[Scam] Xiaomi Mi Robot Vacuum $225.49 Delivered @ Paulascarlet eBay

LSpastro on 14/04/2019 - 13:23
Last edited 01/06/2019 - 17:05 by 4 other users

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Found this while searching for one for my sister after owning mine for a while.
PSU code is the same as mine and it's super cheap. Not sure why.
We ordered one.

$204.99 + GST.

Mod Note: Purchase at own risk. There are a few discrepancy with the eBay listing (appears that the listing are using Gearbite images and description). Subtitle also has "Ship from Melbourne" but item is located in China.

Mod 1/6: Moved to forums as a scam, the seller now has majority negative feedback, hidden their feedback and are no longer selling items. Comments below indicate that users received a fake tracking number and no item. For those who purchased, ensure you file a PayPal dispute for item not received immediately, if you have not done so already.

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Comments

  • bhunter101 on 14/04/2019 - 13:25

    Price and seller in title please

    • tomsco on 14/04/2019 - 13:53
      +7

      Hopefully not Roboguy.

      • dillyz on 14/04/2019 - 16:15

        I bought mine from Roboguy, didnt have any issues?

      • raybies on 14/04/2019 - 23:31
        +1

        stop picking that scab… still hurts :)
        +1

  • bhunter101 on 14/04/2019 - 13:26
    +2

    Also it’d be good to specify gen 1

  • Spastro on 14/04/2019 - 13:31
    +4

    Thanks for fixing that up. First time poster for a item.

    • bhunter101 on 14/04/2019 - 13:56
      +3

      All good. We all learn from mistakes. You’ve done well.

  • scatman00 on 14/04/2019 - 13:32
    +3

    Use caution. I can see this being a knock off..

  • Spastro on 14/04/2019 - 13:34
    +1

    Yeah that's what I'm concerned with. Hopefully if it is we can get money back.

    Do Xiaomi often have knock offs?

    • LlamaLlamaLamp on 14/04/2019 - 15:32
      +1

      Yeah. I think their website has an entire section devoted to identifying them.

    • bemybubble on 15/04/2019 - 06:35

      Purchased filters and brushes which turned out to be knock offs from alibaba. Didn’t worry to much as they were only consumables. But this…

  • nikhilmyfriend on 14/04/2019 - 13:42

    It's got gearbite photo on and claims to ship from Mel but additional get?

    • Steptoe on 14/04/2019 - 13:46
      +1

      Looks to have ripped off Gearbite photos including the AustPost Van image.

      If it shipped from Melbourne wouldn’t the Seller be liable for the GST?

      • whooah1979 on 14/04/2019 - 14:57

        Melbourne wouldn’t the Seller be liable for the GST?

        No. GST is collected from the buyer.

        • Steptoe on 14/04/2019 - 20:52

          Sorry, meant GST inclusive price if already in Australia.

  • G77 on 14/04/2019 - 13:44
    +5

    In the 8th picture of the listing, says 300 units for 3 Vans from Gearbite deal…in the item description says item is shipped from China, but in title says Melbourne stock? Looks fishy. Wonder if Roborock will still honor warranty.

  • congo on 14/04/2019 - 13:46

    Fake? What assurance do we have?

  • Spastro on 14/04/2019 - 13:50
    +1

    Who knows but the user does have good reviews. So fingers crossed.

  • davohatcher on 14/04/2019 - 13:54

    I'm going to take the risk. Fingers crossed. Do any of you know if PayPal help in the case of the product being fake or if it was just the vacuum motor for example?

    • edrift on 14/04/2019 - 14:01
      +1

      It's hard to prove. Rely on your credit card protection instead

      • abuch47 on 14/04/2019 - 21:11

        If you can prove it payPal/ebay used to do full refund plus keep the item so it was actually a good idea to purchase. Punished counterfeiters heavily. Have heard PayPal barely offers protection now so be careful.

      • aximili on 15/04/2019 - 12:48
        +2

        I bought a fake USB drive from eBay before. My proof was screenshot of the test results. eBay asked me to send it back to the seller, which I did. Seller said never received it. So I paid original price + shipping back and seller got the fake item back to resell. This was many years ago and I'm still very salty about it.

  • 2pro4sho on 14/04/2019 - 13:58
    +13

    I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole. Dodgy AF

    • Splashtash on 14/04/2019 - 14:13
      +3

      Agreed. Way to many red flags not to be fake.

    • Pricebeat on 14/04/2019 - 14:36
      +6

      I would touch it with paypole

  • GordonR on 14/04/2019 - 14:03
    +27

    Stolen photos, lies about location and shipping, unusually low price - what could possibly go wrong!

