Thanks and this item is now sold.

Got One...
 

OFF OF THE DREADED EBAY. So providing the deal doesn't go sour this thread is no longer required!

THREAD CLOSED

?????
 

Anyone???? Someone must be looking to sell their camera.

FS: Panasonic AG-DVC200 PRICE REDUCED MORE
 

PRICE REDUCED AGAIN..Includes tripod and head.

Bought new. Very few hours.

3 - 1/2" CCD's
Body & Viewfinder
S14 x 7.3 Fujinon Lens
2- Armato's NMH 55 Batteries
1 -Armato's Dual Battery Charger
1 -Armato's AC Power Supply
1-Manfrotto 3246 Tripod w/Bogen 503 Head

ASKING $2,500...make offer....or will consider trade for Mac Pro Quad

This a great SD cam....check out the specs at the link below.
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro...-DVC200-P2.pdf


Thanks - David Bird

Think this is for real?
 

I received this email from a potential buyer for my camera I have listed both on this board and on another. (no, not ebay)


"Thank you very much for your mail,about the status of the item,i very much appreciate your reply and i believe that the item is in its best condition? and can be presented as a gift?i will offer you US $3900.00 including the shipping overseas,i'm very serious about this transaction so i dont want you to take it lightly and i want us to make everything snappy cos im very busy at work nowadays,i dont have much time for the internet.
I will make the payment via paypal cos i believe its the best to make an online transaction,so send me your paypal email address or request for a payment so that i can proceed with the payment of the item asap.
Thank you very much hope to hear from you soon."

I emailed the guy (after I called Paypal...they told me to send it to their "spoof" email account) and told him to send me his phone number and address in order verify his credibility. Amazingly, he hasn't responded.

Ya gotta love these idiots...

Regards - David Bird

Sean,

IMHO, You will be lucky to break the $2,000 - $2,500 range.

Thanks David,

Sounds like either the beginning of a confidence game or nefarious transfer of funds (perhaps using a stolen credit card). Good for you - on one side working hard to sell your gear and the other side using good business sense to avoid getting caught up in fraud.

Thanks for sharing, Michael

That's what i thought..
 

I was thinking of somewhere around the £1200 mark...

I've seen the lens being sold on it's own for £700.

Like everything, i guess it's only worth what someone will pay for it.

It's got to be said though, i've never seen a better SD image from a MiniDV cam before. I've just shot a movie with it and the images are fantastic.

Thanks for your input...much appreciated.

Sean

I think a lot of us are waiting for the DV500 equivalent in the HD space.

A lot of value for the money.

Try an advanced search on Ebay, choosing "completed items only" and you'll see what others have managed to get...

Got this message after I requested a phone number, name, and address...

"well im in y working place now and im unable to receive calls how are we gonna do it i think mailing is ok and best.
thanks."

"mailing is ok and best" hummm....I'm not sure I get the drift on that.

It's pretty obvious that what he/she is up to would not fit the guidelines of the Better Business Bureau.

Sender's email is royalversion7@aim.com. Beware.

Regards all - David Bird

It will either be a hijacked paypal account, once you ship the item, you will be notified by paypal that the transaction was reversed, and your account will go negative, OR they will ask you to ship it to a different address, once they recieve it, they will file a claim with paypal saying it was not shipped to a confirmed address, and they will get the money refunded. either way, your out the money and the camera and the shipping.

I had a camera for sale on ebay and someone clicked "Buy it Now" and sent me a letter very similar to this one. The way they tried to scam me was to send me a fake email that appeared to be from PayPal saying I had been paid (which of course I hadn't). They were hoping I would go ahead and ship the camera. They say they are very busy and in a hurry so you will just go and ship it before you take the time to confirm payment.

Luckily I recognized it as a scam from the first moment and never even responded to them - just turned it into ebay security.

We get a lot of em in my country. Do be real careful!

I think the tapeless part will be tough to find. There aren't many consumer tapeless hd cameras out there and the people with them are probably pretty happy with what they have. Something may turn up though so be patient. Good luck.

Sure you can't lower that by 100 dollars? Anybody? It doesn't have to be anywhere near mint, just works.

Tokina is sold

Varizoom is sold

FS: Sony ECM-23f mics
 

New condition unused Sony electret condenser mic ECM-23f.

Includes 20' XLR cable w/ Cannon & Neutrik connectors, ball gag windscreen, carrying case, mic stand adapter, and instruction manual.

20-20,000 Hz; cardioid; 250 ohms; Powered by 1 AA battery; voice/music switch; 0/20dB PAD switch.

I have two available - $150 for both. Paypal available (add 3%); will ship via USPS Priority to lower 48 states only; Ebay feedback refs on request.

Interested in seeing.

-Ken

scam 100%
 

you tip off is referring to ANYTHING using the phrase "the item" instead of actually saying what it is. I mean, honestly.... who says "is the item in good shape"? No one. You say "is the camera in good shape." It doesn't matter what is said for the entire rest of the email, because that is far as you need to read. May be I am a cynic. But I have gotten so many of these emails. They are uniform in their approach and always a scam.

Delete the email and forget about this one.

SOLD!

Thanks everyone.

-David

anyone want these?

I am selling it for what your asking. Just with a 100.00 shipping fee! :) Seriously, thats just too low. This is a camera that shoots 1080 24p!!!! and has the most stellar image that rivals and sometimes surpasses cameras that cost 10 - 15 times as much(imo)

-burk

WTB Sigma 20mm f1.8 or Wide Angle or Trade with Faulty Canon Hv20
 

Hi basically the title says it. Offer me your price or trade with me Thanks !

