Security & Theft scam 2004 BX23 scam

[Mean Jean]

I found an ad on Kijiji
2004 BX 23 with bucket, and attachments for $2700

Back and forth with the seller a few times and alarm bells are ringing.
She says she is recentley divorced and just wants to get rid of it.
Wants to use ebay for transaction and security protection.

If it's legit, I want in.
If it's not, I want the person to be held accountable.

How should I play this?

 

[Evil the Weasel]

Your thread title has the word scam in it. There is no good way to play this unless you want to go look at it and ask for some paperwork.

 

[tcartwri]

Give your head a shake.

 

[chrisott]

ebay had several BX24 scams in 2006 when I was looking to buy one. All were looking for cash payments. Whenever I would say I would meet with the cash and pay after seeing the tractor, there was no response to that email or any other.

 

[timswi]

Depending on the state, there aren't many ways to verify ownership..Some have UCC1's, but on an '04 that might be long gone.

I would only look into this if it was a known person...Way too cheap. Possible, yes due to divorce, but very unlikely...The FEL is worth almost 2700.

 

[Mean Jean]

Your thread title has the word scam in it. There is no good way to play this unless you want to go look at it and ask for some paperwork.

The only way I will proceed is if I can see in person and run the serial number.
I would like to report this to the right people so no one is out bucks.
Who should I contact?

 

[Ductape]

For that price ....... it IS a scam. If you think you are buying that tractor at that price, you deserve to lose your money. :confused2:

 

[racolton]

It's not legit - they will send you to a page that looks just like e-bay, but is actually running on a private server - they attempt to steal your e-bay and/or credit card info using the information you enter on the fake page.

 

[Mean Jean]

Okay, so we all agree its a scam...I get it.
Who can I contact so that no one loses their ca$h?

 

[Evil the Weasel]

You can flag the ad and report it as a potential fraud.