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Price: USD $ 400 / pc
Min. Order: 10 pc
 

Treasure_Hunter

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The dealer whose ad it is, is in Indonesia.....Codan's Minelab plant is in Malaysia, neither of which are located in China. Don't know for sure where final assembly was done, could be Australia since that is only 4000 miles away...
 

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jeff of pa said:
Price: USD $ 400 / pc
Min. Order: 10 pc

Oooowe, could get stung 10 times........
 

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but how its possible if the same people sell other expensive detectors too?? look other photos. I suspect scam. :hello:
 

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Sandman said:
jeff of pa said:
Price: USD $ 400 / pc
Min. Order: 10 pc

Oooowe, could get stung 10 times........

Contact the company,
Advise them You may be intrested.

Tell them you need them to Send you a free Sample to Try out.
 

Keppy

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I would say a lot of people getting detectors right out of the box that don't work could be comeing from there....... To dealers that want to make a big buck fast........That add does say made in Australia could that be were all the dealers are getting them from................ And they have... minelab... Garrett & Whites????????????????
 

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I checked with White's and these are counterfeit cloned machines made in China.

Thanks! (buyer beware) :o :sign13:
 

Keppy

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And how would you know if you bought a knock off ? It does not work out of the box ? Who knows any more.....
 

PAPPYGOL

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im with keppy. i have only bought 2 brand new machines in my life. a garrett cx plus. from garrett in texas. and a 1235x fisher from clevengers. that was several years ago before all these goofball scammers tried to take over our market. ill stick with used from now on, ya,know. we can shoot a missle from hundreds of miles away and hit some jerk right in the head with it as he is hiding in a cave, why then cant we stop the rest of the world from trying to ruin us????
 

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PAPPYGOL said:
im with keppy. i have only bought 2 brand new machines in my life. a garrett cx plus. from garrett in texas. and a 1235x fisher from clevengers. that was several years ago before all these goofball scammers tried to take over our market. ill stick with used from now on, ya,know. we can shoot a missle from hundreds of miles away and hit some jerk right in the head with it as he is hiding in a cave, why then cant we stop the rest of the world from trying to ruin us????

It is very sad indeed! :'( It's bad enough that almost everything is made in China or Asia for export to the states. Now the real corporations have to deal with crappy made clones that the majority of new hunters won't know are super inferior to the real ones. :icon_scratch:

They'll just think the machines stink and bad mouth the product! >:( BUT, the most messed up part is it could really hurt the sales from the "real players" and maybe this why some prices are on the rise????? ::)

I guess the best thing to do is only purchase only from a "reputable dealer" and hope you get the real deal too!
 

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Anyone who is stupid enough to think they can buy a new E-trac for $400 deserves what they get.
 

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Iron Patch said:
Anyone who is stupid enough to think they can buy a new E-trac for $400 deserves what they get.
IP .. What we are saying is there might be dealers out there that buy them ....And then sell them to us at the reg price............ Just so they can make a large profit..........
 

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Keppy said:
Iron Patch said:
Anyone who is stupid enough to think they can buy a new E-trac for $400 deserves what they get.
IP .. What we are saying is there might be dealers out there that buy them ....And then sell them to us at the reg price............ Just so they can make a large profit..........

Well who are those dealers buying them from! And where is the large profit if they are selling them for $400? Have you given that theory much thought? ;D
 

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Indasurf said:
I checked with White's and these are counterfeit cloned machines made in China.

Thanks! (buyer beware) :o :sign13:

If they are Clones, What makes them Inferior ?

the fact People don't like china ?
The Fact they are Counterfeit ?

IF They are Actual Clones,
the only differences I see would be
Price & No repairs

In some cases Considering Price, $400. vs $1500
Disposable mAY still be a good trade off. :wink:

of course i'm still conditioned to want real
 

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jeff of pa said:
Indasurf said:
I checked with White's and these are counterfeit cloned machines made in China.

Thanks! (buyer beware) :o :sign13:

If they are Clones, What makes them Inferior ?

the fact People don't like china ?
The Fact they are Counterfeit ?

IF They are Actual Clones,
the only differences I see would be
Price & No repairs

In some cases Considering Price, $400. vs $1500
Disposable mAY still be a good trade off. :wink:

of course i'm still conditioned to want real


You mean Minelabs are disposable. Mine have been for about 7 years now! ;D
 

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Iron Patch said:
jeff of pa said:
Indasurf said:
I checked with White's and these are counterfeit cloned machines made in China.

Thanks! (buyer beware) :o :sign13:

If they are Clones, What makes them Inferior ?

the fact People don't like china ?
The Fact they are Counterfeit ?

IF They are Actual Clones,
the only differences I see would be
Price & No repairs

In some cases Considering Price, $400. vs $1500
Disposable mAY still be a good trade off. :wink:

of course i'm still conditioned to want real


You mean Minelabs are disposable. Mine have been for about 7 years now! ;D

:D Well my sovereign lasted 10 Years
with heavy use, before it started needing repairs.

IF I could buy a $200.00 Disposable sovereign
that lasts 10 years,
would work for me. :coffee2:

Even 5 Years !
 

Indasurf

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Iron Patch said:
Keppy said:
Iron Patch said:
Anyone who is stupid enough to think they can buy a new E-trac for $400 deserves what they get.
IP .. What we are saying is there might be dealers out there that buy them ....And then sell them to us at the reg price............ Just so they can make a large profit..........

Well who are those dealers buying them from! And where is the large profit if they are selling them for $400? Have you given that theory much thought? ;D


They wouldn't sell them for $400. They might offer them for $200. less than the street price and the buyer would think that's a good deal.
 

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