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Shady Lane Retailers, Manufacturers, ePay, AudiogoN, Paypal or whatever. Buying and selling advice. |
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Shady Lane Retailers, Manufacturers, ePay, AudiogoN, Paypal or whatever. Buying and selling advice. |
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In Reply to: Who are these people? What do they want? posted by Banter on January 22, 2005 at 14:13:50:
The email reply I received to my ad came from someone claiming to be in the U.K. and represented by an agent in N.America. Said he wanted to buy what I had for sale and would arrange for it to be picked up. Kept asking me questions unrelated to the actual gear. Never asked to see a photo and never asked for details about the equipment. When I pressed for payment with a money order or bank draft, the communications stopped. Each email I received was very non-specific and impersonal almost like a form letter that a large corporation might use.
On another occaision, I received an offer on a piece of gear where the buyer said he would pay by bank transfer. A stipulation was that he transfer more than my asking price but I would need to give him the extra amount back in cash. He explained this was because his funds were awkward to access. That one was obvious.
It's a nuisance and a frustration that so many of these people are around. I'm sure I don't have S T U P I D tatooed on my forehead.
I don't think you need to worry about your involvment so far. I think these schemes require several steps and communications. The initial correspondance is simply to see if they can easily manipulate you. I'm guessing they would be looking for someone over-eager to make a deal work.
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