Just tell them that you will include some DVDs in with the shipping and that should smooth everything over.
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Business Owners, Does This Sound Suspicious?
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Yes, to answer the question posed by the OP, it does sound suspicious. Very suspicious, in fact. Yes, yes, yes (to emphasise the point), it is most suspicious. Seriously, is there anything about the series of bizarre exchanges you have described that strikes you as not suspicious?
Me, I'd run a mile from this; I'd trot a marathon, in fact, if I were into marathons. But then, maybe, that is just me....
Me, I'd run a mile from this; I'd trot a marathon, in fact, if I were into marathons. But then, maybe, that is just me....
I think they are worried, that even if the money is there to actually pay for the merchandise at the reseller in the US so it can be delivered in the US.
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At best, even if totally legit, he is still involved in a grey market merchandising scheme.
With the amount involved it is typically something that you'd run through a lawyer first to see what potential liability is involved for his position in the grey market scheme.
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At worst
That the person doing the transaction in the US can still be the "fall guy" for helping to launder money.
Might have zero money in it, and are simply paid to have it delivered and reshipped elsewhere -- but the US tends to nail the person they can grab in the US for money laundering anyhow.
Part of the knowing where the money your business partners are giving you comes from. Since it is going through your account.
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At best, even if totally legit, he is still involved in a grey market merchandising scheme.
With the amount involved it is typically something that you'd run through a lawyer first to see what potential liability is involved for his position in the grey market scheme.
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At worst
That the person doing the transaction in the US can still be the "fall guy" for helping to launder money.
Might have zero money in it, and are simply paid to have it delivered and reshipped elsewhere -- but the US tends to nail the person they can grab in the US for money laundering anyhow.
Part of the knowing where the money your business partners are giving you comes from. Since it is going through your account.
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Why do you ask for advice on here if you're going to ignore it? Everyone is unanimous in telling you this is a terrible idea. So ignore us and proceed with this deal if you wish, just don't come crying to us when you get cheated.
I showed my brother the thread. The final choice is his, not mine. He doesn't buy it (he's also very thick headed).
Say he gets the $20k. It's not just $20k he'd be getting. That's $20k every month or two, whenever they'd want to place an order.
There is no way this is going to happen. This will end with your brother losing a lot of money.
Look, clearly you are dead set on ignoring everyone's advice and going through with it, so just go through with it and stop wasting our time here.
Squilly: There is a fundamental problem with this whole thread, and it is based, largely, on your blithely oblivious response to what you (and your brother) are reading.
What you want to hear is: "This is a fantastic, incredible, once in a lifetime, amazingly creative and unusually inventive way to make fast, easy, money, an unparalleled investment opportunity where I will make money that is guaranteed to set me up cosily without the slightest bit of trouble."
What you are being told - by everyone who has posted - is: "This is extremely suspicious. Actually, this is a scam. You will not make money. On the contrary, you will get burned. Badly. And you will lose money. Indeed, it is entirely possible - nay, probable - that you are being set up. Beware. And run. Fast. Long. Hard. In the opposite direction. As quickly as you are able."
So, I reiterate my earlier advice to you. This is unwise. Do something else, but drop this. Advise your 'thick-headed' (your words, not mine, but I would use 'stubborn; obstinate; mulish' instead) to do likewise.
Looks like your "brother" is just as stubborn as you.
All I've noticed from you is one crazy scheme or another that you want to take part in to earn you lots of cash fast. If I recall, you're young. There is lots of time to figure out how to be rich but I think you may be surprised that you will have to work for it as long as you want to be legit.
Again, your "brother" is going to find this is not as clear and easy as it seems.
"There's a sucker born every minute" - P.T. Barnum, although it is disputed that he said it, he is usually credited with it 
There are -easier- ways to buy the same hardware. Your prices are not so spectacular that they need to buy from you over any standard channel.
There is a reason they are doing this.. this way.
You may even get the first one to "go through". Sort of. As in it very well could collapse later as they used it to butter you up for a second, larger one, based on the first one "working out" (so far).
Concentrate on your real customers. This is not one of them.
There is a reason they are doing this.. this way.
You may even get the first one to "go through". Sort of. As in it very well could collapse later as they used it to butter you up for a second, larger one, based on the first one "working out" (so far).
Concentrate on your real customers. This is not one of them.
Even if we both personally know them in real life? I'm not trying to be stubborn about it, I'm just getting two stories and combining. My brother tells me he has the funds but needs to ask the Poles for permission to take money out (which sounds fishy as **** to me), although the Poles must ask permission from my brother to take money out as well. Sounds a lot like an escrow to me.
You absolutely are being stubborn about this. Everyone in here is unanimous in telling you this is a scam and you still are looking for excuses to go through with it.
I'm not looking for excuses. I'm listening you and telling my brother. I simply respond with his comments.
If you are really concerned, you should probably not base the final decision on what we say . It might be worth it to contact a law firm in your area for a consultation before you do the deal.
. It might be worth it to contact a law firm in your area for a consultation before you do the deal.- Status