Posted on 02/01/2018 11:06:05 AM PST by Snowybear
Excuse the vanity but I'm banned from Farcebook for another 2 days and I have to get advice. I had an adjustable bed for sale on craigslist. I get contacted by someone, says he'll send a check and he will have movers come and get it once I cash the check. I get a check today for $2,000 more than I asked for. I contact him and he says the extra is for the movers who are coming to get the bed and that they had to be paid upon pick-up. He says he mentioned this, he never did or I would have refused it back then.
1. No movers work that way, it's always pay upon delivery after an initial deposit.
2. I've heard of people doing this, the sucker cashes the check then some goombas come and demand 10x the amount.
The whole stunk to high hell. I told him I tore up the check, which I did, and the deal was off then blocked his number. Of course he now has my address but I'm in MA and this guy is in NY. I'm loaded for bear just in case.
So was this a scam?
Do not give them your address!!!!
It’s a well known scam.
Yes, that is a scam. You might want to call local law enforcement to let them know you’re expecting guests.
Too late now. The shotgun will be loaded and kept handy. Driveway alarm will be armed at all times.
SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The check will bounce- even if it looks like a certified check.
Scam. You cash the check, give the “movers” the two grand, the check bounces, and you’re out the two grand and the item as well.
use your head- he could have bought a bed cheaper where he lives and probably had it delivered for free
Do not deliver until it clears the bank. If it does then it’s legit, otherwise, you are dinged for a bounced check.
When we receive checks, we dont cash them initially. We verify the checks first. Our accounting guy is used to it by now.
Here it is.
Scam.
Tell him someone else already paid $4k.
Put the bed on the curb with a free sign.
Yes.
Also Granma, I am in jail, will you wire $2,000 to Walmart in Bakersfield so I can get out?
No, it’s not a scam.
By the way I;ll buy the bed. I will send you a certified check from Bank of Kenya for 1 billion dollars but you have to hand over the deed to your house too.
The NEXT BEST thing you can do is call the police and have them be waiting at your house for the ‘movers’ to arrive.
But they are sometimes useless too.
I had a thief looking around my house last month- I asked him what he was doing and he said he was with the cable company there to bury cables, and gave me a wrong address in between my house and the house next door.
I called the police, they ignored it. I called the cable company and they said they had no one scheduled to “bury lines”
The moron APOLOGIZED to me... I said “what the hell are you apologizing for? Someone is trying to rob people...get on the phone with your managers and report that someone is using your name to try to rob houses.”
Total scam. The check wasn’t worth toilet paper.
Just tell them once the check is honored by THEIR bank, you’ll have the guys pick it up.
I know a guy who was almost scammed the same way over a boat.
When it comes to CL sales, I have some very strict rules and so far, so good.
I have a pair of bolt bins that someone has lowballed me on and a military surplus stretcher no one is interested in up at present.
They did same with a used car, SCAM.
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