Scam? I think so.

[California]

My favorite was the tractor 10 miles from me in a one-week Ebay auction. I asked to see it.

They replied it was in Portugal now but make a bid. Still free shipping.

I didn't bid.

 

[hornett22]

I didn't find the thread you mentioned in your first post, but I did find a post saying you're a doctor.

It concerns me greatly that an educated person would fall so far into this scam. You should not have made any further contact after receiving the email you included in the first post in this thread. You may have already endangered your practice by having so much contact with the scammers.

STOP ALL CONTACT with them immediately.

Educated people often don't have any common sense.

 

[N80]

Educated people often don't have any common sense.

I have found the same to be true for uneducated people.

But, the accurate observation is that most people don't have common sense.

 

[LD48750]

I have found the same to be true for uneducated people.

But, the accurate observation is that most people don't have common sense.

I find that most peoples idea of "common sense" is different then mine.

 

[N80]

I find that most peoples idea of "common sense" is different then mine.

I wonder who is right?

 

[LD48750]

I wonder who is right?

Those that agree with me of course.

 

[2manyrocks]

Mark Twain wrote or said something like "Most people only think they think." I've decided I fit really well into the most people category.

 

[rbstern]

Wanted to add this perspective: I've used Craigslist, and more recently Facebook marketplace, for some very good deals. FB marketplace in particular, is now chock-a-block full of scam posts. Ruining it. Search on "tractor" and dozens of ads show up, many with low, four figure price tags on newish looking tractors with FELs. Machines that obviously would cost five to ten times as much as the ad price. It's to the point where searching for real items is now an exercise is dismissing 80% of the ads meeting the search criteria.

Don't know if this is a human or bot endeavor, but it's really a shame. Local classifieds in newspapers are pretty well dead, displaced by these online versions. If the online versions are ruined, the ability to buy/sell/trade local equipment is severely hampered.

 

[N80]

Wanted to add this perspective: I've used Craigslist, and more recently Facebook marketplace, for some very good deals. FB marketplace in particular, is now chock-a-block full of scam posts. Ruining it. Search on "tractor" and dozens of ads show up, many with low, four figure price tags on newish looking tractors with FELs. Machines that obviously would cost five to ten times as much as the ad price. It's to the point where searching for real items is now an exercise is dismissing 80% of the ads meeting the search criteria.

I got off FB several years ago because it had just gotten too creepy for me....as in the people who own it. I've been told a lot that the FB market place is useful and I feel like I've been missing out. Sounds like its going down hill according to you're experience.

But, even if it were great I'm still not going back to FB. Or any other popular social media platform either. I'm already well connected to the people that actually matter in my life.

 

[rbstern]

I got off FB several years ago because it had just gotten too creepy for me....as in the people who own it. I've been told a lot that the FB market place is useful and I feel like I've been missing out. Sounds like its going down hill according to you're experience.

But, even if it were great I'm still not going back to FB. Or any other popular social media platform either. I'm already well connected to the people that actually matter in my life.

My day job is web sites. Many of my clients spend ad $$$ on FB, so I can't avoid it entirely due to work/technical demands. I don't use the social aspects of FB. FB marketplace is a relatively new use for me, only because my preferred Craigslist, has been losing traffic to FB marketplace. Maybe, with the scams, that will reverse. Hope so. Wouldn't shed any tears if FB fell into a black hole.

 

[hube2]

My day job is web sites. Many of my clients spend ad $$$ on FB, so I can't avoid it entirely due to work/technical demands. I don't use the social aspects of FB. FB marketplace is a relatively new use for me, only because my preferred Craigslist, has been losing traffic to FB marketplace. Maybe, with the scams, that will reverse. Hope so. Wouldn't shed any tears if FB fell into a black hole.

I have a FB account, that is not associated with my personal life in any way, because I have the same need. I need to see how things work. But it's been months since I used it. Like others, I have no social media accounts, at least none that can be traced back directly to me. I have an issue with privacy and I know what data is collected because the company I work for is in the business of exploiting that data to increase sales for our clients. I have used FB marketplace to sell things but I have a different account that I use for that.

 

[IndyJay]

I have a FB account, that is not associated with my personal life in any way, because I have the same need. I need to see how things work. But it's been months since I used it. Like others, I have no social media accounts, at least none that can be traced back directly to me. I have an issue with privacy and I know what data is collected because the company I work for is in the business of exploiting that data to increase sales for our clients. I have used FB marketplace to sell things but I have a different account that I use for that.

You are familiar with tracking cookies, right?

 

[hube2]

You are familiar with tracking cookies, right?

Yes, and all the ways to disable or get around them.

 

[deserteagle71]

When I was tractor shopping in late 2017 I venture to say at least 98% of the ads on Craigslist were scams. Yet eventually I found my current Kubota on the Boise (Idaho) Craigslist. So legit deals are out there - just have to be careful when sorting through them.

 

[hornett22]

I have found the same to be true for uneducated people.

But, the accurate observation is that most people don't have common sense.

No, it's definitely more likely to be absent with educated people.

 

[California]

No, [common sense] is definitely more likely to be absent with educated people.

Maybe it depends on what you think is 'common sense'.

 

[hornett22]

Maybe it depends on what you think is 'common sense'.

Or what you think is 'educated'.

 

[California]

Or what you think is 'educated'.

You don't know what 'educated' is? What do you think this 'educated' is that is inferior in common sense?

 

[IndyJay]

You don't know what 'educated' is? What do you think this 'educated' is that is inferior in common sense?

I think that there is a difference between education and indoctrination. Seeing more of the latter than the former in recent decades. There is more focus of late on critical race theory than on critical thinking. There is a deliberate dumbing down of our society that is taking place primarily at the schools but very much helped along by the entertainment culture. They can express "feelings" but few can actually explain the basis for these feelings in a thoughtful, rational way. The blind obedience of mob-think ingrained into many of our youth is absolutely inferior to common sense.

 

[California]

I think that there is a difference between education and indoctrination.

Ok so education is valuable then.