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shardian:

--- Quote from: horseboy on March 21, 2007, 04:15:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 21, 2007, 01:52:28 pm ---That check scam is getting pretty old.  I can't stand Craig's List or Ebay, not that I really like shopping anyway.

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I have never really used Craigslist. What is the check scam exactly? In somunny's post it looked more like bad english than a scam. How do they scam you?

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Send you a fake check written for a few hundred more than the purchase. They ask you for a refund, if you send it before the check clears then you are screwedamondo.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: horseboy on March 21, 2007, 04:15:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 21, 2007, 01:52:28 pm ---That check scam is getting pretty old.  I can't stand Craig's List or Ebay, not that I really like shopping anyway.

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I have never really used Craigslist. What is the check scam exactly? In somunny's post it looked more like bad english than a scam. How do they scam you?

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I didn't pick up on the scam myself, I think they're just making that part up.  Anyhoo, back to our discussion on my sale of cheap vacation property for pennies n the dollar.  Horseboy, wouldn't you like to retire in a nice place like the Everglades? :angel:

shardian:

--- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 21, 2007, 05:25:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: horseboy on March 21, 2007, 04:15:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 21, 2007, 01:52:28 pm ---That check scam is getting pretty old.  I can't stand Craig's List or Ebay, not that I really like shopping anyway.

--- End quote ---

I have never really used Craigslist. What is the check scam exactly? In somunny's post it looked more like bad english than a scam. How do they scam you?

--- End quote ---

I didn't pick up on the scam myself, I think they're just making that part up.  Anyhoo, back to our discussion on my sale of cheap vacation property for pennies n the dollar.  Horseboy, wouldn't you like to retire in a nice place like the Everglades? :angel:

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Hey, I might be interested...but it'll have to pass the magic buy/rent formula first.

mountain:

--- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 21, 2007, 05:25:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: horseboy on March 21, 2007, 04:15:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 21, 2007, 01:52:28 pm ---That check scam is getting pretty old.  I can't stand Craig's List or Ebay, not that I really like shopping anyway.

--- End quote ---

I have never really used Craigslist. What is the check scam exactly? In somunny's post it looked more like bad english than a scam. How do they scam you?

--- End quote ---

I didn't pick up on the scam myself, I think they're just making that part up.  Anyhoo, back to our discussion on my sale of cheap vacation property for pennies n the dollar.  Horseboy, wouldn't you like to retire in a nice place like the Everglades? :angel:

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The bad check scam is for real. A guy I work with was selling a nice guitar. Some one from Nigeria kept offering him $200 over what he was asking for it. He blew them off at first because he thought it was a scam. They persisted and he finally gave them his address. A week or so later he got a postal money order for $1000. It turned out it was actually mailed from Atlanta from a different person with instructions to mail the extra cash back to a Nigerian address. He turned it in to the Post Office and they confirmed that it was a fake check. Looked real as hell though.


--- Quote from: Chris G on March 21, 2007, 12:12:14 pm ---Can't disagree with any of your rant.

One thing that's given me some modest success is putting some sort of extra little creative note about the item.  For example, I had an older 48" TV I sold recently and added a note: "great for playing video games".  Some dude called within 15 minutes and came and picked it up within an hour.  Said he wanted it for playing video games.

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One thing I like to do on craigslist, when I sell, is state that I will be accepting email offers until a specified time, usually like 48 hours. I tell them to leave a name and phone number and that I will call the highest offers until some one coughs up the cash. If the first guy I call doesn't come through, I just call the next one in line. I usually only do this on higher priced stuff. Works everytime.

DrewKaree:

--- Quote from: shardian on March 22, 2007, 09:24:03 am ---
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on March 21, 2007, 05:25:33 pm ---
--- Quote from: horseboy on March 21, 2007, 04:15:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: KenToad on March 21, 2007, 01:52:28 pm ---That check scam is getting pretty old.  I can't stand Craig's List or Ebay, not that I really like shopping anyway.

--- End quote ---

I have never really used Craigslist. What is the check scam exactly? In somunny's post it looked more like bad english than a scam. How do they scam you?

--- End quote ---

I didn't pick up on the scam myself, I think they're just making that part up.  Anyhoo, back to our discussion on my sale of cheap vacation property for pennies n the dollar.  Horseboy, wouldn't you like to retire in a nice place like the Everglades? :angel:

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Hey, I might be interested...but it'll have to pass the magic buy/rent formula first.

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 :laugh2: :laugh2:

You do the math on that and tell me what your magic number is with that formula.  I've got several in every price range, but these are priced to move, so you've gotta act fast!

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