Seller Beware

[DaBear3428]

but that's what the two step verification process protects us no?. (they failed to confirm with the local Bank it was legit.)

- Get a copy (pic) before the deal is done
- call the issuing bank (if local / never off-shore bank) with the amount and the serial number, and they check their records and can confirm whether it was actually issued by them and gaurunteed VS risk it was printed off someones printer.

Yes there are tonnes of scammers but my point is an American Bank issued Cashiers cheque is drawn on bank funds and guaranteed by bank AND if you confirm before trusting / selling / shipping with the Bank that they actually issued the instrument (not printed up in someones basement cause if was Bank would't confirm) then all should be fine??

anyways I'm out. I got no horse in this race. And for sure lots of scammers and be wary for sure. Better safe than sorry can be good strate4gy.

Language is only one sign. In Canada almost 30% of all people who live here were not BORN in Canada meaning language is often different than say my Polish (European) background.

Cheers!!

you would think that this is true, but it is not, best advice i can give on this subject is "do not engage", there are several angles that they can try to pull on you.

 

[Cougsfan]

I just put a motorcycle up for sale. The first text in response was from an area code 3,000 miles away saying he was buying the bike as a present for his nephew who lives in my area, then asked all the usual dopey questions followed by "What is the lowest price you will take?".

I responded by increasing my asking price my a factor of 10 and added I would also require him to clean my toilets for the next 2 years. The response I immediately got was; "That sounds fine, I will send you a cashier's check if you send me your address."

 

[dodge man]

If you only bump the price up 2 times I’ll take it! And no way I’m cleaning your toilets that long, 6 months tops.

 

[2515R Dude]

but that's what the two step verification process protects us no?. (they failed to confirm with the local Bank it was legit.)

- Get a copy (pic) before the deal is done
- call the issuing bank (if local / never off-shore bank) with the amount and the serial number, and they check their records and can confirm whether it was actually issued by them and gaurunteed VS risk it was printed off someones printer.

Yes there are tonnes of scammers but my point is an American Bank issued Cashiers cheque is drawn on bank funds and guaranteed by bank AND if you confirm before trusting / selling / shipping with the Bank that they actually issued the instrument (not printed up in someones basement cause if was Bank would't confirm) then all should be fine??

anyways I'm out. I got no horse in this race. And for sure lots of scammers and be wary for sure. Better safe than sorry can be good strate4gy.

Language is only one sign. In Canada almost 30% of all people who live here were not BORN in Canada meaning language is often different than say my Polish (European) background.

Cheers!!

Nope, they print very good looking checks. Your bank takes it, give you cash or deposit money in to your account.
Then they mail this check to the issuing institution, they see it is a fake check, send it back to your bank, your bank takes the money fr9m your account. Meanwhile you already shipped goods to this scum artist.
Just make a quick search, 1000s of stories.

 

[JasperFrank]

If I say in the ad that the price is firm, and they want lower, I go to the other direction and say its now more expensive. Its so funny to hear people say, "you can't do that!" Oh.. Yes I can.

 

[CH4Ohio]

Sad that there are people who do this for a "living" ... As mentioned above, some of them produce checks that actually do CLEAR the bank. But they finally bounce on the back end and you get charged back.

I've been listing a lot of stuff on CL and others trying to clear out some excess. I usually get a number of scam fishing texts / emails on the first day that it's listed. Often they're in another time zone. Usually their proposals and explanations make no sense. Don't get sucked in by your desire for a quick sale. Best to just ignore them or block them.

 

[thepumpguysc]

What would happen if u took the check (fake) and never did anything with it..
U both know it’s fake.. would the buyer try to recoup his “losses”.??

 

[ArlyA]

What would happen if u took the check (fake) and never did anything with it..
U both know it’s fake.. would the buyer try to recoup his “losses”.??

I've done that a few times and some of the checks looked like they were printed on paper grocery bags, while some looked reasonably good. None had all the correct routing numbers and they all came from Nigeria. Was kinda fun to get them.

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

If I say in the ad that the price is firm, and they want lower, I go to the other direction and say its now more expensive. Its so funny to hear people say, "you can't do that!" Oh.. Yes I can.

Like the contractor who told me I couldn't shut down "his" worksite.

My response was, I own the house and you're doing shoddy work. You're now fired, LEAVE.

He called me every name imaginable as he left.

 

[edgarrian]

I had a very similar situation years ago. I had purchased new audio setup for home theatre and listed my old one on craigslist. The story was a bit different as the lady was from Oklahoma and her son was away in the military. He wanted a theatre setup for when he came home. She offered to pay full price and basically all the same crap you mentioned. I responded with 2 statements. First I said when you search on craigslist its in your area and 2 I dont believe you. HA never heard from her again