 09-26-2007, 06:51 AM

A consumer reporter learns the whole world is a street corner when he shops online for a set of earphones and finds a price too good to be true.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...la-home-center

The writer got scamed by Amazon Marketplace , third party companies that sell products throu amazon ,and i got scamed the same way .

On January 6, 2007 ( me and my wife) , we bought a couple bottles of perfume from a seller that had a good review positive customer feedback at Amazon Marketplace .
My wife knew the perfume was fake as soon as she opened the box and smelled it , i went to a perfume store the next day to smell the same perfume , and my wife was right , we bought 2 fake BURBERRY BRIT for 37.99$ each ( 69$ each at store)
I am sure a lot of people think they bought the real deal , if they don't know the difference , i am one of them if it wasn't my wife who recognized the fake product .
The seller offered me to send him back the 2 bottles and get full refund , but asked me to not give him negative review .

**Fox** · 09-26-2007, 05:31 PM

I get all my awesome deals on craigslist :)

09-26-2007, 06:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, The Relaxation Room/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Knocked off by a bargain A consumer reporter learns the whole world is a street corner when he shops online for a set of earphones and finds a price too good to be true. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...la-home-center The writer got scamed by Amazon Marketplace , third party companies that sell products throu amazon ,and i got scamed the same way . On January 6, 2007 ( me and my wife) , we bought a couple bottles of perfume from a seller that had a good review positive customer feedback at Amazon Marketplace . My wife knew the perfume was fake as soon as she opened the box and smelled it , i went to a perfume store the next day to smell the same perfume , and my wife was right , we bought 2 fake BURBERRY BRIT for 37.99$ each ( 69$ each at store) I am sure a lot of people think they bought the real deal , if they don't know the difference , i am one of them if it wasn't my wife who recognized the fake product . The seller offered me to send him back the 2 bottles and get full refund , but asked me to not give him negative review . __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo" Last edited by mimo2005; 09-26-2007 at 06:53 AM.

09-26-2007, 05:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
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