Check out the scam I am receiving

Re: Check out the scam I am receiving

NoTalentRookie

>Yeah...I get 'em every now and then. I run an auto parts store and I get faxes, and emails wanting to buy three thousand of the same number spark plug, or 100 fuel pumps for a Honda Accord. That type stuff. I put 'em straight into the round file.

Re: Check out the scam I am receiving

Robert Hutchins

>Howdy Chico!

First, this may or may not be a scam. If it is not, it should be easy enough to ask for and check references. It it is, this might be the way s/he is trying to work it. Virtually all credit card issuers have a built in right of recission - the cardholder can charge the amount of the item back to the seller if s/he follows certain simple requirements. S/he could be planning to pick up a very expensive piece of furniture then charge it back and claim that you made unreasonable demands about the conditions of return. Read your merchant agreement carefully or check with the bank or other organization with whom you have it. You run the authorization and get the funds OK initially, but then s/he has the expensive goods and easily re-marketed goods and initiates the cardholder complaint process which could (might) net her/him a credit. S/he then goes a runner and you, or the bank that issued her/his card, is stuck. S/he seems to be going to an awful lot of trouble to pick up the merchandise all the way from Malta.

BTW: I worked in the credit card industry from the late '60s to the mid '90s and actually helped work out some of the details of the chargeback rules (after the late Sen. William Proxmire of Wisconsin) convinced the US Congress to act on behalf of consumers. The rules as I knew them might have changed - no, make that have probably changed. It would be best for you to check with your bank. Ask to be referred to their security department and give them the details. They might have access to records or information exchange that would protect all parties.

DON'T ENGAGE IN THIS TRANSACTION WITHOUT CHECKING OUT YOUR BUYER!

Since the guy is willing to travel...

Paul Woolson

>...maybe you should ask him to bring cash. Since he's willing to travel to the NW to pick it up, he may as well bring cash for the transaction. I'm guessing you'll never hear from him again if you make this request.

Re: Check out the scam I am receiving

jcousins

>i recently put a planer up for sale and got an inquiry that teetered on the edge of credible - said the right words but the language was just a little off. but i did respond as if it were a real interested person. the reply i got back then listed all those conditions, arrangments, and schedules - in much worse format. things ended there - but they must just troll the web - looking for just a few out of millions.

jerry