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koolmoecraig:
Hello,

So I have my Tron Cocktail posted for sale on a few sites. I got an email from a "guy" interested in buying it. Here are the emails, does this seem like a scam to you guys?

"I saw your advert for ( TRON Cocktail Table Arcade
Video Game ) over the web and am much interested in
buying it. I live here in CANADA,I will be
responsible for the shippment down to my location,
so please kindly write me back with your last
offering price.I will also need some of its recent
pics,and will like to know its present condition. I am Looking forward to your soonest reply.
REGARDS
 DENNIS"

My Reply:
Craig Anstett <velvetdoors1@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello Dennis,

It works perfectly. It had been sitting in a garage
fro the past 12 years, so it is a little dusty inside.
The glass on the top is scratched up. You can see
through it, but it would look alot nicer with a new
piece of glass. The cabinet has some laminate chipping
around the base of the table in various places.

On a scale of 1-10, I would honestly say that the game
play and monitor are a 9, and the cabinet is a 6-7.

You'll notice the top glass clips missing in the
pictures. I took them off to repaint them.

Let me know if you have a problem with the pictures.

Thanks!
Craig

P.S. As far as price, the highest offer that I have is
$600. I really do not want to sell it to a game
"broker". I feel that they are killing our hobby by
artificially inflating prices. I'd rather take less
from a collector.

His Response. Notice the use of the word "GAME" seems like a generic insertion, those are his capitals, not mine.
"Greetings, Everything sounds well and I must commend that the GAME is in excellent condition and am okay with the prize $600 and I will be willing to offer you $650 for it so i would want you to keep other buyer's off. Am actually buying it as a birthday present for my son .Concerning payment I have a friend in the state that is ready to issue you a Certified Cashier's check in USA funds since I don't have the funds in your currency. For  convenient and easy transaction, I have a liable shipping agent who'd be responsible for the shipping as soon as you receive payment for the GAME.I will therefore need the following information of yours to forward to my friend before he sends the check.
NAME IN FULL........
ADDRESS IN FULL
COUNTRY..........
ZIPCODE........
CELL/OFFICE/HOME PHONE NUMBER.......
  I await your soonest reply .
      DENNIS"

what do you guys think????
 
 


Stingray:
Scam.

You see it all the time on the classic car sites. He'll tell you that he'll send you a cashier's check for an amount over your asking price. He'll say that part of the surplus is to be used for shipping, the rest he'll ask you to send to him. You send him "his change" and in a couple days you find out his cashier's check is bogus.

-S
Ed ONeill:
I got a similar emal for a beat up old pickup truck that I am selling

Signed
Ed
brained:
hmmmmm... I dunno it doesn't look fishy to me, but who knows!!
Here's what you can do, tell him to give you his friends phone so you can contact him,  I think it's safer this way... And you don't have to show him where you live, just drop the thing at his friends house ...
Stingray:
This is a well known scam. Don't reply to him. Ask this same question on ANY classic car site and see what the response is.

-S
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