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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by smsm42 on Saturday August 12, 2017 @09:01AM (#14997730)
I think buying from Amazon itself is relatively OK, I'd have hard time believing Amazon would run any scams. But third party sellers, given no customer service beyond robots and robot-like script readers... yep, better to steer clear.
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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by fredophile on Saturday August 12, 2017 @11:25AM (#14998195)
Buying from Amazon isn't enough to avoid scams. Amazon mixes their stock with 3rd parties stock.
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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by smsm42 on Sunday August 13, 2017 @12:28AM (#15001479)
If it's the same item, then it's already not a scam. At least not that one. The whole scam is that there is no item at all. And if Amazon doesn't check stock before mixing (which I have hard time believing) then you'd get much better luck getting money back from Amazon branded sale than from third-party one, IMO.
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