  • anonymous12345 on 14/04/2019 - 14:05

    too good to be true? I'm tempted hahaha.

    • frugalbat on 14/04/2019 - 14:09
      +1

      or just pay $100 extra and get it from Gearbite instead…I'm sure all the hassles dont worth it :)

  • bargainshooter on 14/04/2019 - 14:09

    So the regular price is $249? Something's not right here.

  • bloomingheck on 14/04/2019 - 14:20
    -5

    Make sure you don't mind the Chinese gov knowing your house layout!

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/9tgyrg/any_reason_w…

    • KozieSeller on 14/04/2019 - 14:28
      +1

      Only if u connect to wifi, even then whats special about your place..

    • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:31
      +3

      Its not like your going to have a chinese miltary invading your house via the vaccum layout.

      If they really want to know your layout, i'm sure they can download the plans from any council that stores everyones house layout and is free to view anyones

      • Splashtash on 14/04/2019 - 14:34
        +1

        Listening devices brah…

        • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:35
          +4

          I'm sure costco has bulk tinfoil you can purchase

          • bloomingheck on 14/04/2019 - 14:41
            -2

            @asa79: It's about mass data collection. Sure your house is probably worthless to the Chinese Gov on its own, but if they get enough data and can drill down to individual data points then it's a powerful tool. Information at the right time is a powerful tool! If you don't think this is already possible, then I will leave you to enjoy the view you are looking at with your head in the sand.

            • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:42

              @bloomingheck: As mentioned above they can get all that details from the local councils.

              Individual data points yea hey lol

              • bloomingheck on 14/04/2019 - 14:44
                +1

                @asa79: Does the data from the council tell you when you are home? Does the data from the council record your video? https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3036246/smart-home…

                • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:45

                  @bloomingheck: I think you need the tinfoil

                  • bloomingheck on 14/04/2019 - 14:48
                    +1

                    @asa79: I don't care if you don't believe me. I am simply putting known facts of "vulnerabilities" that have been disclosed by security companies for people to make their decision. You can go ahead and embrace your chinese gov overlords, but other people may not want to…

                    • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:51
                      +1

                      @bloomingheck: Your on the internet, Google and facebook have probably sold more of your data then anything chinese will collect. If you dont want anything like that your best getting off the internet

                    • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:53

                      @bloomingheck: Ok Google tell Chinese i'm running up to the shops to buy some bread and milk., Ok Google tell china i'm going to go sit on the couch and watch tv.

                    • mychips on 14/04/2019 - 14:59
                      +8

                      @bloomingheck: Alright mate, thanks for letting us know. Clearly, you are trying to turn every Chinese product post into some sort of political forum to post your anti-Chinese comments.

                      Truth be told, chances are you are being by the device that you are using right now but hey only Chinese companies listen in righhttt… https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/11/tech/amazon-alexa-listeni…

                      Vulnerabilities? Don't make me laugh. Every device has vulernabilities, even the Australian government has privacy rules to make tech companies provide them a backdoor if need be. Edward Snowden revealed that the US is guilty to employing tech companies to provide them with backdoors so go home and put on your tin foil hat mate. China's out to get you and your $5 cause you're such a high-value target being on Ozbargain and all. LOL

                • taki on 14/04/2019 - 15:42

                  @bloomingheck: They can find from your telco all your movements & communications. From your bank all your in/out finances & places of spending. Apple knows all your behaviour, ask Siri. Facebook knows all places you had coffee/food & your thoughts… Ozbargain for your spending strategy…
                  When they know all about us, we feel like celebrities, don't we? ;) And we have backups of all that in case you forgot what were you doing, or in case your phone fails. Life is Good.

        • cashless on 14/04/2019 - 14:47
          +6

          Yeah Chinese govt really wanna hear all the family chat going on in my house.

          • asa79 on 14/04/2019 - 14:52

            @cashless: Yep me telling the kids to sit down at the table and finish their tea. Or the kids running around the house screaming their heads of, i'm sure someone in china is really enjoying listening to that lol

            • Xizor on 14/04/2019 - 15:05

              @asa79: "someone in china listening"… come on kids, you're still thinking far, far, far too small. There is a stack of information in the public domain from docos to journalism on espionage to give an idea about the bare minimum going on. But yes, i'm under no illusion some of the crap i have bought may well be listening/collecting all sorts of data… on top of the stuff i know is. I just wish i could put a red strobbing light on my Xiaomi robo vac to make it more like a cylon.

              • bloomingheck on 14/04/2019 - 18:41
                +1

                @Xizor: Ok so some observations from the posts thus far:
                a) "I'm paranoid" and need some tin foil, and simultaneously "there's no point, they already know too much so there's no point" ….. All I can say is wtf?
                b) To criticise the Chinese gov = anti Chinese…. Again wtf? Since when is criticising the dictatorship in China = anti-Chinese?

                • abuch47 on 14/04/2019 - 21:15

                  @bloomingheck: Feels like Chinese shills. I love China and it's cheap products but their technology is heavily backdoored for their government. I trust my government to steal my data and sell it but not external governments.

                • ToastySteve on 15/04/2019 - 08:58

                  @bloomingheck: I believe there is a substantial base of patriotic Chinese expats on these forums, who dive on any anti-Chinese government sentiments with a blind vengeance.
                  I made the mistake of raising concerns about Xiaomi after China "detained" 13 Canadians after Canada arrested Meng Wanzhou. Boy did I get downvoted to hell.

        • MauTauAja on 15/04/2019 - 09:24

          If You're Not Paying For It, You Become The Product … no free meal in this world put that in your mind when using google / FACEBOOK shit

    • Andard on 14/04/2019 - 15:27
      +1

      10gb holy shit. Friggen alarming, there can be no excuse for a vacuum to be using that much data a month (Dude says he only ran it 10 times).

    • fedaykin on 15/04/2019 - 11:35

      Get a piehole

    • idonotknowwhy on 15/04/2019 - 14:03

      No way house layout data is 10gb / month.
      It's most likely just recording and uploading audio.
      Not sure if the device has cameras on it, but could be photos as well. Unlikely to be video as 10gb wouldn't be enough (well, unless it's motion activated or something).

      Just don't connect it to the wifi network, or connect, configure, change the wifi pass.

  • rogerm22 on 14/04/2019 - 14:28

    This is clearly a fake listing. I'm certain you'll get nothing if you buy this.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/04/2019 - 14:31

    Very dodgy. It seems like the seller used USD instead of AUD. How is it cheaper than whole sale price?

  • Spastro on 14/04/2019 - 14:34

    No idea. But it's at 91% sold. So if its dodge then eBay will get lots of complaints about the seller with what seems to be good reviews so hopefully everyone gets there money back.

    Fingers crossed.

  • gooddealmate on 14/04/2019 - 14:47
    +5

    Avoid, they're also selling 6.0ah Makita batteries for less than half the normal retail price and using the same picture as another seller from Hong Kong who has much worse feedback and a history of selling fake goods.

    • profeeder55 on 14/04/2019 - 15:29
      +2

      They seem rather dodgy. Pictures extracted from other sites. Avoid !

  • unhappywizard on 14/04/2019 - 14:49
    +1

    Great for the price protection claims though.

    • dust on 15/04/2019 - 08:31

      (let us know if that actually works!)

      • unhappywizard on 17/04/2019 - 16:14
        +1

        Worked fine. They approved claim without checking today.

  • Slave1 on 14/04/2019 - 14:51

    Out of stock now so that's 61 people that took the punt.

  • tryagain on 14/04/2019 - 15:29

    Haccced account?

  • doweyy on 14/04/2019 - 15:45
    +2

    There's a ton of these listings on eBay, they just copy other listings (Gearbite in this case) and post them at cheaper prices, but not too cheap to be seen as fake.

    Sorry OP, but negging to ensure others don't get caught by these scams.

  • [Deactivated] on 14/04/2019 - 15:58

    Note to the future: Could any of you coming back to check this deal, please update us if this was not fake?

    • Spastro on 14/04/2019 - 16:04
      +3

      Yup I will
      Fingers crossed. If not hopefully a full eBay refund.

  • Spending2Much on 14/04/2019 - 16:32

    Might be a bargain, might not…

  • Alzori on 14/04/2019 - 20:32
    -1

    Restocked :)

    • bruc3 on 14/04/2019 - 20:36
      +1

      Makes it even more suss that it suddenly restocked so soon.

      I am calling scam.

  • congo on 14/04/2019 - 21:20

    Please let us know after you receive yours.
    Is it genuine or not?

    • rogerm22 on 14/04/2019 - 21:47

      It's very clearly a fake listing and you won't receive anything at all (but you will be able to get a refund from PayPak). I'm not aware of there being any fake Xiaomi products. But even if there were, this is clearly a scam.

