craigslist question..

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

i figured it was some bullshit , but i thought i would ask anyways. i wont **** with it.

thanks guys.

 

[k_schutte 10+ year member]

If she is offering to paypal the money then take it... transfer it to your bank account and sit on it for a while... I have gotten probaly $800~ in free money by doing that.

Usualy what happens is they get someones account, pay you for the thing and tell you to send some of the money back to them. Just keep the money, but don't spend it for a while. The person whos account was used to send the money will be reimbursed and if it takes more than 30 days the money is yours to keep...

 

[sqhertz 5,000+ posts]

If she is offering to paypal the money then take it... transfer it to your bank account and sit on it for a while... I have gotten probaly $800~ in free money by doing that.
Usualy what happens is they get someones account, pay you for the thing and tell you to send some of the money back to them. Just keep the money, but don't spend it for a while. The person whos account was used to send the money will be reimbursed and if it takes more than 30 days the money is yours to keep...

eh , **** that. id rather just avoid it.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

PayPal only for me and I have to have the $$$ in the account before I will ship anything...and no, I don't post or e-mail my PayPal info to anyone.

 

[tEh ShOcKeR]

Well, if he actually gets paid BEFORE he ships it, why not? I suspect they are scamming too and would only do it if I had the cold hard cash in hand.

They don't actually pay. They send you a fake PayPal email and then claim it won't show on your account until a tracking number is presented. They say the payment is pending thru PayPal and the funds are released when they receive tracking info. It's a scam.

 

[dennit469 10+ year member]

same thing happened to me, but get this right...this guy was gunna buy the 18, have a mover pick it up, but didnt want to talk to on the phone because he was a deaf? wtf would you want a SPEAKER for if your deaf, i mean for real they cant come up with something better than that....

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

They don't actually pay. They send you a fake PayPal email and then claim it won't show on your account until a tracking number is presented. They say the payment is pending thru PayPal and the funds are released when they receive tracking info. It's a scam.

Ah, got it...never had that happen to me yet. Like I said, I make sure I have the cash in the account, confirmed, before anything gets shipped. Dude is right to say **** it and walk away.

 

[hornedfrog1985 5,000+ posts]

Penus

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

same thing happened to me, but get this right...this guy was gunna buy the 18, have a mover pick it up, but didnt want to talk to on the phone because he was a deaf? wtf would you want a SPEAKER for if your deaf, i mean for real they cant come up with something better than that....

LOL! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[HonkyKong 10+ year member]

Always view any offer from someone in Africa as a potential scam, I'm not being racist but most of the online scams that aren't CHeeP Vi@gr@ BUY now FR0m CAn@dA, come from Africa and are total shit. I have the same rule about Asia if its not coming from Japan or Korea. Try to deal locally whenever possible. My worst online buying experience was buying some very rare CDs from a guy in Prague, total cost for all 5 was $150 + 20 shipping, the guy was flaky as hell and had my money, answered his email like once a week and was hard to get answers from. I got my CDs and there were no problems but it sucks thinking you might be getting scammed.

Just checked my email and it looks like I just won the Republic of Congo lottery! Funny I don't even remember entering it... Lookis like all he needs is my social security number and pin number to transfer my winnings.

 

[mtlhead 10+ year member]

seems legit to me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif