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DSP7000 on Audiogon (from London?)

Ah DSP7000's with the DSP7200 makeover, one of my favourites, and for a good price too.

Well spotted

Russ

Need assistance asap please.

Contacted a seller two days ago claiming he has a single DSP5200SL (graphite) he wants to sell me. He sold the other one to another person (time frame unknown to me).

We agreed on pricing and I even called his bank and everything seems to check out.

The seller goes by the name of Lori Guillory (Finnish name?) resides in Baton Rouge Louisiana and claims to be a Finn living in the USA.

To be honest because of his accent/language barrier carrying on a conversation is not easy.

However this morning he sends me an e mail and even phones me claiming the person that bought his other DSP5200 really wanted a pair but because he already sold the other one to me in the mean time he cannot sell him the other! Because I seem to be a nice guy he wants me to have the first crack at buying the pair for $4600 USD but I told him I was not interested and only wanted the one speaker. I told him I would rather cancel the deal and have my deposit sent back to which he answered it's OK I will sell you the one speaker as we had already agreed and I will ship the speaker on Monday.

When we first spoke and agreed to the deal, the remaining DSP5200SL left for sale was the one with the following serial number...D5200-401668B. Now because the other one is available its serial number is D5200-401668A.

What do you guys think?
Are these serial numbers legit?
Are these pictures fake or manipulated in any way?

I already sent him to his bank an electronic wire transfer for part of the purchase because I need the speaker delivered to a location in the USA by next Wednesday (Jan 14th) where I will be for a few days.

With the additional pictures sent to me this morning, I noticed that in the last one showing the boxes you can clearly see the 240 volt rating on it and as we know in the USA it's a 115-120 volts system.

Here's his email to me with pictures and the serial numbers from this morning...

Pictures...

Hi Jet Jockey

The email and back story do not fill me with confidence. I'd do all you can to retrieve your deposit and walk away from that one.

Fingers crossed for you.

George

Note the British power sockets in the background -it is unlikely that the picture was taken in the US.

Also I have worked with many Finns in my time - all speak and write English almost as well as any native English speaker.

Hope this helps you make a decision.

John

Just checked some UK listings (Nov 2014) for you and the pictures look the same as on eBay by seller LoudAndClearHiFi eBay item number 121487670854

I agree the main pictures are the same, but curiously the serial numbers of the eBay ones are different to those of the Baton Rouge ones (401199A and B).

I'd let the guy wanting the pair buy these if possible. There are other speakers out there.

That's because the numbers on the eBay speakers match the numbers I was given by his friend Scott who claims to reside in Texas.

Scott is the person that originally contacted me and wanted to sell me his pairs of 5200s with the following serial numbers... D5200-401199A/B

When I told him I was only interested in one 5200 he referred me to his friend Lori in Louisiana who apparently had already sold of his other 5200 to another person thus left with only one 5200.

Lori sent me a picture of the rear panel of his left over 5200 with the following number... D5200-401668B.

Today he came back to me and offered the other speaker because the other buyer backed out and that serial number was
D5200-401668A, the matching pair.

All the pictures sent to me were from the same room/house which are the ones on eBay UK.

I'm not holding my breath anymore and I think I'm going to lose my deposit that was sent two days ago via an electronic transfer. I did ask my bank to instigate a "recall" today but that may take several days to happen and if the money is deposited in the account before the recall takes affect I'm well screwed.

I am confused by this Hope person(s) who contacted you have positive feedback?

Since you wired the money - there will be a paper trail - I am surprised folks will try to cheat through this.

Hope you get your money back without hassle or else go to the cops.

Regards,
Kishore

Well I have been in contact directly with the assistant manager at his bank branch in Baton Rouge.

Even my bank talked to them but unfortunately because of privacy laws they can say much. All I know is the account is currant and belongs to the person involved.

I did talk again today to the assistant manager and fully explained the situation and she said she would contact the internal fraud services about this account but I don't think it's going to help me.

As of now the only recourse I have is through the legal/normal bank channels meaning my bank in Montreal must request a formal "recall" of the electronic wire transfer to its head office in Toronto which in turn will submit this "recall" to Chase's HQ most likely in NYC which will then transfer the demand for this "recall" to the branch in Baton Rouge.

The problem is the wired transfer was sent on the 06th and it may take 2 or 3 days for the money to be deposited into his account (that's today at the earliest or tomorrow or maybe longer). The "recall" may also take some time to get to the branch in Baton Rouge and if the money gets deposited before the "recall" gets there well it's a done deal for the crooks.

You cannot recover the money once it is deposited.

CoolKish, do you think I should call the Police in Baton Rouge?

There is a suspicious audiogon ad cheap 808.3i on audiogon very, very cheap for 808.3i and a seller with 0 feedback. Any Peckham sellers of 808.3i's (and, indeed, anyone) are welcome to post in the restaurant at the end of the universe!

Caveat Emptor!

On the map it appears to be a Mc Donald's restaurant! Avoid!

Russ