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Yea.But how did he get through customs without declaring 2 or more Minelabs which will attract suspicion and he would have had to pay the GST and import taxes on those??? Unless you are working or got some connection with a Logistics company?? I asked him via TradeMe if he had any more and he responded "How many do you want" There"s also an email that was sent to a forum member saying that these were counterfeit.As for being $10000 out of pocket sorry mate but that"s his problem.Don't try and flog them off here as it will travel around and many innocent hardworking people will be out of pocket at the end of the day. Maybe his selling them on behalf of somebody else and taking a percentage of the profits who knows??.I wonder if his parents are aware of his dealings"That's if his still staying at home"??? Just my thoughts

Edited by user Saturday, 19 October 2013 11:53:43 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Despite the uncommon name I doubt this is the same person. In the sellers feedback he was buying carpet and mentioned his wife, also sold a Ace 150 that was "his sons".

He probably just told Trademe that "he brought the detector in a shop in Aust" and they ended any investigation with just that. I'm starting to think the only way Trademe will take action is if some poor bugger ends up buying it then has a go at them for allowing the sale.

thats what i was getting at in a previous post!if trademe was to allow you to buy one of these detectors after all the complaints and failing to enforce their own rules on selling counterfeit items so that they profit from the success fee they should be the party responsible for compensating the the buyer for any losses and liable to have legal actions against them!imo.

Sounds like a possible case for the serious fraud office. After all, Trademe are a large company dealing with thousands of clients where millions of dollars are exchanged annually. This is just one case where they have been informed that the product is fraudulent in the 1,000's of dollar range and they are still allowing a sale to proceed. I am aware that the sfo USUALLY only investigate fraud cases when it's $2 million + involved but who's to say that Trademe are knowingly allowing these higher end fraudulent deals to happen on a daily basis? I'm no lawyer, so please go easy on me if i'm way off, but surely it couldn't hurt compiling all this info you guys have and sending it to them AFTER you have notified Cambell live of the problem (make sue you let them know that the sfo is the next people your gonna notify, that should get their attention).
good luck :)

LOL That is frickin hillarious 10gic !!! That is the funniest thing i've read all week. Way to stick it to the fraudster, and to use Trademe's service against them. :)

Why is TM user ktodd backing him up in the comments?

Have to wait and see if it actually goes through. :/

I'm with you on that.. Maybe we can arrange a get-together and check it out.. And collect photos, videos and information to report back to Trade Me, Minelab and news agents with.

editing to keep the peace.

Edited by user Monday, 21 October 2013 12:11:52 AM(UTC)  | Reason: misinterpretation of fact :( my bad.

The guy's got 2 of them so if ones sold then the other one will come up next weekend.

Obviously Ktodds not interested in buying it and just trolling - if he was after a GPX then it would be a different story and I bet he wouldn't have bidded.

Instead of detailed photo's all we need is the serial number!