Dirt Cheap Used FM9's?

lazerdriver

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I saw some used FM9's listed on Reverb the other day at what looked like a really low price. Four of them all around $550. Three of them from the same seller (with a few previous sales). All were in Finland or Norway (I think). It seemed to good to be true. The old saying 'if it seems too good to be true, it probably is" kept popping into my head. They are sold now, but I did a search on sold listings and saw 12 FM9's listed in the past two weeks. None were listed at more than $600 and all of them were either in Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and one was Australia.

Does this seem unusual to anyone besides me? I assume duty fees might apply to someone purchasing in the U.S., but other than that is there some 'catch' to this that I am missing? I don't want to offend anyone here that might be the sellers and imply something dishonest is going on. Maybe they are selling low because they desperately need the money. But like I said, the price just seemed too good to be true, especially considering Reverb listings in the U.S. for these used (current and sold) is at, or above, Fractal's price due to availability.
 
Definately a scam. I almost fell for a similarly priced one some time ago. Turned out that the old adage of "Too good to be true" was absolutely correct. - buyer beware!...
 
Yeah, the word scam came to mind to me too. Not only the price, but just weird too be a coincidence (same region, similar price, same seller for some of them). Maybe they are all bricked. I'm actually planning to get a FM3 soon, new from Fractal, as I think the FM9 is more power than I need based on what I have read here.
 
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Yeah, the word scam came to mind to me too. Not only the price, but just weird too be a coincidence (same region, similar price, same seller for some of them). Maybe they are all bricked. I'm actually planning to get a FM3 soon, new from Fractal, as I think the FM9 is more power than I need based on what I have read here.
No, they're not all bricked, they don’t even exist.
 
.....and they only take Cash App, Venmo or Paypal Friends and Family.

(2 weeks later)

"Weird, I still don't have a tracking number, the seller isn't responding to my messages and blocked me...."
 
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