Is this a scam? Is this a Scam

dourobob · May 9, 2003

Good call!!

LSmith · May 15, 2003

Fo about 20 years I have sold used medical equipment overseas. I have always used a stateside brokerage company to handle the details. They are well worth their money (usually a precentage) Individual transactions are almost always trouble. There are a myraid of govermental regs both US and overseas that can be costly. Our transations have always been done via wire transfer or bank letter of credit from a US bank. Shipping has always been the responsability of the buyer. If they want the gear let them worry how to get it from the customs yard US to Lagos or wherever. I don't know if this applies to tractors but it has always applied to CT scanners.

L Smith

Anonymous Poster · May 15, 2003

I dont think this is a scam for the reason of the small amount of profit the guy would make.

Anonymous Poster · May 15, 2003

Jai,
No scam ? Small amount of profit ? I do not understand your logic here Jai. Also why no profile on you. Just color me suspicious/cautious.

r0GuE · May 15, 2003

YOU DON'T THINK THIS IS A SCAM????
Firefighter told us he contacted the bank and it was a counterfiet! WHat the heck?
Did you miss that or WHAT????

Why would anyone on a different continent want to pay to ship a used tractor to them. For crying out loud.
I wouldn't want to drive to mid-Ohio for a used tractor. We have them here and they have them there.

Anonymous Poster · May 15, 2003

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Yes, I believe that there is no doubt this is a scam.

But I don't think that this statement is the proof. The (thriving) grey market tractor industry does exactly this, buying used tractors and shipping them to a different continent. There is enough profit to support multiple middlemen.

Does this mean that this particular transaction makes sense? No.

I knew a guy who was building a retirement home on Fiji- nice low cost of living in the tropics. Bought everything- building materials, hardware, fixtures- here in the States in the high priced San Francisco bay area, packed it into cargo containers, and had it shipped to Fiji. Cheaper that way, even for cement tile backer board! It is amazing how expensive prices can be in other countries, regardless of the income level.

dourobob · May 15, 2003

Betcha this is going to raise some questions - I think you may be seeing in technicolour!! How could this be anything but ....???

CSAW · May 15, 2003

I frequent a dune buggy discussion board also. Some of the guys there have gotten similar requests for their dune buggys. Everyone there also believes it to be a scam.

RanchMan · May 15, 2003

Anyone catch the NBC news the other night? They did a story on this exact scam - purchase of a used big ticket item (cars in this instance), cashier's check for payment that is over the asking price, request for the difference to be wired back to them in NIGERIA, etc. etc....

Sound familiar anyone? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif