iPod Fake iPod? Should I get it anyway?

[BlackiBook]

Okay so I put on CL that I was looking for older generation iPods to add to my collection and I got a ton of replies and I bought a bunch of older iPods! Well that was about 2 weeks ago and I have been getting an offer here and there, but now this one lady emailed me and said that she bought this for her sons birthday but he already had a Touch so he didn't want it and she wants to sell it to me for $20! Well I ask for a picture and she sends me one and I am almost certain it is fake! First of all does anyone know for certain this is fake? Second, should I buy it anyway? I kinda like the idea of a fake iPod sitting around and you can't beat $20! Picture below!

 

[EricNau]

What in the picture makes you think this is a fake?

However, I wouldn't touch any offer that's too good to be true. This reeks of scam.

 

[spinnerlys]

Why do you assume it is a fake?

Because of the price? Maybe the seller is a seller of stolen gods, that would explain the price a lot better.

The picture and content seem genuine to me, but I've never seen a fake iPod, so maybe the fakers are that good.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

I say meet at a local Starbucks and then offer $10. $20???? Ripoff.
/s

 

[BlackiBook]

Why do you assume it is a fake?

Because of the price? Maybe the seller is a seller of stolen gods, that would explain the price a lot better.

The picture and content seem genuine to me, but I've never seen a fake iPod, so maybe the fakers are that good.

The price is what did it for me... I have seen a few fakes through CL but they wanted why too much for a fake! I would love to have a collection of fakes but people want as much as a real one for their fakes! It might be stolen, I didn't think of that either!

 

[BlueRevolution]

If it were real and legally purchased, why wouldn't she just return it for a refund? Even if I were selling a fake or stolen iPod, I'd charge a lot more for it. I really can think of no way to explain the price tag, unless it's broken or she's just an idiot.

 

[BlackiBook]

Well personally I hope she is just an idiot... Well I said I would take it and I asked her when she wants to meet up and she never emailed me back! I guess we will see what happens!

 

[solchitlins]

She's probably back on her meds by now.

 

[BlackiBook]

Dang... Hopefully she forgets them again!!

 

[puma1552]

Why is the UPC cut out of the box?

Also note it's an older 120 GB model.

 

[BlueRevolution]

Why is the UPC cut out of the box?

Good eyes. Maybe it was free with a Mac, and she cut out the UPC to get the refund. Now that she has her refund, she doesn't care how much it sells for? Still doesn't quite make sense, but it's better than before anyhow.

 

[GFLPraxis]

If she got it with some kind of rebate, she'd have to cut out the UPC label. I had to do that with my iPod IIRC. I got the buy-a-Mac-get-a-rebate-on-an-iPod deal for students.

They may have done that, and now can't return the iPod because the UPC label is gone?

 

[BlackiBook]

Okay well here is the update... After a few emails back and forth, me asking when I could come get it and them saying they work every night, we finally agreed to meet up after work tonight! I was excited! Well I check my email right before I get off work and I have an email from the the "lady" said that his wife took him (She/He changed her/his gender on me!) on a surprise trip to Montana and that we just finish it through paypal... So it was a scam too bad though, that would have been one hell of a deal!

P.S.- I buy and sell on CL every single day (My second job is part time at a pawn shop, and we are allowed to buy things from people when the pawn shop doesn't want it) and I know a scam on CL when I see one! Well this guy did a hell of a job hiding that it was a scam up until the last email! He almost got me!!