Scam Alert: SOUND LAB A1 - $1000

[Susurus]

SOUND LAB AUDIOPHILE A1 ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS SOUNDLAB - $1000

There are Craigslist ads in multiple cities for these.
Always the same ad and same pictures.


Don't fall for it people! It is clearly a complete SCAM.
Flag these ads and maybe you'll save a fellow music lover from getting robbed.

Do a Google search for exact words:
"SOUND LAB AUDIOPHILE A1 ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS"

39 hits, exact same scam ad. Funny, they put them in the musical instruments section instead of electronics.

 

[VinylHanger]

What do they have to gain by listing them if they are a scam? I don't doubt you, just wondering how this scam would work.

 

[Susurus]

Well they can insist on cash then try to get you to meet them then rob you. They can try to obtain information--your address--then rob you.

They can insist on a 'down payment', then disappear. If you can think of it, it's probably been tried.

Plenty of methods, be forewarned that crooks can be clever. (Remember a significant proportion of certain countries' income is by scamming americans via email.)

I would like to know if anybody has gotten emails back from this particular one, and what they claim. Maybe somebody in China from the Martin-Logan factory is making counterfeit SoundLabs?

There's a guy making copies of Altec multisectoral horns out of Teak wood and selling them for $1500. (They may actually sound good.)

 

[dinglebeer]

They'll try to get you to send them a money order then send you nothing in return.