Response from Craigslist - does this sound fishy...?

...or is it just a language thing? I already told him cash only if he's picking up in person. This is the email the guy sent me about the converter...just sounds kind of strange:

Dear Seller,
I am Andrew i saw your advert posted for sale and i will like to buy it cos i have been looking for it for quite a long time,please are you the real owner?and i hope is not a stolen good?so get back to me with the prices excluding shipping cos i will be taking care of it.Finally my mode of my payment is via certified cashier check/money oder so if this suite you i will like you to get back to me.You can contact me for further details.
Regard
Andrew Bruce

just be careful. It has the same sound as all these oversea scams.

I say scam. My wife works at Wells Fargo and she catches these fake cashiers checks all the time. Just be careful.

scam!

i don't know why i even bother with that site. the only two times i have used it the guys were both dead beat liars. first one was for a truck cowl hood. he wanted it for 200. said it was in perfect condition no dents dings. i call he said that on the phone as well an said come on by an pick it up or we can meet half way, an if i go the full way he takes 20 bux off. so im like ok an go all the way there to pick it up and what is it. its all smashed in from where he didn't lube the hinges so it buckled and dented in the top parts. he said oh sorry i for got to mention that ill take the price down to 150 and u can have it ill fix it up. ill have it done in 3 days. so 1 week later its finally done and he rasided the price up to 300 i said no then he said 220 so i said ok. i take it to my shop an the guy said ti was 50 % bondo he wont even touch it, its a piece of trash. the next one i got lucky this guy was like im parting out a 98 gmc tahoo really cheap only has 50k miles. ill let u have everything u want for like 500 bux. then he never emails me again and 3 weeks later he says oh sorry i went on vaction. i never emailed him back its probably a scam too

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Good rule of thumb to live by, unless of course I have something up for sale!

I have bought a few things off of Craig's list. They were always fine but the people were weird. I always feel a little uncomfortable driving up to someone's house with a good chunk of cash in my pocket and the sound of dooling banjos in the back of my mind!

Yeah I already emailed the dude back and said I would take cash only. If he wants it, he can come to my work with cash and I'll direct him around to the fenced in area and grab some of the goon criminals from the shop and meet him out there. Control the odds...

just tell him that it's going to take one month for the check to clear, if he doesn't mind, i'm sure it's ok. for that price, cash should be the only option.

meet him at jim's or something, lol.

That's sure a lot of hassle to sell him slow parts. :taunt:

And yet another email:

hi,
i saw your item listed on craigslist so i like to know
the present condition of the item
and also to know if it's still for sale and the
exact price you intend selling it out
hope to hear from you asap...........thanks
DR.COLLINS


I told him his grammar and punctuation was horrendous for a doctor. :lol:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat

That's sure a lot of hassle to sell him slow parts. :taunt:

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Might be slow, but I bet it has less scratches in the paint than your truck. :lol:

Just keeps getting better:


Thanks for your reply back and i will like to make an instant payment
i will send a certified check for the payment while you hold the item for me
once you have the payment then i will instruct my shipper to come for the pick up at your place
so i will NEED the following information from you to issue out the payment........immediately........
I am doing this cos i need the item i want to buy it but i am presently not in
town so iwill just instruct my client to issue out the check to the information you provide,
so you just give me the name you want me to write on the check ,your home address,your
telephone number,your city and zip code,
xxxxxxxplease i will like to inform you that i will issue out the payment for the item
over nigth to the address you provided as soon as posible........i will like you to save
this for me as soon as the payment arrives as it is going to save me some extra cost
and i have taken a close look at the item on the advert and i am completely satisfied......thanks
DR.COLLINS

Hmm... You've gotta be careful with weirdos out there. Have him send the "certified check" to your work address. Tell him it will take 7 days for your bank to process everything. If and when you get the check, take it immediately to the bank and have them process it. If everything is cool after the bank checks it out, then he was legit---but VERY weird... And make sure you are rolling like 10 deep when his shipper arrives...

I sent a one line reply and asked him what he's putting the converter in. That should induce an interesting reply..

Did you get a new truck?


All those sound fishy just for the simple fact NONE of them say anything about a converter they all say item, a typical canned email phony email.

I'm with ya - they're definitely not legit. I'm gonna have fun with it though. :)

No new truck yet. Just got the 6.0 and tranny for when I sell mine and get the next one.

rcsb Z71:D

shit its THAT dr. collins? That dude lives down the road from me over here. Nice dude. I caught him taking a peep at the inside of my truck the night before it got broken into. But im sure he is legit..

Legit for being an absolute MORON! Watch him say it's going into a Focus or something...