Because of the plague I've been working from my dining room table on my Dell XPS 13 laptop so that I can keep an eye on my kids while they virtually school. After half a year of putting up with this, I decided to get a nice monitor. The ultrawide monitors looks liked they would be a good fit for my needs so I starting to poke around the internet looking for deals. I found an eBay listing for a like-new Dell U3419W running with a pretty low bid, free shipping, and a seller that didn't looks like a n00b or a scammer. I stalked the auction and managed to win with fairly low bid meaning I had picked up a really nice monitor for ~60% retail.

So this was Monday. I paid for the auction via PayPal around 12:30 that afternoon. I received the shipping notice around midnight that evening. Now here's were things get odd. The next morning I'm getting the kids ready to start school and the doorbell rings. I wasn't expecting anything, but, sure enough, the FedEx guy has my monitor. It shipped via FedEx's highest-priority overnight service. So that's totally awesome, but WTF?! I plugged the package and delivery information into the calculator on FedEx's website and the retail cost for that level of shipping is more than I paid for the monitor. I know business accounts can get a pretty good discount, but still: $$$.

So, what kind of scam am I a part of? The monitor is great. It was either open-box of factory refurbished. And, I'm stoked I got it so fast. I just can't figure out why it came so fast.

11/4/2020 6:37:49 PM

Allow me to be the first, on this new and improved tww, to say: tldr

11/4/2020 7:31:50 PM

tl;dr - I got an item from eBay where I suspect the shipping cost more than the item. Why?

11/5/2020 2:55:20 PM

Maybe it's cursed and they had to get rid of it fast

11/5/2020 7:46:55 PM

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"I'm stoked I got it so fast. I just can't figure out why it came so fast."

TWSS

11/5/2020 8:16:50 PM

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"I just can't figure out why it came so fast. "

best excuse ever for not pulling out

11/7/2020 9:12:36 AM