My first M17x buy, help~

Hi, I'm about to buy an alienware M17x from ebay but the thing is, no one seems to be bidding on it and this confuses me if the machine or the guy has problems, Mind checking it out for me?

Btw, do you guys think it's worth the money? If not, you know where i can find a good deal that ships worldwide?(Im not from the US)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180428423012&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

No warranty, no deal.

plus, the guy has less than 20 feedback, I would need more of a track record.

plus, no actual pics, and the fact that he hasnt sold anything in 6 months could be a signal that his account may be hijacked.

plus, for a large purchase, I prefer face-to-face, or retail.

I actually bought my ,1730 on craigslist and had him transfer the warranty to me on the spot. a year later, I'm getting my dream laptop, the m17x.

 

Thats the price you can get from dell, and also you can get the red color limnited edition starting @ 1999.99

 

Well he said the laptop comes with manufacture's warranty, do you think i should buy it? Cause i just cant seem to find a deal like this

 

Is is possible that it's a scam? I'm paying with paypal afterall.

 

the manufacturers warranty does not equal the extended hardware warranty which is worth every single penny.

It doesnt even have the good lcd.

I would not buy it. Buy directly from dell. don ttake the risk of getting scammed on someones hacked account.

 

I would not recommend buying expensive notebook computers from ebay. If happens, you'd have to deal with paypal and they're a to deal with.

 

Here is the same m17x from bestbuy @ $2299.99 . The safer route

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Alienwa...25018246&skuId=9561976&st=alienware&cp=1&lp=1

 

But Im not from the US

You know any online retailers that deals with worldwide?

 

There are absolutely no pictures, nothing there whatsoever proving the condition of the notebook or that he even has one.

This has danger written all over it. PayPal cannot protect you always, and quite frankly they are a pain to deal with.

 

$2324.00 from Dell

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DKCWQNR&s=dhs

Spend a few hundreds extra so you can feel secure.

 

You guys know any online retailers that sells this to worldwide?

 

I smell scam on this one. Hasn't used his ebay account since February, and if you look at the feedback, its all from sellers, not buyers...

Though its PayPal, just make sure you are protected incase this guy scams...

 

I do NOT recommend dealing with paypal especially when () happens...

 

How can i make sure I'm protected?

 

Ok so what if I ask the guy for a picture of the box of the laptop with his ebay id on a paper on it, if he can do that, can i say that im safe from a scam?

 

Still... if he sent you a defective system ( in one way or the other ) you'd have to deal with him and stuff... most of the time the sellers will ignore you or wont let you return it... then you'd have to deal with paypal... and that will take a while to sort things out...

Like I said, I don't recommend buying expensive things through ebay/paypal but it's really up to you.

 

Dell. Just select your country.

 

I cant get this in my country, only from a neighbouring country, but that's just too damn expensive.

 

what country is that?

 

I am thinking to sell mine... I have no problem to ship worldwide, take the pictures you want and provide all the data you wish.
If it's prohibited on the forum to say this I am deeply.
OP, plz PM for more info.

 

It's malaysia. I really want one of these for a good price, just cant find any.

 

I would in no way deal with this guy. I've been on eBay for years, and wouldn't touch this deal with a barge pole (wonder do ye americans etc know that saying )

 

have you asked dell if they will ship it? or do you just not see your country listed..

 

Its not listed for my country, only for my neighbouring country which costs insanely more than the US price.

 

try contacting dell sales and see if they will ship.

 

The system is overpriced and that's one reason no one has bid.

I'll ask him to post real pics. Se what he says.

 

Thanks man~

 

Here's the response:

"The item will be drop shipped directly from my supplier. But if I don't sell it like this I will have it shipped to me take some pictures and list it again in a week or so. On international orders it comes to me first and then I ship it."

I would not trust it.

 

I hear that response from nigerian scammers every day.

DO NOT BUY IT!!! IT IS A SCAM!!!!

 

+1, as soon as they start talking about dates and suppliers on ebay, unless theyre power sellers, I dont trust them so do not buy it !

 

Dude that's the same response i've got from him, sounds suspicious now~~

 

Don't do it!!! If you buy it, it was cause massive global chaos...plague, death, nuclear holocaust!!!

But seriously, If a seller with 18 feedback hits has a 'supplier', it's fake. Because, if he was reselling through a supplier, he would have more than 1 available for sale. Plus, he's asking for almost the retail cost of the machine new from Dell. I understand that pics would be hard to come by if it's sealed new in box, but I still wouldn't buy it. There's no other detail information on the machine... a power seller/reseller would give alot of extra stuff about the machine than just a spec list.

I feel for you if it's not available in your country, but the ad looks fishy.