hi,

SHORT QUESTION:

Can an item sold by Amazon itself be a scam? it says sold by amazon.com.be and it says 30 day return policy

long story:

I'm slowly looking around. for a new laptop, my 9 year old Asus is still working, but the 8gb ram, gtx1060 and i7 7700 is getting in the way of things i want to do.

i've seen a laptop on Amazon for €1092. When i look at the prices on the website if the manufacturer itself I cannot configure it exactly but even on lower specs I get up to more than €4500…

is there any risk in buying it when it says:

sold by Amazon.com.be & 30 days return policy

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Strong-Classroom2336

6 comments

  1. No risk, but unlikely it’ll be delivered. You’ll just be reimbursed eventually

  2. Temporary out of stock items with “old” pricing usually get canceled and refunded when they get restocked and the price gets adjusted.

    I doubt it would even allow you to buy it tho

  3. You won’t be able to buy it anyway because it’s out of stock.

  4. Amazon tends to show the last price an item went for when it’s no longer available, but these can also be for refurbished items sold by third parties. They then update the price once the item is back in stock.

  6. Big chance it will not be delivered and refunded if it is out of stock.
    Meanwhile it tricks you to stay on their platform to wait, check and probably buy some other stuff while you are at it. If the laptop is so cheap, other stuff is more interesting too, right?
    Technically not a scam, but a way to get you stuck.
    But be careful, Amazon platform is used for scams as well by other sellers. I found something for a very cheap price and they tried to trick me to pay outside of Amazon system. Ofcourse I didn’t and I reported it. It was taken down after.

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