Too good to be true? LionChief on the "bay"

Not sure how to comment about this, except, tread very lightly.  A few years ago, there were some high end Bose systems being offered in a similar fashion, but from the eastern block of Europe.  It proved to be a BIG SCAM in the end.

I'm standing very clear of these things for sure.  I just did a Google search for the the "Bose/EBay" scandal and it looks very similar, I guess this stuff happens more often than I ever realized, I must be naive....

Old Chinese Proverb:

If it seems too good to be true, it is.

Rusty

Scam or not, the biggest issue would be the lack of warranty due to the fact it is not a "Lionel authorized dealer".

Caveat Emptor

I would think the biggest issue would be you wouldn't know where your identity would wind up.

Rusty

I don't see any "too good to be true" stuff.  I see some auctions starting at a low number, but they'll get bid up. Those are for the seller than has no feedback, so I sure wouldn't be bidding on those!

I also see some sneaky ads from some dealers that are selling just the remote and not really making that clear!  Don't know how that works...

RickO:  I can remember standing next to a '71 Corvette, in a very scary, similar situation.  But, no one snapped a picture of me or it.  Seems a wire short-circuited, caused a spark onto the leaky Holley four-barrel, and up in smoke she went.  

I see the same set from hobbyspeed for $89.86 and cheaper shipping.  Since these guys all just joined eBay, I have to agree, a bunch of different names with no feedback that just joined and all have the same merchandise?  Sounds like something fell off a truck.

I wonder if they've got any Legacy #990 sets? 

I guess it depends on which truck the boxes fell off of!

Send info to Lionel.  Let them deal with it.  Clearly smells.  2 Lionel sets, 2 Bachmann sets and one Scenic Woodlands building being offered by this seller.  With no rating.

I am not interested in this, but if anyone is, I would double check your coverage as buyer under paypal.  This is a question that you need to know answer to:  how long after purchase can you dispute the item?  If there are a certain number of days that paypal affords the purchaser, and the delivery of this item bumps up against that number of days, that may be a strategy tactic by the seller.  Not particularly saying it is with the seller, just something to know for any seller where purchase date and delivery date are separated by nearly 2 months.

I would probably stay away from these sets.  A couple of years ago, I bought a set, and in the item location line, it stated “ships worldwide”.  It was a deal, so I jumped on it.  However, the seller somehow hacked my PayPal account (which is supposed to be a more “secure” way of paying (sarcasm)) and used my account to funnel thousands of dollars into the US before PayPal could disable my account.  Long story short, it took months to get things squared away with my bank, PayPal, and government authorities.