Game deals to good to be true?

So I was shopping on half.com and found these crazy good deals that seem like they must be a scam. I ordered a couple games, and now am thinking that was stupid. Newish games for 2.25? Come on.
What do you think? Have I been duped? The name of the seller is   414william11
Here's the link.
http://shops.half.ebay.com/414william11_W0QQmZvideoQ2dgames

The ebay affiliation leads me to believe it's legit. Maybe the seller is up to something..

Yeah, I totally trust half.com, but that doesn't mean individual sellers can't be shady and try to rip people off. I should probably go read the fine print on half.com for what happens if the seller doesn't hold up their end of  the deal. Still, I did get shipping notices for the games within an hour of the order.

Whatever happens, definitely post it on here. I really want to know if this is a scam of some sort. 

For various reasons I don't want anything in there...But if I did I would be willing to risk it.

Why can't he have the 360 version of MK :(

I don't know... my scam sense is tingling. Let us know the end results!

I once bought a DS game that was similarly cheap but it turned out that it was a bootleg.

the dude has feedback of 1. I don't trust anyone that has a rating lower than 10. For all you know, he made another account and bought something from himself to look credible. I'd stay away from this one tbh... but it's your time and money.

Barely any feedback, WAY too good prices > obvious scam spotted.

" Whatever happens, definitely post it on here. I really want to know if this is this is a scam of some sort.  "

I went ahead and tried it myself. The worst that can happen is that I lose out on $5.74. 

Okay, I read some of the fine print on Half.com, and it is possible to file a buyer claim, BUT

"Buyers may not file a Buyer Protection Claim on any purchase where the seller had a feedback score of -1 or less at the time of the purchase."
The feedback score is a 1...

So, looks like I probably got scammed and won't be seeing the money for the 4 games I ordered. BEWARE. Don't do what I did.   :)

" Okay, I read some of the fine print on Half.com, and it is possible to file a buyer claim, BUT

"Buyers may not file a Buyer Protection Claim on any purchase where the seller had a feedback score of -1 or less at the time of the purchase."The feedback score is a 1...So, looks like I probably got scammed and won't be seeing the money for the 4 games I ordered. BEWARE. Don't do what I did.   :) "

it seems kind of like a scam. if it is too good to be true, it probably isn't.

" @Nate said:

" Okay, I read some of the fine print on Half.com, and it is possible to file a buyer claim, BUT

"Buyers may not file a Buyer Protection Claim on any purchase where the seller had a feedback score of -1 or less at the time of the purchase."The feedback score is a 1...So, looks like I probably got scammed and won't be seeing the money for the 4 games I ordered. BEWARE. Don't do what I did.   :) "

So there score has to be a -1. Which points to the fact that they must've messed up beg time in order to get a negative score. Well, if he says your item is shipped then it's so far so good. The guy is probably getting rid of stuff in his house he doesn't want anymore. "

" @ch13696 said:

" @Nate said:

" Okay, I read some of the fine print on Half.com, and it is possible to file a buyer claim, BUT

"Buyers may not file a Buyer Protection Claim on any purchase where the seller had a feedback score of -1 or less at the time of the purchase."The feedback score is a 1...So, looks like I probably got scammed and won't be seeing the money for the 4 games I ordered. BEWARE. Don't do what I did.   :) "

So there score has to be a -1. Which points to the fact that they must've messed up beg time in order to get a negative score. Well, if he says your item is shipped then it's so far so good. The guy is probably getting rid of stuff in his house he doesn't want anymore. "

Oh, wow. I totally misread that. So I can file a claim. Still, another thing that's fishy is it let me add several copies of the same game to my cart. The games I bought are still shown as for sale. SO, if it's not a complete ripoff, it must be that this guy has a crate of stolen games or something and is trying to unload them :) "

All the games appear to be sold now.  Anyway, I just can't imagine I'll get these items, but I'll be pleasantly surprised if I do. Otherwise I'll get my "file a claim" link bookmarked and ready to go :)

I found this site while also curious if it was too good to be true....he has a feedback of 3 now, and sold several other games....I went ahead and bought a bunch....for 40 bucks...if it's a scam...Half.com will eventually (and by eventually i mean about 2 months later) refund the money that was scammed from you....however, if it's legit...it's a shame to miss such a deal!

" Barely any feedback, WAY too good prices > obvious scam spotted. "

There was that one time when somebody was giving Minecraft away for free in a promotional deal. The mods had to lock the thread revealing it when they found out it was pretty much a scam.

the games are back up now. my fear is that theyre pirated or something, and thats gonna fuck up my account. so naturally, i ordered ps3 games, because my psn account isn't that important to me

I work as an anti-fraud investigator at a payment processor(think "Bank") and I've got to tell you there are only THREE outcomes with these deals.

One, you'll never, ever get those products.  <---  The most likely outcome.

Two, you'll get rocks or paper or something else. <--- Not as likely, it would cost them too much profit to ship

Three, you'll get stolen property. <--- Least likely, they could get more money just returning them to a store and getting a gift card to sell to someone.

