Loaded DELL Inspiron8200 for $1200(?)

[mightyjoon]

I visited dibit.com and found a brand new DELL inspiron 8200 for $1200.
Here are the details on the item he is selling for $1200
Details:

Pentium 4 1.8 GHz-M,
1024MB,DDR,266M,2DIMM
64MB DDR 4XAGP NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go 3D
60GB Modular Floppy Drive and 8MB DiskOnKey
Microsoft? Windows XP Professional
3COM 10/100 Ethernet II Card Xircom RealPort 10/100+56K Cap V.90 NIC/Modem PC Card
8X CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive with Roxio's Easy CD Creator
Internal TrueMobile 1150 miniPCI card (Wi-Fi Certified)
Microsoft Office XP Professional
Norton Antivirus 2002, 90-day introductory offer
Dell Jukebox Premium powered by MusicMatch (90 day trial Radio MX service)
Kenneth Cole Leather Case by Dell
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 4 Year Limited Warranty plus 4 Year On-site Service and CompleteCare 6 Months AOL,Featuring the Netbusiness Service for Small Business AOLPAD
Tripplite Portable Surge Wallmount (2 Outlet) P
Lithium Ion Spare Battery

All this for $1200? When I checked out the price from Dell.com, it came out to be about $4000 system.

When I asked him how he wants the payment to be made, he said western union or moneygram only. No credit cards.

He has 5 of these systems. If this is a real, I think it is real good deal but I am not sure whether I can trust this guy.

What do you guys think?
Here is the link to the site. [link deleted]


This is not a Hot Deal.

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[usmc666]

If I were you I'd ask for the serial number of the one he's going to supposedly sell you, and call Dell with it to find out its history...there ain't no one in there right mind who would be selling those laptops for 1200.

 

[dpham00]

When I asked him how he wants the payment to be made, he said western union or moneygram only. No credit cards.

sounds shady to me.

 

[mightyjoon]

I did ask him about the serial number and offer COD for shiping/payment method and this is the response I got back from him.

Dear Mr. Kim,

This is my offer. Take it or leave it.

 

[QPid]

Originally posted by: dpham00

When I asked him how he wants the payment to be made, he said western union or moneygram only. No credit cards.

sounds shady to me.

yeah and how the guy posting it only has 1 post too

 

[T2T III]

And why is this deal posted in the "hot deals" forum? Clearly, it isn't a hot deal ... or even a warm deal for that matter. If it truly is a $4,000 laptop for $1,200, then why not offer to fly to his location to pick it up. I'm sure you'd be able to get a cheap "round trip" ticket for about $400 to complete the transaction in person.

However, like the others have stated, he's not going to actually be selling a $4,000 laptop for $1,200. If that was the case, he would be over at EBay setting them up for sale. Heck, even with a "Buy it now" price of $2,000 - they would not last. People would buy them up right away.

 

[Buzzman151]

What's this guys email mail address? I'd like to contact him about some stuff.

 

[T2T III]

Originally posted by: Buzzman151
What's this guys email mail address? I'd like to contact him about some stuff.

Here you go:
saul_berge@yahoo.com

 

[erickotz]

I've got a bridge to sell. Like new, only $999.

Seriously though, this has SCAM written all over it.

 

[ReiAyanami]

but for surely his professional yahoo e-mail account means he's legitimate!! may i pay with cash, gold diamonds? how about a truckload of pennies? or bad checks, do you accept those?! :Q

 

[ReiAyanami]

i would have bought it for $1199 but $1200 is just too much!

 

[Braxus]

Remember... If it's too good to be true... It usually is.

Sounds like a scam to me!

 

[Daniel]

Total scam, he's either a carder selling stolen laptops or just planning on taking your money and giving nothing in return. Steer clear of this one for sure.

 

[dp004i]

me romanian, me sell laptop, plasma tv, xbox, cell phone, plane, car, cat, dog and other miscellaneous trinket. you me money send WU or MG with password, me verify first, rippers die die die!

sounds familiar?

EDIT: that guy is not a carder, those sell their stuff on ebay for at least 50% of the item's true value.

 

[yobo]

I've tried calling the number he has listed and sure enough Its a wrong number

 

[Monkeyman]

Western Union or Moneygram only is usually a bad sign. A friend of mine got burned on ebay for a 1600.00 laptop, in a situation similar to this. There was no way to track down the money, so he basically got screwed. I'd steer clear if I were you.

 

[SammyBoy]

Originally posted by: Monkeyman
Western Union or Moneygram only is usually a bad sign. A friend of mine got burned on ebay for a 1600.00 laptop, in a situation similar to this. There was no way to track down the money, so he basically got screwed. I'd steer clear if I were you.

Your friend is a genius

 

[chuckwagon]

678 area code is in atlanta. Maybe someone in atl can meet up with him and see if it's legit.

chuck

 

[Monkeyman]

Originally posted by: SammyBoy

Your friend is a genius

I'm not quite sure what you mean by this statement. But as for my friend, he was just a naive non-techie consumer, who, on his first purchase on ebay, learned the hard way about being scammed.

 

[Miramonti]

Please someone buy this! Then we could listen to you complain later about how you got ripped off and then we could tell you how much of an idiot you were to fall for this scam in the first place.

 

[rockyct]

This thread needs to be locked before someone stupid actually tries to buy this.