On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:39:06 -0600, Joel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Grinder <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> For several weeks now, I've had a tower desktop with monitor, keyboard,
>> mouse and speakers, up on craigslist. I've gotten several bites from
>> people outside the country wanting to give me shipping, far in excess of
>> the price of the item itself, to ship it overseas. They offer to make
>> the payment through Paypal. Their emails go tits up before the
>> particulars are nailed down.
>>
>> It seems most likely that these offers are scams, but I'm not catching
>> on to their game. Presuming that they really would send me the exact
>> payment (no advance fee) through Paypal, and I could reasonably prove
>> that I sent their item to the provided address, how could they rip me off?
>>
>> I don't really have any intention of following through with one of these
>> weasels, but I would like to know what they're up to.
>
> Then you shouldn't use Craigslist to begin with. Craigslist, eBay, Online
>ordering etc. are for people with some brain.
Why don't you think he has a brain? He hasnt' lost any money and he's
had some fun with cheaters.
BTW, in reply to Mike and Gman, I'm sure that Paypal causes a lot of
trouble to vendors. Did they ever resolve all that money that vendors
weren't getting even though Paypal had it, about 3 or 4 years ago?
But as a buyer, I bought an online book, he didnt' send me the link, I
wrote him two emails which were ignored, after 4 weeks I complained to
Paypal, and he sent it that day. I *had* called VISA, and they told
me that the charge hadn't closed yet, even though it had been 4 weeeks
since Visa paid Paypal, and that I couldn't complain to them until it
closed. Very strange.
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