Hmmmmm too good to be true

[Cuchilo]

It probably is ......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151438626363?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Selle SMP full carbon for £60 delivered . It doesn't feel right to me .

 

[Learnincurve]

It's one of several on there at a near identical price with the same description from different legit sellers. New batch of them (knock offs) probably just came in from china and just hit one of the big wholesalers in Manchester (all of the sellers are northern based)

 

[Cuchilo]

Ive seen the ones you are talking about but they are for a buy it now price . I bid on this one a few days ago and didn't expect to win it as there was one finishing just before it that had already been bid into the hundreds . Maybe I just got lucky as everyone was already bidding and looking at the other one .
Or its a knock off , how can you tell from the pictures ?

 

[Cuchilo]

Just checked this morning and he has another up for sale . Ive contacted paypal and they have said to accept the delivery and check out the item . If it is fake they will give me my money back .
Its bloody annoying that these people are out there and I'm just hoping there is an address for them somewhere on the packaging so I can pass it on to the relevant people . I don't know who that is yet though

 

[youngoldbloke]

It is a Chinese carbon fibre saddle. If you go to the seller now linked you'll see the same saddle without branding for £32.99 - and everything 'from China'. There are hundreds (thousands?) of similar saddles on ebay, some a lot cheaper.

 

[Cuchilo]

Thanks for pointing that out . Now I see !
I must admit if I had paid into the hundreds for it ( as I intended to bid higher ) I would have been none the wiser . I just put in a cheeky bid on what I thought was someone selling their own saddle . I was expecting an email alert once the proper bidding had started but won the auction instead .
Oh well , at least i'll get my money back when it arrives . I wonder if he will want his saddle back

 

[Cuchilo]

Well its arrived and its not good . For a start it weighs 139.3 g but the worst bit is where the rails meet the seat . It looks like it has been snapped and glued back together As a fake it isn't bad but as a saddle its useless !

 

[HeroesFitness]

I am always careful with these types of deals, probably fake

 

[vickster]

You don't want a fake saddle snapping

 

[Cuchilo]

Indeed !
Paypal have found the dispute in my favour but now I need to return the item I wanted to see if I could break it with one hand
Shall I carve "FAKE" on it before I return it so they cant sell it again

 

[vickster]

Return without postage paid...

 

[Cuchilo]

It needs to be recorded delivery .

 

[vickster]

It needs to be recorded delivery .

That's a pain so you have to pay

 

[Cuchilo]

£3.90 but I also get an address to pass on to trading standards
Edit . I need to use a service that provides online tracking and need to submit that to paypal .

 

[vickster]

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