eBay/Craigslist Can you say scam

[grsthegreat]

I used to mess with these people...email them so i could get their message...there always selling for someone else and the tractor is somewheres else. So wherever they told me it was, i email them back and tell them im only 30 minutes from there. Id either never hear back from them, or id get a message about how its in ebays secure storage facility and can only be released with full payment...or some other BS scam.

got too tiring to continue,

 

[Martian]

Amazing how stupid some people are to A. Believe that where stupid enough to believe it and B. and people actually buy them!

 

[creekbend]

So do we send the money to you or some bank in Somalia? :laughing:

I am thinking of having the funds transferred to a bank in Nigeria. That way, everyone's contribution will be secure, thus eliminating any contributor's concern or worries in regards to the money being used solely for its' intended purpose.:laughing:

 

[EddieWalker]

I wonder if they will take part of the 20 million that I'm getting for helping out the former presidents long lost son by depositing his check and then refunding him five grand?

Eddie

 

[johnrex62]

A few years ago there was an ad for a macbook pro on my local craigslist. The price was a deal, but too great a deal to be suspicious. The story was the owner got transferred to the UK and could not use it due to power differences. (I guess the concept of the convertible power supply was too complex for them :laughing

The terms of sale were to be concluded via third party escow company. I responded back that the terms were acceptable, but I preferred a different escrow company that according to their website was more convenient to the seller's location and had a good reputation with the BBB. For some reason they stopped returning my emails.

 

[mguitas]

It wasn't to long ago they were doing that on ebay.

 

[vabiker23518]

Craigslist scams....last year when I was looking for a compact tractor, after a while, I could tell a scam in a second.....there are lots of them out there. Having said that, I've sold my used tractor and purchased several implements on Craigslist....but you need to be careful!

 

[JB4310]

Some of the scams a glaringly obvious, but then there are some that are close enough to make you wonder

JB

 

[greenrider1]

yup.... its amazing on how mant $2,200 tractors, snowmobiles and horse trailers are out there. And the only way the craigslist poster is a woman is if he gets a sex change:laughing:

With all these BX's listed for $2200 I'm surprised it doesn't drive the price down on the real ones!:laughing: For that price, I wouldn't mind having a couple around.

 

[strum456]

I wish Craigslist would crack down on this non-sense. Sometimes there are more scams than real ads. You can tell just by the title, most of the time.