Selling my gear at the moment / details of the deal

[CubanDude]

Hi guys,

I'm currently selling some of my gear (an amp and a guitar) and i got an offer from (obviously) an outlandish taker (I live in Germany).

I'm not sure about this at all, cause it somehow seems strange to me and I wanna share some details with you, dunno if this is a common procedure.

Hello,
Thanks,i am still interested and Okay with the price and waiting for
recent pictures if you have.This is
how i will
want us to seal the transaction because i do not want any delay at all.So
all i am going to do is to issue
you a Certified Check/payment of 2000 € which will
be for both the shipping and your own money 300 € .So all i will want
you to do is when you receive the payment,deduct your own money and
send the remaining shipping funds Via western union to my
International Shipping Agent ,once he receives the balance, he will
come over to your location for pick up, now the
money wired to the shipper is his fees for his services,
transportation to your location and back to me, also for all charges
that may arise along this transaction cos i will want it to be
delivered to me safe and sound without problems,i shall send you my
shipper address as soon as i contact him.
So if this terms are okay by you i will need your contact address and
phone number so that i can forward to my associate who will be
issuing you the payment.
I look forward to your reply.
Thanks.

Any thoughts on this?

 

[SocialNumb]

Strange, so this person is going to trust you with his/her 2000€ ? Maybe I'm not getting it? :Spin:

Maybe someone else can tell you better. Right now, I'm all like

 

[slashvanyoung]

Don't do it! Western Union is Scam-City.

 

[Clockwork]

I've got responses like that when selling gear, I'd ignore it, not worth the high risk that its a scam.

Like whats with all the middlemen? Associate? Shipper? Wtf is all that.

 

[Zack Uidl]

Total scam. Don't do it. I get similar things all the time for my teaching business.

 

[Paulie!]

Def. reads like a scam to me, I'd leave that one alone... anytime someone wants to give you more money and then have you send some of it back it's a scam..

-P

 

[CubanDude]

I don't get it myself, that's why I'm asking. Thought it's maybe a common practice in the US or whatever

And what really made me sceptical was his 2.000€ "offer".. I mean.. Seriously, it won't take 1.700€ for shipping, unless he's living on the bottom of the ocean. OK, guess I'm gonna ignore it since his second mail was a) totally strange and b) kinda unfriendly (told me to remove my ad immediately)

 

[azistenostora]

Yeah, this is quite common. http://www.fraud.org/tips/internet/fakecheck.htm
You basically would send him money that you never got in the first place. Plus your equipment.

 

[SocialNumb]

Oh, a fake check. Now it all makes sense. I wouldn't have gone for it either.

 

[CubanDude]

OK, thanks a lot! Sometimes even male intuition isn't that bad Unfortunately I still have my gear Maybe gonna put it up on ebay...

 

[El_Gato]

SCAM

They are trying a fucking lot these days. And many fall.

edit: the check has no funds but as it's an international check, the bank "gives" you the money (they're lending it in fact). So after 2 weeks the check is returned so you end up paying the check costs, the return costs and maybe you spent all the money you have to return too. And obviously without your guitar and amp and the 1700€.

 

[Trevoire520]

SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM

 

[ratsapprentice]

Don't do it! Western Union is Scam-City.

Western union is all you need to know, fucking avoid like the plague

 

[CubanDude]

OK, thanks once again.. just wanna keep you up to date, cause its getting kinda hilarious

Hello

I am sorry for the late response, as i have just got back from a
Christian businessmen fellowship.
...

 

[SocialNumb]

Dam Christians!

 

[AboutBlank]

lol

my dude was an english businessman in china with no english skills

 

[CubanDude]

hey, this guy wrote he was also in china the last couple of days

 

[El_Gato]

Mine was a "Dad from NY who wanted to pay me his daughter Spanish language tuition" and I ended up with a 3000€ check sent from Russia. Yeah, maybe a NY'er speaking Google Translator English is possible but I saw on the internet this is obviously a scam and the method used.

Still have the check but I don't even think in going into the bank with it.

I was at the post office some days ago and I heard some workers there talking about a playstation and a check so I told him. The idiot wouldn't believe me at first till his mate told him something like "Are you dumb? can't you see it's a scam?"

 

[Plankis]

Hello

I am sorry for the late response, as i have just got back from a
Christian businessmen fellowship.
...

Well that settles it. Definitely trustworthy!

 

[greyskull]