Your best protection is to use Paypal or a Credit card for payments. Do not use Paypal's Personal options. Yes, sending money as a 'Gift' will save the seller the Paypal fees, but it will not give you buyer protection. Always use the 'Purchase' as 'Goods' option to protect yourself should the item not be delievered or not be as adverised.
Wire transfers are not safe at all. If you don't know the seller and trust him with your wallet, don't do it.
If Inmates have no posts and no feedback, be wary.
Use Paypal and have some protection.
From: dbyron123@yahoo.co.uk
Audio Asylum Classifed Inquiry from Davies:
We are interested in buying your above mentioned products at advertised rate. Goods to be shipped to London. Cost and modalities of shipping to be born by us.
Payment for the purchase is by check through a debtor in US. The debtor owes us higher than our purchase. He will therefore be sending you a check for $5,500 to cover the cost of our order, as well as the Shipping costs.
On receipt of the check, you will cash and deduct the cost of our order. The balance you will send as we would instruct you to the Agency that will ship the Goods to us. If this arrangement suites you fine, please send us your address where to send the check, as well as the name to be on it. Also send us your phone number for easy communication.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you.
Best Regards
MR. BYRON DAVIES.
The checks are fake and will eventually bounce, costing you the value of your product for sale in addition to bank charges for a returned item.
From: "Bill Raymond"
Reply-To: freedom_merchandise@runbox.com
Subject: Re: AudioAsylum Classifed - Basis 1400, RB300 - Reduced Priced!
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 03:32:07 GMT
X-Sender: 305328
X-Mailer: RMM
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Hello,
Quite Sorry the best i can do now is a check, i do not work with paypal and dont intend to but guarantee that yu wont have any problem if you recieve payment from me thorugh a check. Other than this there is no other way we can complete this transaction together, as much as I would love to cos im very bent on purchasing the Bsis 1400, Rb300 from you.
Do Reply.
Regards.
> Paypal is much easier, just send an eCheck to me.
>
> Rod
>
>
> At 03:00 AM 3/10/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Thanks for the response. I think I can handle all the contidions you
> >mentioned at $950, I will be shipping the item oversea's to Cameroun for
> >reasons known to me. Also I will prefer to pay for the item with a
> >certifired US check, which I will send to you as soon as you give me a go
> >ahead.
> >
> >Once again I appreciate your response and will expect the same speed to
> >this mail.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Bill.
> >
> >
> > > Ok. It's all in the original box with all the manuals and is as close to
> > > perfect as you'll find. You would only need a cartridge of course and
> > > should check the bearing fluid and perhaps top it off.
> > >
> > > Rod
> > >
> > > At 05:19 PM 3/9/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Audio Asylum Classifed Inquiry from Bill Raymond:
> > > >
> > > >Seller,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >I wish to refer you to your ad placed on the internet for the sale of your
> > > >Basis 1400, RB300($950) Haven taken a good look, at your ad, I have
> > > >decided to make a bid for the purchase of the Basis 1400, RB300($950) for
> > > >$950 Please confirm it's availability and conditions.If you have more
> > > >information on it, feel free to send it to me.
> > > >
> > > >In terms of shipping, that would be taken care of by me( personally). I
> > > >Will be waiting for you reply. Pls tell me if it has any damages or needs
> > > >repair.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks.
If anyone asks you to accept any form of check and won't use Paypal or an escrow, your scam
detector should go off! If you're asked to ship the product out of the country, be careful. If
you're asked to ship to another party other than the seller, look out!