  • frogduck on 14/04/2019 - 21:36
    +10

    I've tried to order one similar to this in the past. They provided a tracking number to a similar address I believe, but auspost told me the address they provided did not exist. So basically they sent something that may have been small to a fake address in my area, that they hoped would pass as "evidence" that they posted it and say I lied about not receiving it (or similar). The parcel ended up being sent back to wherever it was posted from. Just thought I'd share my experience for those trying it. I ended up getting my money back through ebay after about 2 weeks with evidence from auspost. Scammers moving onto new methods. Feel free to downvote me if this sounds ridiculous (these kinds of things seem to get down voted here).

  • Wetmeme on 14/04/2019 - 23:01

    What is the point of doing this kind of scam? We all know we can get the full refund from PayPal if something goes wrong. What will the seller get? Confused.

    • tryagain on 15/04/2019 - 00:20
      +1

      I think they often do it with a hacked account, ie get the login details for someone's account that has reasonable feedback, advertise a few popular items at bargain prices, get the money and then take it and run, by the time the complaints roll in they are long gone with the money.

  • neonlight on 14/04/2019 - 23:09

    don't know about his seller. Be careful

  • dust on 15/04/2019 - 08:31

    Great way to issue an interest free loan!

  • KRM123 on 15/04/2019 - 10:26

    No deal unless being sold by Roboguy (as a non buyer for entertainment purposes)

  • bob the builder on 15/04/2019 - 10:28
    +1

    How come this has so many upvotes, who is upvoting this? This seller is a scammer

    • Spending2Much on 15/04/2019 - 10:36

      69 people think differently to you….at last count

      • bob the builder on 15/04/2019 - 10:42

        You reckon fake accounts r upvoting this?

        • gooddealmate on 15/04/2019 - 17:59
          +2

          People who are not reading the comments obviously.

  • richreduk on 15/04/2019 - 12:39

    Has to be fake, surelllly

  • oscinator1988 on 15/04/2019 - 17:37
    -1

    Bought it last night and sent a message about the discrepancies in the item location being in melbourne.

    Seller replied.

    "Hi Friend,

    Sorry for the misunderstanding, the item is shipped from Hong Kong and will be with you in 7-15 business days."

    If it was a scam, I wouldn't except to get a reply like that back.

    • gooddealmate on 15/04/2019 - 17:58

      The scam is that it is fake like most of their other products they're selling and other Hong Kong sellers who are selling the same gear.

      You'll see.

      The Makita batteries they are selling have report after report of them looking like the real deal but not fitting well on to the tool which gives it away.

      Why else would these be selling at a much cheaper rate than seen before.

      It's obvious. Only a fool would disagree.

      • Spastro on 15/04/2019 - 19:42

        where did you see these reports of the batterys reported as fake? I only saw good reviews for the seller.
        Also do you know if there are reported fake mi robot vacuums around? I know of rollers, side brushes and filters. But i have never seen full blown units.
        Who knows .

        I will see what happens when our arrive.

  • Spastro on 15/04/2019 - 19:34

    https://www.mi.com/global/verify/#/en/tab/secur can be used to check authenticity i hope

    • stickyfingers on 15/04/2019 - 23:02

      Out of curiosity, what’s to stop a manufacturer of counterfeit goods from buying a real product and just making fake labels with the real product’s code?

  • oscinator1988 on 15/04/2019 - 22:28

    Another update from the seller.
    Hi I will deliver your parcel to the post office tomorrow
    Logistics as SpeedPAK, 7-15 days to arrive
    And I will add a tracking number on ebay
    Best blessing

  • stickyfingers on 15/04/2019 - 23:11
    +3

    ”The listing you're looking for has ended.”

    And every item the seller has listed is gone. Good luck!

    • Spastro on 16/04/2019 - 11:51
      +1

      Hopefully eBay will honour the refund

  • A s h on 16/04/2019 - 12:24

    Just got a notification that item has been posted. Let's see how it goes from here lol

    • Spastro on 16/04/2019 - 12:31

      Ohhhh. I wonder if it actually will arrive.

      And just checked. Got my shipping notice also

    • vee124 on 16/04/2019 - 15:03

      Where did it send from?

  • [Deactivated] on 16/04/2019 - 12:59

    Just curious, I found out the almost same deal in the eBay. All description is the same except the different seller. now it is slightly more expensive than the previous deal. now 255 using the latest discount code.

    https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Xiaomi-Mi-Robot-Vacuum-Cleaner-L…

    • mudguppy1 on 16/04/2019 - 13:28

      both Members since: 27-Aug-18 in China.

  • Sainter4Life on 16/04/2019 - 15:57

    There are no active listings for this account now, looks like eBay might have stepped in.

  • bob the builder on 16/04/2019 - 17:27

    Fake seller is gone lol, whoever upvoted this post are a bunch of turds.

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