Fact or Fake

[BananaRepublic]

I was going ebay and I tripped over this. My question is this just a fake?,

Nikon D750 Battery Grip Battery Grip MB-D16 Battery Incl. Infrarotauslöser | eBay

 

[480sparky41 40]

That ain't ebay. Look closely at the URL.

 

[tirediron]

Showing as eBay.ie for me....

 

[RVT1K]

Showing as eBay.ie for me....

That's what I see.

Someone has a Nikon D4s listed on my local Craigslist for $500... Scams abound.

 

[BananaRepublic]

That ain't ebay. Look closely at the URL.

Showing as eBay.ie for me....

That's what I see.

Someone has a Nikon D4s listed on my local Craigslist for $500... Scams abound.

I dont believe its real/actual Nikon unit, but I had to check

 

[RVT1K]

That ain't ebay. Look closely at the URL.

Showing as eBay.ie for me....

That's what I see.

Someone has a Nikon D4s listed on my local Craigslist for $500... Scams abound.

I dont believe its real/actual Nikon unit, but I had to check

The url is a dead giveaway.

 

[BananaRepublic]

That ain't ebay. Look closely at the URL.

Showing as eBay.ie for me....

That's what I see.

Someone has a Nikon D4s listed on my local Craigslist for $500... Scams abound.

I dont believe its real/actual Nikon unit, but I had to check

The url is a dead giveaway.

explain that as I pasted it up from ebay,

 

[tirediron]

Can someone elaborate on the URL issue? I'm not seeing anything that sets off any red flags...

 

[RVT1K]

eBay's url is ebay.com, google it.

Hover your mouse over the link and you'll see ebay.ie

I'm not an I.T. guy so I don't know the details of how a stunt like that is perpetrated but they are regularly.

 

[petrochemist118 143]

The url is a dead giveaway.

Only a dead giveaway that it's from E-bay's Irish site. E-bay also has .co.uk .de .fr .ie to stick to the ones I've used & can remember

This last bit is the top level domain showing which country it originates from. (see Internet country domains list / Country Internet codes / TLDs - World Standards)
E-bay has a domain in many of them.

 

[BananaRepublic]

The url is a dead giveaway.

Only a dead giveaway that it's from E-bay's Irish site.

yes you punched before me ebay have domain names for every country, example, uk ebay is ebay.co.uk

 

[RVT1K]

The url is a dead giveaway.

Only a dead giveaway that it's from E-bay's Irish site.

Holy smokes, I had no idea the post was not from my side of the pond. I read "Erie", as in Pennsylvania. Well that explains that.

The price, on the other hand, still falls under the "too good to be true" category.

 

[petrochemist118 143]

yes you punched before me ebay have domain names for every country, example, uk ebay is ebay.co.uk

Not every country yet but quite a few see Global / International eBay Site List - The Last Drop of Ink I make that 41 sites while the world has 193 UN member countries. Other lists make the number of countries somewhat higher - FIFA recognises 211 ...

 

[Braineack]

The D750 already supports the IR remote, I love how they are advertising the $20USD grip to include IR so they can jack the price up.

 

[Derrel]

Price seem okay for a MIC type grip. The manufacturer's brand is listed as fittings4you,so know its gotta' be good! Seems reasonable I guess.