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Rbrock83

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  1. 5 hours ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:

    It is looking like the speaker sale was legit, nothing sketchy. 

    The ad's details were written by someone who knows about the speakers, not a scammer's work. You talked with him on more than one occasion, plus emailed and such.

     It was looking like a scam for a few reasons - (1) when he stopped replying to you; (2) when he re-listed them for less, and (3) then the ebay picture: Same picture, states away from each other. 

    (1) He might not have liked what you pointed out and, maybe, felt that you were trying to beat on the price. 

    (2) He probably had a lot of people responding, thought they would have sold, had to list them again due to the no-shows... it happens

    (3) If one clicks on "see other items" that the ebay seller is offering, he has lots of pictures of his risers in other people's music rooms. I believe it just so happens that the ebay seller is using the speaker seller's picture.  

    Have you called him to ask if they sold?  

    I messaged him, he says he did in fact list them. A moment of "temporary insanity"; he found other speakers he wanted to try out and figured making the choruses sell quick would push him in that direction. 

     

    Frustrating, as I tried on two different occasions to pay him hundreds more for them. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Someone got a crazy deal I guess....

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  2. 26 minutes ago, Maximus89 said:

    How exactly does one scam a local sale? Robs you gun point when you arrive to see the speakers...at his own home?

     

    Or did I miss something and he wants to ship only? So you pay and then you get your tracking order and you receive an envelope with the photo of the chorus II lol

     

    Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk

     

     

     

     

    When I talked to him there was no mention of doing anything sketchy pay wise. We talked at length back and forth about the speakers and even all the different amps he's ran them with and his thoughts on them. He came off as completely legit and I had no qualms driving there and paying him in cash for them. That's why I'm genuinely scratching my head trying to figure out exactly how this scam would have played out... The whole thing is so strange. 

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  3. 10 minutes ago, edzu1234 said:

    SCAM!      WHY would someone invest that much time and money into upgrading speakers, only to sell them for the price of the UPGRADES!!!

    Beats me! I find it interesting that he's sticking to the story of the passives being dented in. I understand knowing the usual mods and trying to use that knowledge to gain someones trust, but why concoct a story about the passives being pushed in and sticking to it for so long? I agree the selling price is very fishy though. 

     

    Edit: also like I said, he sent me several more pictures that were clearly these exact speakers and in the same room. 

  4. 8 minutes ago, edzu1234 said:

    I think this was a SCAM!    The same photo was in an ad on EBAY for Chorus speaker risers.

     

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Made-Ash-Speaker-Stands-for-Klipsch-Chorus-I-IIs-and-IIIs/193262816891?hash=item2cff5c8e7b:g:8JAAAOSw--9eDqYh

    I think the person who listed that ad is the same person with those speakers. He listed the same mods that he told me about and he had many more pictures of them in that same room that he shared with me. The seller of those risers probably uses pictures sent from customers for his ebay ad. I allowed a seller of LED bulbs to use a picture of my McIntosh amp in his ebay ads. 

     

    I just don't understand how he went from not budging from 1400 to selling them for less than he originally paid, losing close to a grand on them after all those mods, in the course of a handful of months. That's whats got me scratching my head 🤔

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  5. I tried to buy these (he replied to a wanted ad I listed). he started off by letting me know he had over 1200 in upgrades in them (he was wrong, he sent an itemized list and was several hundred over the actual cost on a couple parts). Once I pointed that out he stopped replying! Said he didn't want to sell them. He originally said he'd let them go for 1400. 

     

    I emailed him a month later, frustrated that I still hadn't found any speakers. Told him Id pay his asking price, after a few emails he once again told me he doesn't want to sell...

     

    Anyway, I'm surprised he'd end up selling these at 800, he supposedly paid 900 for them and has several hundred in upgrades in them. If he actually did sell them for that someone got a great deal and he took a huge haircut. 

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  6. 8 hours ago, TwistyTony said:

    I have a pair I love, use them all the time, but need a third for a center channel...or sell these and buy new Klipsch...

     

    I’m in Western Oregon. 

    Thanks, but I don't think I'll be able to get out your way anytime soon. 

     

    Anyone in the Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan area got a pair of these they're willing to part with? 

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