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Subject Topic: Would you risk buying this tent?
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29/6/2017 at 10:39am
 Location: Rutland
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Vango Taiga 600XL 6 person airbeam tent on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vango-AirBeam-Taiga-600XL-Tent-x/dp/B01ALLTXJ6/

This tent is normally around £800 elsewhere, but an Amazon marketplace seller has a few "new" for £519. Tempted, but dubious...... what do you think?


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29/6/2017 at 10:55am
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Ignore above - received an email from the seller:

"Our Amazon site has been hacked and we have thousands of products that are nothing to do with us. We are unable to access the site and asked Amazon to close it"!!


29/6/2017 at 11:10am
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Amazon seems to be getting worse than eBay but at least you get your money back quickly if things go wrong.


29/6/2017 at 12:08pm
 Location: Yorkshire
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The Amazon seller is Taunton Leisure, they do have this tent (ex demo, pitched for 10 days), with footprint, advertised on their website for £540 (here)

They say no faults and full warranty on this tent.


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29/6/2017 at 12:10pm
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(Looks like their usual price is £800, no footprint included here)


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29/6/2017 at 12:21pm
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Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 29/6/2017
The Amazon seller is Taunton Leisure, they do have this tent (ex demo, pitched for 10 days), with footprint, advertised on their website for £540 (here)

They say no faults and full warranty on this tent.



Thanks. The seller I was referring to though (Icarus housewares) have been removed now. They were showing a few at £519


29/6/2017 at 11:41pm
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Quote: Originally posted by horsepills on 29/6/2017
Quote: Originally posted by lidds0 on 29/6/2017
The Amazon seller is Taunton Leisure, they do have this tent (ex demo, pitched for 10 days), with footprint, advertised on their website for £540 (here)

They say no faults and full warranty on this tent.



Thanks. The seller I was referring to though (Icarus housewares) have been removed now. They were showing a few at £519




On the Icarus Housewares advert was a link to 'other sellers' of which Taunton Leisure was one. Three or four other sellers were listed with various prices rather more than £519.

I personally wouldn't buy a tent costing £519 but had I been in a position to do so I might have been taken in by that ad, so well done you for highlighting it.



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