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selling iPad- am i being scammed?
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The EAS/anti-shoplifting things are on the exits. The library metal detects on entrance because the mayor has an office accessible from inside. There's a security guard there also to wand people.
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No way. That's a total scam. Only deal with people who you can meet in person if it's CL. I get so many emails with so and so living in (fill in the blank) country or wanting to buy the item as a gift for their brother/sister. Total scam man. Be careful on CL and eBay for that matter. I wouldn't deal with PayPal on CL either, just my 2 cents.
No way. That's a total scam. Only deal with people who you can meet in person if it's CL. I get so many emails with so and so living in (fill in the blank) country or wanting to buy the item as a gift for their brother/sister. Total scam man. Be careful on CL and eBay for that matter. I wouldn't deal with PayPal on CL either, just my 2 cents.
I got near the same email on a bike I was selling. Why would you even consider. Move on and look at your other offers. CL is made for selling locally and not to someone from China!!!!
SCAM.. Run away.... run away quickly. If they contact you again tell them you have contacted Interpol about them.
Puevlo is not so convinced:
"How about you show a little respect to a fellow human being and sell this person your iPad."
When it comes to Craigslist, I only do hand to hand as almost all long distance ones are scam for me. Here is an example for a recent iPad I sold:
Buyer:
Me:
Buyer:
Me:
Buyer:
Me:
None taken, but as I said, we ship overseas frequently. Many shipments that turn out to be legit start with unconventional initial communications.
A good example was a rather jumbled email from a customer in one country who wanted to purchase, but have the shipment sent to another country. Other elements of the proposed transaction raised flags. In short, it looked "scammy". Had we ignored that and simply moved on, we would have lost a good bit of money.
Instead, we did our research, arranged for prepayment, and shipped. A little work to establish an ongoing sales relationship.
That's my point, just proceed intelligently.
EBAY Seller Protection sucks, don't get scammed by people wanting to collect.
I just learned the hard way selling an iPad on ebay, I advertised that I'd be shipping it to winner and had a bidder outbid everyone then ask if he could collect instead, he paid via paypal just before he turned up to collect it, collected and 2 days later the payment was reversed as stolen credit card used, contacted paypal horrible company btw cold hearted - basically said no seller protection if you don't ship to a "Confirmed" Paypal address that's with everything i.e. bigger stuff too like a car, so yeah No seller protection if you don't send your sold item to the buyers confirmed Paypal address and if the buyer had turned up and paid in cash he can then turn around and tell Paypal he didn't pick it up and I'd have to give paypal the cash back, so forget allowing anyone to collect anything if you're using Ebay not safe, seriously avoid if you can but don't EVER allow anyone to collect.
I just learned the hard way selling an iPad on ebay, I advertised that I'd be shipping it to winner and had a bidder outbid everyone then ask if he could collect instead, he paid via paypal just before he turned up to collect it, collected and 2 days later the payment was reversed as stolen credit card used, contacted paypal horrible company btw cold hearted - basically said no seller protection if you don't ship to a "Confirmed" Paypal address that's with everything i.e. bigger stuff too like a car, so yeah No seller protection if you don't send your sold item to the buyers confirmed Paypal address and if the buyer had turned up and paid in cash he can then turn around and tell Paypal he didn't pick it up and I'd have to give paypal the cash back, so forget allowing anyone to collect anything if you're using Ebay not safe, seriously avoid if you can but don't EVER allow anyone to collect.
You do this on Craigslist? I can understand it in other contexts, but CL really is for local transactions. Anything outside of that typically raises a giant red flag.
You also say "we ship," so I'm wondering if you have a somewhat more professional organization than just some guy wanting to sell his stuff. In this case you'd probably be better equipped to deal with scams, etc.
Anyway, I agree in that one just needs to act intelligently.
You also say "we ship," so I'm wondering if you have a somewhat more professional organization than just some guy wanting to sell his stuff. In this case you'd probably be better equipped to deal with scams, etc.
Anyway, I agree in that one just needs to act intelligently.
It is a scam plain and simple. CL tells you upfront do not ship anywhere; meet the seller in person. If you send an expensive piece of electronics to China, it's gone and you have zero chance of getting the money or geting the electronics back.
The "ship to" is absolutely the most common scam on CL; don't even think about it.
The "ship to" is absolutely the most common scam on CL; don't even think about it.
You do this on Craigslist? I can understand it in other contexts, but CL really is for local transactions. Anything outside of that typically raises a giant red flag.
You also say "we ship," so I'm wondering if you have a somewhat more professional organization than just some guy wanting to sell his stuff. In this case you'd probably be better equipped to deal with scams, etc.
Anyway, I agree in that one just needs to act intelligently.
Craigslist? No, we're the old school type - receive orders via our ecommerce site, or via purchase orders emailed/faxed, etc.
You make a good point though, regarding a one off sale vs a biz entity processing the latest of many...
think abut this. he is in china, what is he doing searching posts in your particular city? that should be red flag right there.