Is this a good deal or what?

[scem0]

Originally posted by Sun Baked
LEGITIMATE resellers accept credit cards if they do business with the public.

From the Supercome site:

All sales are to be prepaid, COD by cash, or certified cheque. Preprinted company cheques will be accepted upon credit approval. Personal and bank counter cheques will not be accepted.

But they don't do business with the public.

I'm not sure what to think, but if the guy actually works for Supercom then it seems legitimate enough.

scem0

 

[radhak]

i guess there are two types of people : those that are brave enough to try something like this, just to see if it is for real,
or those that would drop this like a red-hot iron, happy to be safe than sorry.

me, with my tail between my legs, am squarely in the 2nd camp. i'd not dare risk $150 here, let alone $1500

you seem to be on the fence here, between the two types . which way are you gonna jump?

btw, i wonder if that gentleman (LeBlanc) is lurking among us, reading all this?

 

[jxyama]

well, since you are a public purchaser, tell him that the only way you'd send him money is either via escrow or a check. if he cannot offer to take either, then he has no business selling anything. don't send cash under any circumstances unless you want that $1500 gone for no reason.

i personally think you are starting get your brain messed with, trying to find reasons to believe that this deal is legit. that's not right. if you need to do so much to discover the proof of legitimacy of the seller, that should be enough of a reason to not send $1500.

 

[jxyama]

Originally posted by scem0
But they don't do business with the public.

by the way, what makes you or the seller so special that merit this exemption from the "public" status?



don't do it, give it up, or that dual 1.45 will end up costing you extra $1500.

 

[Powerbook G5]

Just search online, you may not find a deal quite that good, but good enough to warrant buying through a company that you can trust for a good price than risking $1500 down the drain. I know you want a Mac really badly, but losing $1500 would make that possibility even more remote than it may already seem now.

 

[winwintoo]

Look at the product list that Supercom offers - they don't list any Apple products.

Also, look at the picture of the Supercom headquarters. That's a photoshop rendering if I ever saw one.

Anybody can make a slick web site - I've done it myself - and all that stuff about corporate mission statements etc. could be just lifted from another corporate site.

The guy says that Supercom is a member of the BBB - a check of BBB in Canada reveals THERE IS NO BBB in the Toronto area (Markham is nearest to Toronto)

Have a look at http://www.rcmp.ca/scams/scams010510_e.htm you might be able to report this creep through one of the links on that page

Run.

m

 

[winwintoo]

I just talked to a ligitimate Apple service guy (I've known him and dealt with him for years).

Supercom is a ligitimate business. They sell only to resellers. They don't deal in Apple products.

M

 

[scem0]

The guy doesn't work for Supercom.

My mom called crime watchers or something like that.

So hopefully this guy will be right where he belongs - jail.

scem0

 

[townie]

Scam

This guy Eric LeBlanc is definitely a scam
artist. I got caught up in this crazy deal and lost
$2000 Canadian. At that point his company was
so -called Campbell Brokerage. Everyone please
beware. Boy do I feel crappy. Bill

 

[flyfish29]

Originally posted by scem0

At this point it seemed very scammish. My mom even told him that and he said that supercom was part of the Better Business Bureau.

Well, we still thought this was a scam... I mean, look at the price, look at the specs, and then look at the method of payment. And once your cash is sent out of the country there is basically no hopes of getting it back if its a scam. Plus, why send the money to an individual. It seems a lot more businesslike to send it to supercom instead of Eric Leblanc...
scem0

100% scam. THERE IS NO COMPUTER TO SELL YOU...EVEN IF HE SHOWED PICS, GAVE SERIAL NUMBERS, ETC THERE IS NO COMPUTER...DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND SAVE LOSING $1500 CASH TO SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW!

I have read about these many times over...there have been web sites made up to look legit, but they only take WU for payment. Even if they say you hold the WU number until delivery...Not all WU offices need that number to give the money to someone. SCAM SCAM SCAM. YOU WILL NOT GET A COMPUTER IF YOU DO THIS. STEP BACK AND LOOK IT OVER.

Just because he says he is a part of better business bureau doesn't mean anything.

 

[flyfish29]

Originally posted by scem0
From the Supercome site:


But they don't do business with the public.

I'm not sure what to think, but if the guy actually works for Supercom then it seems legitimate enough.

scem0

Holy crap...if they don't do business with the public then why are you saying they would do business with YOU! Are you a reseller? If not, then they DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH THE PUBLIC! Enough said.

By the way, are you "this guy"? trying to convince us to use you????