THERMOMIX SCAM!

[plewright123]

Just a heads up for anyone winning/bidding on the Thermomixes

The seller offers paypal in the listings but is using Country Monitor Risk Control settings to refuse payment via paypal once in checkout. The seller is then sending bank account information for a Bank of China account.

PLEASE - do not send any money unless you are able to pay via paypal.

One buyer has recently left a negative for an item (not a thermie) that they were unable to purchase with paypal and they stated no contact from the seller.

BUYERS BEWARE!

(Shame, a $600 thermie would've been a dream come true)

Post edited to remove Seller ID

[lyndal1838]

And dollars to donuts they would give themselves away as being in China along with the Thermomixes and the bank account.

[go-tazz]

I've reported them direct to Customer Support,(seeing as the report links on the listings still aren't working).

They are using the same set-up as the one that used to hijack German accounts and then list high end TV's,

[springyzone]

I've looked into thermomixes too, and who wouldn't love one for a cheap price. A while back, there were Spanish sellers with them, though they were still well over $1000 mark.

Can I just give you a few words of advice here.

Dont do it.

Not for $600, not for $1200.

Thermomix has the rights all sewn up in Australia and if you don't buy from a distributor here, you will never be able to get the item repaired here or buy parts.  If you buy here, the voltage and instruction booklet will be suited for Australia (right voltage and in English).

You will be able to go to demo classes any time you want to.

Ebay is good for a lot of things, but a thermomix from overseas-avoid it.

You may be able to buy a second hand one on ebay, but check it was bought here in Australia.

Have you considered the thermochef? It is half the price and some people swear by it.

I don't have either, so I can't say how they compare but they look similar.

A friend has cook4me which hasn't all the bells and whistles, but she says it is excellent too and it is only $289 at Harvey Normans.

[springyzone]

The warranty won't be valid in Australia, either, as far as I can make out.

Do you really want to pay $600 or more for something with no warranty or easy way to get repairs if you need them?

[springyzone]

Just had a look, out of interest.

On ebay, there are a couple of sellers, one in Qld and one in Sydney (and there may be others) who are selling what look to be really good second hand models, barely used and almost new. Their prices are around the $1400 mark but the Qld seller says she is willing to put in any warranty claim if it came to that. The machines are still under warranty and bought in Aust. Something like that would be your best bet. Good luck.

[2649mike]

Hi everyone.  In the last two days two different sellers, one from NSW and one from VIC Australia have been selling 2 and 3 thermies respectfully.  I have asked the sellers questions but no replies.  While waiting for replies both sellers items sold.  Has anyone recently bought one from these Australian sellers?  The sellers have only just registered with ebay so no feedback scores as yet.  My concerns are warranty, why so cheap  etc even though they are not overseas sellers.

[lyndal1838]

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@2649mike wrote:

Hi everyone.  In the last two days two different sellers, one from NSW and one from VIC Australia have been selling 2 and 3 thermies respectfully.  I have asked the sellers questions but no replies.  While waiting for replies both sellers items sold.  Has anyone recently bought one from these Australian sellers?  The sellers have only just registered with ebay so no feedback scores as yet.  My concerns are warranty, why so cheap  etc even though they are not overseas sellers.

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I would not like to bet that they are actually in Australia....if they look too good to be true, they probably are.

[go-tazz]

You've just dodged scam listings and scammers generally don't reply to messages,(they will now have your

Email addy so be careful of any phishing Emails you may receive purporting to be from eBay or PP)

Both sellers have 0 feedback are newly registered,items at well below their true price and had them as 3 day

listings.

Classic scam listings,(they have gone through to completed so hopefully the buyers have paid via PP and

backed by a credit card).

Reported but it's the weekend so no action will be taken,

[2649mike]

I was sure it was a scam too.  Waiting to see if the buyers leave negative or positive feedback over the next couple of weeks.  It will be interesting if they receive their items at all.  I know if too good to be true it's usually no good1

[2649mike]

I wish I had hit the "buy it now" button to see whether paypal was an actual option to pay. If the buyers get ripped off hopefully ebay and/or paypal will refund their money!