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10-18-2010, 11:47 AM
|  | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Does this sound like a scam to you?
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About to make a sale on craigslist and got this message from an interested buyer after he asked whether or not the item was available. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Craigslist Guy Thanks for your prompt response, i'm glad that it's still available
for sale and satisfied with the price & condition, i'm currently out
of town on rotations so i will not be able to come and look at it, the
payment will be made through electronic business check which will
required versa business check paper to receive the check and cash it,
you can easily get the check paper from any of these stores (staples,
stationary stores, walmart) which cost $10, once the check is printed
it's generally acceptable at any bank. I will make arrangement for the
pickup by my private shipper and i will wait for the check to clear at
your bank before we proceed with the shipment. |
__________________ Source Audio Sourcerer #22 Club Clement #73 Markbass Club #231 Quote:
Originally Posted by geeza  I thought your name was one of those "it's spelled 'Kwesi', but it's pronounced 'Craig'." kind of names. | Me: Youtube, Flickr |
10-18-2010, 11:48 AM
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Endorsing artist:see profile/Current Setup | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: CHICAGO,IL. | | | That's one of the oldest scams to date. |
10-18-2010, 11:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Here we are... | | | Big time.
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10-18-2010, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Carol Stream, IL | | Sounds legit to me!   |
10-18-2010, 11:53 AM
| | THIS HAND OF MINE GLOWS WITH AN AWESOME POWER! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | Thought so. I'm pretty much a craigslist newbie (only made one sale on there so far) so I figured I'd run it past you guys first. Thanks a bunch 
__________________ Source Audio Sourcerer #22 Club Clement #73 Markbass Club #231 Quote:
Originally Posted by geeza I thought your name was one of those "it's spelled 'Kwesi', but it's pronounced 'Craig'." kind of names. | Me: Youtube, Flickr |
10-18-2010, 11:56 AM
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Moderator for EHX Forums | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston/Nacogdoches | | | If they can't tell you what the item you're selling is, it's a scam. And sometimes even if they can, it's still a scam.
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Probably in a lot of other clubs as well.
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10-18-2010, 12:22 PM
| | | | Also, if they have their own shipping company, or really any unnamed shipping company which will pick it up, it's a scam. |
10-18-2010, 12:30 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | I always specify "cash only" and "no shipping" when I post a CL for sale ad. Anything else is no deal. |
10-18-2010, 12:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF I always specify "cash only" and "no shipping" when I post a CL for sale ad. Anything else is no deal. | This.
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10-18-2010, 12:53 PM
| | | | Any time any other alternative to cold hard cash is being discussed, it's a scam.
Plain & simple. |
10-18-2010, 12:54 PM
|  | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF I always specify "cash only" and "no shipping" when I post a CL for sale ad. Anything else is no deal. | Cash and carry is the only way to go for CL deals.
I did make an exception one time when I met a kid to sell him a pedal. He was short on cash but he was there with his mom who said she would mail me a check for the balance. Got the check 2 days later.
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10-18-2010, 01:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | "My private shipper" never really happens.
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10-18-2010, 01:17 PM
| | One lab accident away from being a supervillain | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Powder Springs, Ga | | | "My private shipper" sounds like a couple of dudes with a van who clean out your house while you're at work.
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10-18-2010, 08:00 PM
|  | Veteran Dispenser | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Newton, Mass | | 
I'm your private shipper,
A shipper for money,
I'll do what you want me to do. 
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10-18-2010, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | dude, you couldn't tell by the over-polite vagueness to the product, and how he was calling out every last detail of how YOUR SALE was going to play out?
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10-18-2010, 08:17 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Seattle WA | | | I go that same message 2 weeks ago. I called them scammers and never heard form them again.
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10-18-2010, 08:55 PM
| | | | I think the best course of action would be to lead them on for as long as you can without giving them any sort of personal information. |
10-19-2010, 06:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ottawa, Ont | | | If you have to ask "is this a scam" it most likely is.
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10-19-2010, 10:18 AM
|  | Holding the Line, Low, Loud & Proud | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leander, TX (outside Austin) | | | I hadn't seen the one where the seller has to buy the paper the bogus check is printed on, talk about a tight wad thief, jeeesh. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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