I totally agree with Brad on this. I have about 35 ads on Craigslist alone trying to rid my life of some of my extras, mostly to buy what I need for my ongoing projects. The "gooday" is the first sign. A lot of other use "the item". I just hit the delete key. Every once in a while I will toy with them. There is a false Paypal scam and US postal money order scams as well when they try to do it electronically. I do not accept anything other than cash, the green US postal money orders that have to be purchased with cash or a debit card or good ole Paypal. I have had buyers open a paypal account just to purchase from me across the world. I welcome prospective buyers to view my e-bay feedback to let them know I am for real. I would say 1 in 10 that contact me are for real and if that 1 is interested enough and is not a "tire kicker" whatever I am selling is sold. My $.02
----- Original Message ---- From: Brad Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> Cc: Randy S Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 3:52:02 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] First time selling on chevelle forum and a scam? Sorry but this is false. The scam often involves forged cashiers checks. I know of cases where the bank verified the check, the money cleared, and then weeks later the bank found out it was a forgery. They then took back all the money from the person's account. They were out the item and had problems when their account ran dry and checks started bouncing. Never wire money Western Union! I have not heard of problems with Postal money orders. If you are suspicious, run. If you want to make the sale, use Escrow and let them take the risk. You might want to check with the forum admin to trace the IP address of this guy to see if he is where he says he is. You can ask for his phone number - and call it. Scammers usually disappear if you ask or provide a false number. Brad Waller (owner of EPage.com classifieds since 1994) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry S Hodges Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 12:29 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List; The Chevelle Mailing List Cc: Randy S Johnson Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] First time selling on chevelle forum and a scam? Just make sure you wait for their check to clear, it doesn't matter if it is a cashiers check or not. Still takes three days to clear If the routing numbers are legit, then your bank will notify you.. A US postal order is better. Then you can go to the post office and see if it is legitimate or not when they run the numbers. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
