Another scammer on TBN?!?

[bandit67]

This has got to be a scam, so why is it being allowed on TBN? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

$4000 for a 2003 BX22 with 255 hours?! I don't think so! /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

http://classifieds.tractorbynet.com/ViewItem.php?ItemNum=276904754

 

[JoeR]

It says up for auction, but not much else. If it is an auction, than that may be a valid starting price, but where is the auction?

Joe

 

[JayC]

<font color="orange">Up for auction is this very nice 2003 Kubota BX22 TLB. </font>

Whoever the scammer is, they aren't even trying. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif I didn't know TBN is doing auctions now. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[BillG_in_TX]

The same tractor was listed on eBay last week. (You have to log in to see completed auctions.)

However, it was in Vancouver at that time, not Houston, and the hours have dropped to 166. Also, did you notice that it was a UK unit, based on the serial # tag?

 

[AB4D]

The kubota tractor relisting scam on ebay is out of control, I see this pretty frequently. I sold my BX23 on ebay about three weeks ago and then last week my ad re-appeared on ebay Canada for some ridiculous price. Usually, if the price it is too good to be true, and only pre-approved buyers can purchase the tractor, it is probably a scam. I wish someone would find a way to stop these people. I reported the relisting to ebay and the ad was removed, but ebay in itself adds to the problem. I read a couple of their help pages concerning this type of activity and they basically indicate that its ebay's belief that all people are good and can do no wrong...after I read that I came to the conclusion that the policy maker at ebay must be a fairy princess living in fantasyland.

Jim

 

[DannyD]

Check this out, I got this from a TBN classified I had up for my trailer.

Thank you for your immediate response,
Am okay with the price $1300 and it's conditions,Moreover am a dealer in {ALL ASPECT} in U.S but presently in Greece for a business trip. Inrespect of payment i have a business associate in the U.S who is owing me $6000,All i need to do to make payment easier and faster is to instruct her to procure a Postal Money Order and mail it to you on the address and name you want on the Postal Money Order and you know it takes 24hrs for a Postal Money Order to clear in the U.S.But i would want to know if i can trust you to send The excess funds to my shipping agent via western union money transfer after the money must have cleared,For my shipping agent should enable to come for the pickup in your location.mail me asap to enable me arrange payment.Furnish me with your name,address and your contact phone number.Get abck to me as soon as possible so that the payment can get to you without any further delay with transaction...Pls keep off other buyers.......

 

[txdon]

I can be anywhere in Houston in 30 minutes. I sent him a message. Will he respond, or is he a scammer????

When someone sends a message on the classifieds does the little flag blink on the discussions page?

 

[RonR]

Danny,

Not sure I posted this earlier here or not. About a yr ago, a buddy who is in the truck biz told us he got a very similar scam. He'd advertised a 5 yr old pickup, for an average price in KS. A guy claiming to be in Seattle called and asked about the truck, then said he'd buy it for the asked price. Mike was very suspicious why anyone would look half across the country for a common used pickup..........

But he had the same "someone owes him money", and tried the same deal. He said the other person would FedEx a cashiers check made out to the truck company for $10K. The dealer was to keep $5K for the truck and wire the other $5K to _________.

Mike was leary of this, and the check arrived the next day. It was drawn on a bank in Portland, so Mike called the bank. Said he had a cashier's check from XXXXXX, and the bank's number on the check was---". Mike didn't even get to finish telling the number; the person at the bank said, oh it's 12345. Mike said "Yah, that's it!"

The banks said Mike's was about the 20th one with the same name and numbers the scammer had tried to pass.

So Mike called the police to be there when the pickup guy was supposed to show for the truck at noon, but no one came...........

Scammers are all over!
ron

 

[DannyD]

Trouble is for every one that does not work out, 10 do I guess or they would not be in the scam biz. He will not hear from me and he does not know where in Gtown I live. I may put it up on blocks though, just to be sure for a while.

 

[ksmmoto]

Kubota Tactors seems to be one of the most if not the top scam item for sale on EBay. I guess everybody wants one cheap!

I think EBay moves slow on these scams for legal reasons. I know they try to just be a connection point between buyers and sellers and not a direct link.

People often bash EBay for scams and fees and what not. But they have a great business that benfits many people. I buy and sell on EBay every day and have had very few problems.

ksmmoto