eBay/Craigslist New Holland TC33D for only $999 - Ebay of course!

Gatorboy · Jun 16, 2004

( Is there any I can change it now? )

Click the Edit link, and then on that page towards the bottom is a Delete Post button.

AndyM · Jun 16, 2004

I'm not 100% sure this is a scam. It may be a new eBay seller with 0 feedback. But the $999 is the starting bid and there is still 6 days to go on the auction. 

It's gone now. Must have been a scam. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

I personally like it when tractor scams and other related Ebay scams are posted on TBN. By reading these, it gives us insight on what to look for when we are bidding on items on Ebay.

Skitch · Jun 16, 2004

I have cruised ebay quite a bit over the years and have seen these postings before, but I'm not quite as well versed on how the scam works. Are these posted just to try to get credit card information or what? Any insight on the why and how? Seems like an awful lot of trouble for a scammer to go through just for a few giggles.

KiotiJohn · Jun 17, 2004

( Are these posted just to try to get credit card information or what? Any insight on the why and how? Seems like an awful lot of trouble for a scammer to go through just for a few giggles. )
I think most of the time they are after the "down payment," you know the part you have to send right after the auction, and then pay for the rest within X number of days. People can be awfully trusting when they get greedy and think they're getting the bargain of the century. You win the auction for some ridiculous price, and send the seller the upfront money, and he/she's gone in a heart beat. Very little recourse if you get scammed. John

Bob_Skurka · Jun 17, 2004

( Are these posted just to try to get credit card information or what? )



KiotiJohn is right in some cases. Take the down payment and run. But there are 3 or 4 different takes on the scam I know of.

#1- Send a cashier's check for the full amount (if it was a "steal" of a price), or just the downpayment. Kiss that good bye.
#2- Send Western Union payment, up to $3000. Kiss that $ bye-bye.
#3- The seller has the auction set up to pre-qualify the buyers, buyers must submit their email prior to bidding, the seller then sells the same tractor to EACH of the bidders in a private sale after the auction gets shut down by a guy like me who turns the auction in as a fraud. The seller really only is using EBAY to collect names of people so he can scam them.
#4 - there are probably a dozen other variations on these that I have no clue about!

- - - A TOTALLY DIFFERENT SCAM WITH TRACTORS WHEN YOU ARE THE SELLER - - -

The BUYER sends a fraudulent cashiers check for the tractor. -AND- The BUYER will send a fraudulent cashier's check to the buyer to pay for shipping, the BUYER will send the check in an amount greater than the shipping, the SELLER deposits the check, then writes the BUYER'S shipping company a check for the amount due. The SELLER also writes the buyer a check for the balance that was over-paid. The shipping company takes the tractor and the SELLER'S check to the buyer. The shipping company got paid! The buyer got the tractor. The buyer ALSO got a check from the seller!!!

How do I know this? Because I restore & sell old Oliver's when I have time and each time I place an ad to sell one, I get solicitations from all over the world asking me to do one of these above transactions.