Well, here's hoping you gents can get your money back, but as an anti-fraud guy allow me to say this: "You guys are pretty damn gullible."

@OppressiveStink:
No optimism whatsoever.

So are you saying theres literally no chance or a very small chance of people actually getting the stuff they pay for off these types of sites?

Those games have blood on them! It's the mafia I tell you!

Another positive feedback score added - that makes 4 now. But I'm still skeptical. I actually messaged one of the buyers who left feedback on 2 games to see if he/she really got the games.  We'll see if I hear back. Maybe these buyers aren't even real, though. I'm also wondering if someone left feedback before even getting the product, because it does let you do that. Who knows!?

It's "too" good

Okay- I already heard back from one of the people who left feedback and he/she has not received the items yet. Just ordered today and for some reason (fool!) left positive feedback. I'm going to go ahead and assume that's true of the others who left feedback as well. 

Every steam sale.

" Another positive feedback score added - that makes 4 now. But I'm still skeptical. I actually messaged one of the buyers who left feedback on 2 games to see if he/she really got the games.  We'll see if I hear back. Maybe these buyers aren't even real, though. I'm also wondering if someone left feedback before even getting the product, because it does let you do that. Who knows!? "

" @Nate said:

" Another positive feedback score added - that makes 4 now. But I'm still skeptical. I actually messaged one of the buyers who left feedback on 2 games to see if he/she really got the games.  We'll see if I hear back. Maybe these buyers aren't even real, though. I'm also wondering if someone left feedback before even getting the product, because it does let you do that. Who knows!? "

Well one of the buyers posted the positive feedback after all of the games had already been sold.  If they buyer were in with 414William11, they would have left feedback much sooner. "

" I found this site while also curious if it was too good to be true....he has a feedback of 3 now, and sold several other games....I went ahead and bought a bunch....for 40 bucks...if it's a scam...Half.com will eventually (and by eventually i mean about 2 months later) refund the money that was scammed from you....however, if it's legit...it's a shame to miss such a deal!

I gave it a shot, and I'll see what happens......if I get scammed, it's no skin off my nose, but here's hoping it's legit!

"

I thought we were going to be discussing The Orange Box...

Hmm... it doesn't make any sense.  Why use a half.com profile to sell 10-12 $2.50 games.  Why not rip one person off for 1 30 dollar game?  It could be he marked them all as shipped as soon as he got the order and is waiting until the last possible day half.com will give you to send all of them and avoid multiple trips to the post office.  Seriously I had an item that took damn near 3 weeks to get to me, but they were still well within the estimated shipping and delivery times half.com allows.

" I work as an anti-fraud investigator at a payment processor(think "Bank") and I've got to tell you there are only THREE outcomes with these deals.One, you'll never, ever get those products.  <---  The most likely outcome.Two, you'll get rocks or paper or something else. <--- Not as likely, it would cost them too much profit to shipThree, you'll get stolen property. <--- Least likely, they could get more money just returning them to a store and getting a gift card to sell to someone.Well, here's hoping you gents can get your money back, but as an anti-fraud guy allow me to say this: "You guys are pretty damn gullible." "

" @OppressiveStink said:

" I work as an anti-fraud investigator at a payment processor(think "Bank") and I've got to tell you there are only THREE outcomes with these deals.One, you'll never, ever get those products.  <---  The most likely outcome.Two, you'll get rocks or paper or something else. <--- Not as likely, it would cost them too much profit to shipThree, you'll get stolen property. <--- Least likely, they could get more money just returning them to a store and getting a gift card to sell to someone.Well, here's hoping you gents can get your money back, but as an anti-fraud guy allow me to say this: "You guys are pretty damn gullible." "

More likely is that these are bootlegged games. "

If he is actually selling at the price he must be crazy, its got to be a scam - if not then you have got a damn good deal on your hands and should consider using him to become your main supplier and make a killing selling them off

So I just joined this site because I was also curious about the legit-ness of these deals and wanted to contribute to the conversation.  I myself ordered a few games but as I am no noob ebayer/half.com user, I was VERY skeptical.  I had sent him a few emails asking about the games with no response, so this morning I sent him sort of an "ultimatum" message through Half.com.  Here is what I wrote:

I bought about 6 games from this guy. If it is a scam, will our money get refunded by half.com??? If you see now he posted 32 xbox 360 games. Man I am not buying anymore from him just in case he has something EVIL planned!!!

" @Nate:   I got some ocean front property in Arizona.     From my front porch you can see the sea. If you'll buy that, I'll throw the golden gate in free.  "

I wonder how much money he has gained through people like us who have bought stuff from him.  

Alright, so serious question.  I bought I think five games from him but some of them were on a second order.  Should I leave him negative feedback with one of those orders to see what he does?  I normally don't condone that sort of thing at all but this seems like an appropriate situation.  Thoughts?