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Saturday spotted a GPX4500 on Gumtree asking $3150, with a whole truckload of extras, my guess worth over $5,000. Advertiser was said to be in "Inner Sydney - Haymarket". Timing at the top said the Ad was only 2 hours old. Figured it was too good to be true, but decided to do some follow-up, just up in case. The ad included serial numbers for controller and 3 x coils. I tried Minelab's TXT serial number confirmation, but couldn't get a result. Sent email via Gumtree to the Seller asking them to post a pic of the controller showing the serial number saying that I wanted to confirm it with Minelab. Got a reply literally within minutes asking for my phone number and email address, "so we can communicate with you." It seems that Gumtree don't reveal the email addresses of buyers (Thank you Gumtree). I replied that I didn't wish to communicate just yet, repeated request for serial number pic. Went straight back online to have another look at the ad and ..surprise ..surprise .."This Page No Longer Exists"
It may not be relevant, but Haymarket is Sydney's Chinatown and the copy in the ad was a tad Chinglish, but not obvious at first read. The seller was A Adams, Gumtree member since 2013. The ad said, "check my Seller history and buy with confidence to have a happy time", or words very close to that.
I don't want to bore the regulars here with another Minelab knock-off story, but I make this post because I think we need to keep the subject active for the sake of newbies who drop in here looking for advice. Like most of us on this forum, I'm aware of the price of detectors and that they never come cheap because they are in such high demand, but it really makes me angry that these b@st@rds will no-doubt rip off an unsuspecting newbie.
It may not be relevant, but Haymarket is Sydney's Chinatown and the copy in the ad was a tad Chinglish, but not obvious at first read. The seller was A Adams, Gumtree member since 2013. The ad said, "check my Seller history and buy with confidence to have a happy time", or words very close to that.
I don't want to bore the regulars here with another Minelab knock-off story, but I make this post because I think we need to keep the subject active for the sake of newbies who drop in here looking for advice. Like most of us on this forum, I'm aware of the price of detectors and that they never come cheap because they are in such high demand, but it really makes me angry that these b@st@rds will no-doubt rip off an unsuspecting newbie.