SCAM on Craigslist - 2008 Rickenbacker 4003

Explain how its a scam.

 

looks legit to me

 

Is he from Nigeria? Am I missing something here?

 

I don't see anything wrong with it apart from being cheap... and black! (What a waste of nice looking wood, sand it back and re-finish it translucent!).
Am we missing something? Have you contacted the seller?

 

How is it a scam? He may just be lowballling himself on the price thinking that he can't get more for it. Ricks are around $1800 aren't they?

 

bummer.

 

Could be... but whoever gets it at that price should still be happy though if this is all legit. Especially now that they neck inlays are full width again like the old days (I think the headstocks are all now with 'walnut wings' but being black you'd never know).

 

Either its a "please don't get this while I get the money for it!" kind of post or a "I'm selling a Rickenbacker!" kind of post.

 

Sucks man about being ripped off... Did you at least contest the payment and get your cash back?

Hopefully you can at least claim that it was fraudulant and get your credit back....

 

funny thing is that i have seen those pictures before

 

The fact that the ad says '2008 Rickenbacker' should have sent up red flags. THe 2008 Ricks won't be finished for another three years.....

 

On the top of every craigslist listing, including the one in this thread:

Totally sucks that you got burned. I've always had very good deals on CL, both buying and selling. Hope there is something you can do. At the very least investigate filing fraud charges.

 

What is moneygram - do they do a direct transfer from your bank account, or is the money charged to your Credit Card

 

Certainly looks like a scam.

I sent him this this morning after seeing this post:

Hi,
Mighty pretty bass. Do you still have it? Just saw your ad. I've always wanted to have a Ric.

Can I stop by to see it? And (stupid question, but I gotta ask) do you have an amp to play it through?

I could give you $200 down and the rest on Monday, pick it up Monday evening.
Thanks,
Rich
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He replied:
Hi Rich ,

I still have the RICKENBACKER for sale. I want you to know that
the guitar is in perfect conditions.. Right now i am in Texas, but i hope
that`s not going to be a problem because i can still handle the transaction.
Before i went to Texas, i left the guitar along with several other items in
the custody of The Online Outpost because i wanted to sell them on eBay when
i return, but something came up back home and i decided to sell them before
i get back, but not on eBay, because i need to sell them faster.

So if you are still interested let me know because i can make the
transaction immediately. Just let me know and i will explain all the details
of the transaction...There will also be a return policy included.

Thanks,
Philip Madson
phi .mad [email protected] a l.c m
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I swizzled his return email address to "protect his privacy".
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So he didn't address ANY of my proposed terms for the transaction. And he made no
mention about my inspecting the bass in person.

With only that as evidence, I'd say we are looking at a real live scam in progress. What do you think? Interstate fraud? Doesn't that make it a federal offense?

Tango

 

Sorry for the loss, but the advantage to dealing with craigslist is buying it in person ONLY.

Searching "The-OnlineOutpost" brings up nothing but scams.

Cash is king with craigslist, nothing else. If you even have the slightest hunch that it is a scam it probably is. I have been lucky with my craigslists buys and sells of guitars/basses/amps and even here on talkbass. 1400 is a lot to lose. Sorry that it is long gone now. Any way to track it down?

 

For god's sake, guys, it wasn't funny when it was on Something Awful fifty years ago, it wasn't funny on 4chan last year, and it sure as hell isn't funny on Talkbass now.

Actual content: Those pics look an awful lot like the Ric I bought a couple months back. The fingerboard looks very familiar. Not sure how many Rics that aren't mine have bubinga fingerboards (at least I think the one in the pics has a bubinga board, sure doens't look like rosewood).