Ebay Scammed Me Again!!

Dammit Mike,

you're right. :boxing:

I just blew $300 on eGay.












for around $1000 worth of Cadence kit.


Factory direct.


with warranty of 1 year, also factory direct.


i got owned. :bye:

 

Yep, theres a few guys i know, who sell occasional items on eBay... and they would'nt screw anyone. That's kinda what i'm trying to get across here. INDOaudio may be a HORRIBLE example of an ebay seller... theres alot like him out there...

thing is, you can get just as screwed at online stores. TheZEB for example, screwed a friend around quite bad.

you can also get just as screwed locally. Bestbuy has given many ppl the shaft. So has circuit shitty. I won't even mention some of our local "car audio shops".

I was pretty carefull with my purchase... thinking it was definitely gray-market goods. Communication was difficult, to the point i was thinking "i'm trying to throw alot of money at this guy who wont reply, i'll just accept my first NPB and negative feedback, and fuck this whole thing."

Communication got "working"... and we came to an agreement for the two items i won, and some other stuff, done off ebay. I took a chance.

Paypal was confirmed as "Cadence Sound Systems". Shipping boxes were printed with Cadence logos. Everything is from the same city as Cadence... therefore, must be Cadence directly.

Yes, my amps are refurbished. Factory refurbished. Actually the description was that "they may be new, but returned distributor overstock". They are truly beautiful, look mint, with boxes and paperwork plus 2yr. warranty.

Also purchased was a home theater set, and 6.5" components. These are new not refurbished, also with great warranty coverage.


I purchased:

XLN-7 HT set http://www.cadencesound.com/Theater/reviews.html
Mine are'nt on the site (yet?) they have wooden cabinets.


ZXN6K 6.5" Neodymium Kit MSRP $359.00 (MAP)
Cast Aluminum Frame, External 18dB Zobel Crossovers, Bullet Phasing Plugs,
Electro-Luminescent cones, 1 inch Titanium Dome Ferro-Fluid Cooled Neo Tweeters



two Q300 amplifiers

2 x 100W@ 4 ohms, 2 x 150W @ 2 ohms, 1 x 300W @ 4 ohm Mono bridged, 1 x 400W dynamic peak, 12db Butterworth LP and HP Crossover.

As for original pricing on the HT set and amps, i just don't know what it is. The amps feature the same specs as the Q3000, but are older and different, and apparently cost more. I consider myself lucky to have found these.

The HT speakers are beautiful sounding, crisp, clean and extremely detailed. I'm still breaking them in, but so far i'm pretty impressed, especially for the price.

prices?
$69 per amp, $60 for the HT, $79 for the comps, and $20 to UPS (75Lbs) which by the way, went out the same day. Paid Friday, recieved Tuesday. Fuckin' A!

So yeah... i coulda got myself shafted on this deal... but i would have taken it up with paypal, and if that got me nowhere, then i'd go to the CC company. I looked at the guys feedback which was pretty much impeccable... i conversed in email with him, and all went well.

And in closing...
Not everything nor everyone on eBay is a scam/scammer.
I'm really glad both Seth and Chris talked so much about Cadence products, because damn, this stuff is Nice. Much more than i expected, worth full price IMO. And also thanks to Chris, for bringing the whole thing to my attention... none of it would have happened without his PM to alert me.

Hey Tex, ygpm bro.

 

well, it should have cost me more by all rights.

however, like i said...once i got communication going, i bitched about his lack of, then proceeded to wheel n' deal.

I told the guy i want this, this, and that... and he came at me with some stupid price, i said are you fuckin' nuts? he came back with new prices, much better. SOLD.

how can you get expensive shit for not so much? right place, right time, right situation perhaps? patience, watching, and holding out for better, is the best way to shop. And never hesitate to make an offer, if the first guy won't accept it, 50/50 chance the next guy will.

I got lucky, this time... theres no question.
next time i may get the shaft?

 

Call me crazy, but the UPS info on my packages is:

Cadence Sound Systems
6519 Highway 9 North
Howell, New Jersey 07731


You'll note:

http://www.cadencesound.com/contact.html

it's a match.

In fact, it all matches up, even the shipping boxes...
who'd bother printing "Cadence" on their cardboard? Aside from Cadence themselves.


These are'nt "current product lines" anyhow, so i think it's all moot as to dealers getting screwed... they can't get lowballed on products they are'nt selling to begin with.

 

wtf? i gave model numbers and further stated i dont know MSRP on anything but components... which are actually still current

like i said, i bought Q300s, comparable to the current Q3000s
truth is more evident upon reading thoroughly :detective:

did you even catch the part where i said the amps are factory refurbished? probly not.

like ANY of this makes any difference to me?
Besides the fact that i can now afford a high end HU thru unauthorized channels

 

the point of this thread was that not everything on ebay is a scam.
i hate ebay, really i do, but with some precaution and carefull shopping, it can be a valuable tool.

trying to negate some of your negativity with some of my positivity.

or "Spin it", as some might say.