<p>I am about 2 buy a laptop, for 300 bux. Now this is not just a crap laptop, but a Dell Inspiron 9300 with ATI x300 128 mb gpu, 80 gigs, 1.73 ghz, 1 gig ddr ram, about a 1.4k laptop.</p>
<p>Very cheap, but I think for legitimate reason. They say that their company ( a liquidation company ) has too many excess units of these from an in-company promotion. </p>
<p>They also have an 800 number and seem fairly legit.</p>
<p>However, they do not accept Escrow or COD, and so I am forced to pay through credit card, money order, or cashier's check. </p>
<p>I can contact them by phone usually and the guy seems very nice and understanding, but unfortunately there is no way of being sure that this isn't a complete scam.
Now this is from an online auction but not ebay, so there is no paypal buyer protection or anything like that. It is almost like a private transaction occurring.
They say they offer shipping tracker as well though which helps me a bit, and also since they have a 1800 number, if i get screwed over, i can call them every hour of the day, every day of the month to try and resolve something. </p>
<p>Should I go thru with it? It seems like too huge of a deal to pass over, yet it isnt guaranteed to be safe.</p>
<p>I have an undestanding that cashier's check has protection? So even if i do pay him with that, it is possible to get my money back?</p>
<p>Whatever you decide, use Money Order...theres a federal law about fraud using money orders.</p>
<p>Also...is there a website? Thats a sick deal.</p>
<p>I would call your credit card company and see what exactly they say. Ask them what happens if you do get scammed. </p>
<p>I was scammed from an online company that was called freedelivery4u. It seemed extremely legit, and the prices were very reasonable. Also, the tracking number...I had one too, but I'd ordered a digital camera, and the weight was only a pound on the package. What had happened was the scammers had scammed about 50K worth of goods and sent out a 1 pound package to every customer so he would have a tracking number...inside the package was a miniflash card holder. For some reason, this scammer was pretty stupid...I called my credit card company and they told me that he forgot to charge me! I lucked out...I feel sorry for some, though, that sent money orders who lost their money. </p>
<p>Anyways, the point is that I wouldn't do it any way aside from credit card and make sure you KNOW your credit card companies rules on being scammed.</p>
<p>...also, for the record, this happened like 3 years ago, and the scammers haven't been found yet as far as I know...; therefore, bobbobbob, although there might be a law about fraud using money orders (I don't mean to sound quick or snappy, but there's a federal law about fraud period), big deal. Does the government pay if you get scammed through a money order? Because credit cards, as far as I know, reimburse if you've been scammed.</p>
<p>apparently credit card has some sort of fraud protection, however, im not sure if its safe to give out my credit card number</p>
<p>...it's a risk, but if they do have fraud protection and money reimbursement, I wouldn't be too worried; to be safe, I'd cancel the card and reopen an account if I found out I did get scammed</p>
<p>Thats true with the credit cards. Im not sure about the laws with money orders but I know what whenever I use ebay, my parents always say to use money order...and since my dad used to be a cop, I tend to believe him. haha.</p>
<p>Is there a website?</p>
<p>apparently they dont have a website, but what does it take to get a toll free number? is it hard? or can some random dude do it.</p>
<p>...one more thing you could do...go online to the Better Business Burea's website and see about the complaints (or compliments) listed for this "legit" company. </p>
<p>also, if you don't mind, post the website if there is one...</p>
<p>oh yea thats a good idea....go online and research the company.</p>
<p>hmm...honestly, i've never ever used ebay before</p>
<p>BUT, interesting that there isn't a single comment for the user good or bad...possibly and probably a new user...I'm still unsure...a bit skeptical here; if it's legit, then it's an awesome deal</p>
<p>BUT, I'm reminded that if it's too good to be true, it probably is....</p>
<p>AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH u have no idea how much im stresing over this.</p>
<p>I would take the risk of doing a transaction as long as there is a guarantee of me getting the $$ back if it indeed doesnt come but there is no method like that is there?</p>
<p>your credit card may cover fraud...you might be able to get insurance for the money orders too. look it up.</p>
<p>yes i called him and he says he also has ipods and xbox 360s and that was correct. it is a liquidation company so i mean its legitimate to have more than 1 item to sell off</p>
<p>I also found Powermac G4s...</p>
<p>...i know this won't make the decision any easier, but the company that frauded me...they had a number they answered until a certain day and time....the lady who answered the phone was also nice...</p>
<p>How? Because if they fraud like that and have a consisent number and things like that, isn't it easy for them to be caught?</p>
<p>i don't know...PM me your SN...something else looks fishy...</p>