| Author | Message | ||
     Skyguy |
Everytime I post any high end item for sale online I get several ass biters trying to get to to accept some B.S. cashiers check, wire transfer etc. Often they offer my asking price with no questions. I swear if I ever meet one of these pinheads......... | ||
| Essthreetee |
Yeah...I got those same things when we sold our Trailer. Except the excuse we got was that they were a company that was buying it for a customer who had already made a cashiers check out in an amount higher than my asking price so I would need to cash it and give them the difference...That was a laugh..so you want me to give you a trailer, sign it over and then give you money on top...I guess someone has done this.... | ||
| Midknyte |
I guess someone has done this.... Sadly, yes. Many. Dunno if it would apply to you or not, but when I sold my old bike on ebay I expressly said that I would only accept [green] cash on pickup. Everything went well and no one was offended. Or burned. I suspect that you don't have the luxury of a local buyer. Wish ya luck. | ||
| Mtnchld |
Have you guys read/heard the revenge story about the guy selling the powerbook on ebay? Here's a link with details of how it all went down. People from the interent even do surveillance overseas to check out the delivery address and be there when it gets delivered- crazy http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/files/thepowerbook.pdf Guy bids for laptop on ebay and wants it shipped over seas paying through a (fake) escrow company. The seller finds out that this guy is trying to pull a fast one & ebay won't do anything so with a little help from people on the internet they screw this guy at his own game :} The scammer has to pay the taxes before customs will release it to him and in the end he gets a p-p-p-powerbook......   (Message edited by mtnchld on January 21, 2006) | ||
| Oldog |
Are the majority of scammers off shore? the more I hear the less I want to deal with E-bay | ||
| Spatten1 |
What is wrong with a wire transer? Isn't that money in the bank? | ||
| Ryker77 |
its not just Ebay. cycletrader autotrader and any online classified. You can normally spot them -- with there stupid proper english. "dear sir I would like to purchase your item." They never ever mention the name of the item. I just play with them. I've had a few of them send checks. Fake of course. Funny thing is they never even emailed to see if I got the check. -- Sad thing is the Federal Government does very little to punish these people. -- Its a simple math problem. Send out 60 emails per hour. Or 300 emails per day. If just 1% of those emails sent find a sucker/idiot then you have 3 possible deals per day. If you can make 500.00 per person then you just earned 1500.00 per day! And face it 1% of the population is stupid enough to fall for it. | ||
| Mtnchld |
The guy trying to scam the powerbook had an escrow company that he wanted to transfer the money through. Apparently it was a fake escrow company, he had set the website up himself. I work with a consulting firm that works to prevent Mortgage Fraud. Recently we were alerted to a scam where the crooks set-up a fake bank, complete with website and phone number for fund verification. They made out with a couple million dollars in bogus transactions before they were caught. Even though they say it's going through a bank or escrow company as a wire or transfer of funds it doesn't mean much. | ||
| Oldog |
MC the book story is too funny. I Agree with Ryker about paying attention to your business. I just sold a car to a resident here where I live, nice guy and all but terms COBH If I were buying a bike over e-bay I would go get it, paying cash and then riding or shipping it home, the 500 non refund thing queers the deals for me. Cheers.... | ||
| Ryker77 |
I bought my first 1998 S1w Buell from Ebay. Not a single problem. The bike was in mint shape still had the rubber nobbies on the tires. But the bike listing had lots of large pictures. And it was inspected by the local HD dealership and given a clean bill of health. The seller was a BMW biker rider who happened to be a computer business owner. He had found the bike sitting in a warehouse and traded computer equipment for it. I bought the bike and flew to Ohio and then rode it 12 hours back to Ga. Never even sat on or rode a Buell before... The best bike trip I've ever taken. Just do your research on the seller. |
