Buying a new discounted Macbook Pro on eBay?

I'm about to purchase a 17" MacBook Pro.
I notice that there are sellers on eBay offering new ones at substantial discounts.
They're selling at £1,600, while Apple store sells at £1,899. They have 100% feedback from over 200 sellers from trading for 6 years. Sounds too good to be true.
Any thoughts? Here's their text:
*APPLE MACBOOK PRO 17" 2.53GHz 4GB RAM 500GB HD "SEALED"*
APPLE MACBOOK PRO MC024B/A
INTEL iCORE i5 PROCESSOR LATEST TECHNOLOGY
BRAND NEW, UK SPEC
1 YEAR WARRANTY
STILL SEALED IN BOX CHEAPEST ON EBAY
RETAILS @ £1,899.00
17’’ 2.53GHz, 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD
NVIDIA GeFORCE GT 330M WITH 512MB GRAPHICS CARD
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING
CASH ON COLLECTION WELCOME
IF COLLECTING NO PAYPAL PAYMENTS
FOR MORE INFO CALL 07956XXXX (I've deleted the number here, but it's a mobile)
PAYMENT WILL BE REQUIRED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF END OF AUCTION
ONCE YOU HAVE COMMITED TO BUY THIS I WILL BE REQUESTING YOUR FULL CONTACT DETAILS FROM EBAY TO CONFIRM YOU ACTUALLY WANT THIS ITEM BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE HACKERS HAVE TAKEN OVER!!
Message was edited by: Karel Bata

Hi Karel,
I researched this two weeks ago, based upon the prices Electronic-king was advertising i5/i7 macbook pros.
According to an Apple support rep, as long as you get Electronic-king to (a) advise Apple of your details for the registration of owneership of the unit you buy, plus (b) proof of the original purchase, then they will honour warranty from the original purchase date of the equipment.
I email Electronic-king about this and they were more than happy to comply.
Get this in writing from Electronic-king before you commit to buy, however, I am not sure what sort of difficulty you would run into if they did not follow throught with that commitment.
I did have a sale recently (of a 2006 macbook for £350), where paypal did not release the funds to me until the buyer had acknowledged receipt of the goods. Perhaps you could investigate this as a way of ensuring that the ownership documentation step is part of the 'official purchase'.
Good luck.
Cheers
eric

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