80w solar panels

B&M said:
I have been monitoring the price of solar panels and have noticed a steady reduction in price over the last few months. This morning I noticed these on ebay. Too good to be true!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/80-Watt-S...20862128572?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item1c23f1b9bc
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I was looking at solar panels yesterday on Ebay, and for 250 pounds you could get these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/80W-SOLAR...tEquipment_Accessories_SM&hash=item35b35143a4

Even comes with a tube of Sikoflex by the look of the add
 
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Scam I'd say. It would cost ten quid at least to courier it - if the seller is making any profit that leaves a panel costing six quid. If it seems too good to be true.........

Happy to be proved wrong (as usual): I'll have three, then...

Edit: Just checked that listing again - says 160 sold since 17 Feb, but no feedback since 2006. Looks dubious. Also the usernames of a statistically unlikely number of buyers end in i or r
 
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capsco said:
How would the scam work then? buy through e bay pay by paypal any problem money refunded, am I wrong?
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No I think you're right. That's how it works from the buyers end, but for the scammer there is a period of a few days when the money is in their paypal account before people start complaining - maybe seven or eight days. Time to transfer the funds and leg it. I suspect the ebay account has been a sleeper - set up with a number of low value sales over a short period to get the feedback.

I don't know how they have managed to manipulate the 'purchase history' but it is very suspect. If you look at the only other item this 'seller' has for sale ( a sat dish) you'll see that the same buyers have bought both items on the same day. I suppose it's possible that both these items may appeal to some buyers, but taking all the evidence together.......
 
concentrik said:
No I think you're right. That's how it works from the buyers end, but for the scammer there is a period of a few days when the money is in their paypal account before people start complaining - maybe seven or eight days. Time to transfer the funds and leg it. I suspect the ebay account has been a sleeper - set up with a number of low value sales over a short period to get the feedback.

I don't know how they have managed to manipulate the 'purchase history' but it is very suspect. If you look at the only other item this 'seller' has for sale ( a sat dish) you'll see that the same buyers have bought both items on the same day. I suppose it's possible that both these items may appeal to some buyers, but taking all the evidence together.......
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Time to alert EBAY
 
Bit early to notify ebay, thats not exactly proof. Seems a bit odd, but with reduction of government support for solar power not surprising somebody has a garage of them and looking to get rid.
 
wklein said:
Bit early to notify ebay, thats not exactly proof. Seems a bit odd, but with reduction of government support for solar power not surprising somebody has a garage of them and looking to get rid.
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Agreed it's not proof... just a number of unusual factors. Anyway if you do buy one as you're considering, I'd be very grateful if you could let me know what they're like- I need two!
 
No feedback last 12 months-warranty refers to 6 months for the "lamp", is this copied from another site-167 sold but no feedback is pretty strange. They may be genuine but from a faulty batch and yours may be ok. Probably worth a punt at 1/5th best other prices for similar panels, particularly with PayPal protection!
 
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