Anthony Tham

Hi David,
Avoiding this kind of problem is one reason the private classifieds on this board is so valuable and precious. Scams are pretty infrequent here, because of the the structure Chris setup and developed over time.

Please try to find out if this is a person registered in our community, and if so "out" him for the good of us all. If it's on another board, take action there. It makes sense to keep those distinctions clear when placing/responding to enquiries, especially here where we have the tools to keep this community marketplace clean.

No accounts here match royalversion7@aim.com

David, if you could forward to me the original email including header information, I'll try to block that person's access to this site. This forum doesn't even appear to lurkers and unregistered users, so if that guy actually found you through us then that means they have an account here. If that's the case then I'm in a position to do something about it, possibly preventing this sort of thing from happening again.

Sean,
I've notified "spoof" at paypay, contacted aim.com, and also craig's list, which is the other board where I posted my cam for sale.

From all the WARNING messages posted on craig's list about scams and spoofs, I suspect that this type of activity goes on alot there.

I've searched DVInfo.net's forums for royalversion7@aim.com (the offender) and didn't find any evidence of his/her presence on this site. I also googled the email address and didn't find anything. Apparently, staying below the radar is their objective.

You're right...Chris is to be commended for the manner in which he protects all of us by requiring registeration before allowing someone to view the "private classifieds". I know there's been a couple of scam attempts here, (stolen equipment, please help me) but considering the number of individuals that use this board, I think I think the frequency of attempted funny business is really limited.

NOW...if someone from this community would kindly purchase (at least make an offer) on the cam & accessories I have for sale, I would be a happy camper.

Regards to all....and watch your back. If you even smell a whiff of a scam, RUN!

David Bird

email sent ..

Thanks

Chris,
He didn't find me through this forum....came from Craig's list. If you still want the emails, I'll be glad to forward them to you.
Regards - David

Hi Dave, my primary concern was whether or not he found you through this forum. If he did not find you through this forum then I don't see any practical way to become involved -- but I appreciate your sharing the story with us here.

What kind of lens and viewfinder does this have on it. What shape is the battery in (how long will it last).

Our corp company just picked up a used one similar to yours and the batteries have very little life left.

Thanks,

Craigslist huh... prime scam territory.

ANYONE with computer access can set up a free e-mail account, or a pile of them, so just because they are online doesn't make them legit.

Someone who is "very busy" or buying for their second cousin's aunt who's doing charity work in Nigeria or whatever is busy doing one thing - trying to make money by fraud... instead of working for a living. If they find a few naiive suckers out there, it's probably sadly all too lucrative. They have plenty of time to troll the internet and send scam emails out!

I'm guessing the camera was advertised for quite a lot less than $3900? Another huge clue here... why would anyone be willing to pay way more than you are asking??? Presuming you're at a fair price, this is just the hope that your greed glands will overflow and overload your brain... yeah right.

If you know what your gear is worth (and it's not hard to at least figure out a range), you know when someone is talking crazy... remember though that there are a lot of noobs out there, and all these scumbags have to do is find ONE on a regular basis and they are making pretty good money with little chance of getting caught.

Most of these scams are painfully obvious, but there are a few pros out there (I ran across one in particular that works eBay and knows the sytem inside and out - fortunately my CC covered my tail), so you always have to be careful and trade safe. Ask a lot of questions before buying or selling, and if something doesn't seem right, challenge, challenge, challenge - and STILL be careful!!

Camera is sold.

Standard Fujinon lens and supplied viewfinder. No battery provided.

ebay scammers rife
 

I've come across this recently. I was bidding on a jvc gz-hd6 and went to a pretty reasonable level for a second hand cam, but it got bid up to more than the new cam costs - like $600- more. I thought wow i cant compete with that, but it too turned out to be a scam and I got a second chance buy from the seller, but it took a few days to get through to the seller they were being scammed... all ok now and the sellers not a fraudster btw it was the buyers but it does seem these attempted scams on high end equipment are rife.

most people want potential buyers with zero feedback to contact them first and i can see why...

I received that identical inquiry on Craigslist, the exact wording. The next day one of our talk shows had the head of Craigslist on their program. I called and talked to him personally. He informed me that type of inquiry originates some where in Asia, and is very difficult to trace.

Here is another corker. Here in Medford OR. A couple, finding no one home stole saddles and other tack equipment. They tried to cover their theft by placing a notice in Craigslist saying. They(the owners) had to move and did not have time to dispose of their belongings, so anyone could come and take anything they wanted, even their horse.

Some one saw the huge number of people loading their cars and called the owner at work. He came home right away to find all the people loading his possessions,and had a difficult time trying to convince the mob this was his property.

The head of Craigslist worked with our police department and some way located the computer and persons who perpetrated this crime. They are now in jail. Radio, TV, & local news paper is trying to help get the owners property returned. As of now I am not aware of how much has been returned.

It is great to know that Craigslist can help in locating crimes like this.

Sorry this is so long. Hope you have found it to be of some interest.


Bob J Trimmer
Medford OR

Shoe mount help
 

Hey guys, where can I find some of the small (camera metal shoe pieces)? Sorry, don't know what they're called. I want to rig up a multi shoe accessory bracket for the top of my camera.

I picked up a couple of cold shoe mounts on eBay for $2 each. Cold shoes have no electronic contacts in them, just the mounting shoe. Hot shoes have some form of contact built in, typically for flash exposure and/or sync.
HTH

Are you looking for something like this (tri-mount shoe adapter)?

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produc...Tri_Mount.html

-Ken