Amazon.de too good to be true?

yermanoffthetv · 31-01-2017 6:00pm #1

Was having a look on Amazon.de for some PC components as I am thinking of doing a complete self build in the near future and come across some brand new pre built gaming rigs with high specs for bargain bin prices. Am I right to be suspicious? Has anyone here bought an actual full PC from Amazon.de before? There's a few different retailers offering goods and many appear to ship across Europe as they list the delivery times outside Germany.

I don't know if Im allowed post a link here (or even if I should in case its a scam) but ill list the spec:
Intel i7 4790 K @ 4x4,40ghz Haswell | NVIDIA GF GTX 980 Graphics Card 4096 MB GDDR5 RAM DX12 | 16GB DDR3 PC1600 RAM G. Skill | 1000GB Seagate Sata/600 | Gigabyte Z97X Gaming 7 Motherboard/1150 Socket/Silverstone 80 + Power | LG 24FACH DVD Writer | 600watt ATX Power Supply

The retailer for this particular one is: PC24 Shop & Service/ Hübner & Co. Price:€370 + Shipping €3.95

That sounds crazy cheap to me, should I abandon the self build or is it a load of twaddle.

CalamariFritti · 31-01-2017 6:03pm

There is one for 370 from that seller but its not the spec you described, but still...

So anyway I had a quick look at the Q&A section and there was a recommendation to contact the seller directly. When someone asked why it was described there are fake sellers that somehow manage to attach themselves to/hack into genuine sellers. Seems more of an amazon problem rather than that seller being a con.

I don't think you can get that PC for that price. All the other listings that sound similar enough seem to cost more like €1500.

SickBoy · 31-01-2017 6:03pm

yermanoffthetv · 31-01-2017 6:05pm

https://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B00820UELU/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Edit: Heres another PC which includes detailed shipping rates for Ireland.

https://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B01IWMGFM4/ref=sr_1_2_olp?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1485879184&sr=1-2&keywords=gaming+pc&condition=new

K.O.Kiki · 31-01-2017 6:14pm

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

https://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B00820UELU/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Please use some common sense - IT'S 101% SCAM
:mad:
Any seller that asks you to contact them directly is trying to bypass Amazon consumer protection.

aside, a Titan X costs more than €1k - you think they're just giving them away? :pac:

*edit*
I also see they're using the old "add an apostrophe into the words to bypass the filters" scam.
Literally Nigerian-prince tier.

TerrorFirmer · 31-01-2017 6:18pm

It's so painfully obviously a scam. They couldn't make it more obvious if they tried.

CalamariFritti · 31-01-2017 6:24pm

Like I said somehow someone figured out to manipulate Amazon in a way that makes their offer look like someone else's offer. In this case they seem to latch themselves onto PC24 Shop & Service. If you click around to see what PC24 Shop & Service's products actually are the prices are quite different.

Common sense must be used. You're not going to get a pretty massive gaming PC for what's usually the price of the CPU alone.

I'd report it to Amazon.

yermanoffthetv · 31-01-2017 6:34pm

Fair enough, just thought I throw it out there in case they were discontinued models being sold off or something. Caveat emptor as they say.

CalamariFritti · 31-01-2017 7:39pm

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

Fair enough, just thought I throw it out there in case they were discontinued models being sold off or something. Caveat emptor as they say.

Ah well your instinct was right anyway.

Venom · 31-01-2017 8:07pm

The moment you see "contact the seller directly" just move on as its a scam

Amazon.de too good to be true?

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