$4900 BX22

[RayCo]

So, I came across an ad on Craigslist for a BX22 with 166 hours, being sold for $4900. This raised some red flags, so I decided to contact the seller and ask why he's selling it for such a low price. His response seemed legitimate enough at first, but the "I will take care of shipping" part seems a bit unbelievable for someone who's selling the tractor at such a low price.

I am selling this tractor because my platoon has been sent back to Iraq and don't want it get old in my backyard. The price is low because I need to sell it before September 25st. The tractor is in great condition and runs great. It has 166 hours on it.
It is still available for sale if interested, price as stated in the ad US $4900. The tractor is in Billings, MT, in case it gets sold I will take care of shipping. Let me know if you are interested, email back.

Here's the link: http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/grd/415728279.html

 

[Ductape]

BEWARE !!!! THIS IS A SCAM !!!!!!!!

BEWARE !!!!! SCAM ALERT !!!

 

[RayCo]

How about that. It's already been removed. Freaking scammers...

 

[Ductape]

For a long time, Craigslist was fairly free of these, and they ran (and still run) rampant on Ebay. Now with Craigslist getting more popular, these are all over Craigslist too. Since you can shop within your own state on Craigslist, always make sure you can view the item in person before paying for it.

 

[hill]

That same tractor ad was listed at $6000. in Portland, Oregon Craigslist last night.

The response said that it is in Billings, MT and he would take care of shipping because he wanted it sold by his Sept. 25 platoon deployment.

What got me was that a supposedly near deployment young serviceman living in Montana would call himself "Mr. Richard"

 

[bandit67]

The scammers are now posing as buyers on Craigslist, too. They're fairly easy to spot based on the poor grasp of English, or the common thread is 'I'm interested in your "product" and want to buy it. Let me know if the "product" is still available so I can cut you a cashier's check immediately.'

I've also had a few scammers give me the 'I'm interested in purchasing your ****, please call or email me'. So I email back and say "do you have any questions about it?" figuring that'll get them to leave me alone if they're scammers, and sure enough, I never hear back.

A real buyer always has at least a couple of questions before agreeing to come over and hand over money.

 

[RayCo]

My worst experience with a scammer was when I decided to try selling a truck on Ebay and had the "Buy it now" option enabled. A scammer "from England" did the buy-it-now and tried to dupe me into shipping the truck. :| Fine, whatever, just ignore him, but the buy-it-now ended the auction that I paid to list! E-bay was horrible to deal with with this to get my auction relisted, which I didn't even want to do at that point anyway. Sometimes newspapers and similar publications are still the best medium.

 

[Skyco]

That same tractor was on CraigsList in Columbia SC for $3500! He claimed to be in Edmonton Canada and would ship it free and even pay return shipping if I didn't like it I mean how could I lose

 

[Skyco]

It is back on the CraigsList again this time for $2900

2003 Kubota BX 2200 Garden Tractor W/ Loader and Mower

 

[BigE_]

Not anymore <grin>. Only takes a couple of flags for removal.

 

[Skyco]

Stilll there when I just checked.....comes up for me. I wonder how many people he has scammed?

 

[Skyco]

E-bay was horrible to deal with with this to get my auction relisted

I've had two instances where I had trouble buying on Ebay. They were useless in getting either one resolved. All their hype about helping and protection is just that HYPE. Buyers and sellers beware on Ebay.

 

[bandit67]

My wife uses Ebay a lot, but I don't like it.

I set up an account and bought an item once, and had some issues with the seller getting the product to me. Took the money right away, but took forever to deliver, was difficult to contact, had a laundry list of excuses of why she didn't ship, and generally had lousy customer service. She was one of those part time sellers out of her basement. I eventually did get the product.

So I left my feedback based on my experience, and her feedback slam was not to pay attention to an ebayer with only one purchase under their belt because I didn't know how the system worked. She was right, I expected good customer service without a bunch of bogus excuses, like I'd received for years from legitimate, non-ebay online retailers.

Then my wife told me about the little "housewife selling crap out of the basement click" that runs rampant on ebay, and that if you leave honest feedback about these sellers, they get catty.

I haven't used ebay since - don't have the tolerance for that kind of crap. We also had folks trying to hijack our Paypal account a number of times in one year, so I will not deal with any online retailer that only takes paypal and not credit cards.

 

[RayCo]

Ebay definitely has its downfalls and its advantages. My favorite auctions are the ones where I go pick up the item myself with cash in hand. I got a couple of tractors that way, and it was no nonsense. Granted, this limits me to the areas to which I'm willing to drive, but that's alright.

I wouldn't personally make a blanket statement that all of Ebay is bad because of one bad experience. It's like everything else: it has its time and place for use and it has its benefits and shortcomings. The key is to know when to use it.