Beware scammer, and I dont care if I lose my money. Im giving a negative comment.

zzs568
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I have paid for an external ssd drive advertised as 16tb capacity, the drive in fact held barely 1tb. After googling for information ,I soon became aware that this was a scam,and a number of different sellers were offering the same at similar prices. I alerted the seller to the fact that this unit was not what was claimed to be, and asked for a refund. I promptly sent the item back with a request for a signature on return to place of origin. The Seller informed me he would refund me the item after I had firstly left a "positive" comment. The fact is though that their item was falsely advertised as being 20 times the capacity it could hold. I would be lying to give a positive comment, and not only that- The seller wanted a positive comment first, before he would return it. That to me is blackmail. I suggested this to the seller, his reply was that he would refund it after it had returned and after I had made a positive comment first. Because it would be bad publicity for him. I checked with australia post. It was returned 4 days ago. And having to been "signatured for" I know he received it. Even though his last message suggests he has not recieved it.I cannot leave a positive comment. That would be a lie and helping the next victim believe the item was genuine. I want my money refunded, but I will not leave a positive comment. I have kept a copy of our entire conversations as proof.
Stan.

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Beware scammer, and I dont care if I lose my money. Im giving a negative comment.

This morning I was looking on eBay for an external drive.  A seller offered the following choices:

 

500GB    $32.99

1TB            $33.99

2TB           $34.99

4TB           $35.99

8TB           $36.99

16TB          $37.99

 

Each dollar doubles the capacity! That looked strange so I started googling. Is the above what you saw?

 

Sean

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Beware scammer, and I dont care if I lose my money. Im giving a negative comment.

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Beware scammer, and I dont care if I lose my money. Im giving a negative comment.

Those prices are ridiculous and scream FAKE.

Once I saw a 128GB flash drive for $14 something on the Officeworks website, and I also found it in their physical store. I bought one and when I went to pay it, it scanned for $39. I told them that both online and on the shelf it said $14.90 (I think it was $14.90). They checked and refunded me. I decided to buy another one after just a few days, but the price was now $39 both online and in store, so it was just a mistake.

So their 16TB is cheaper than a real 128GB flash drive. ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Beware scammer, and I dont care if I lose my money. Im giving a negative comment.

It is clearly a scam

 

From a scammer seller

 

It is a listing torn from the scammer's handbook of scams R us

 

Not even worth looking at twice

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