Is this a scam? I thought so...
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Aquaman
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I am sure that myself and some other texas members would be willing to go and pick up the bike for youjust let me/us know
Well, that is what I would like to see sum of my org brothers do!
Reply to the AD with the link I put up, and see what kinda B/S he sells you guys?
Somebody please do it just for fun?
here is his Email:
garybikergary@aol.com
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Aquaman
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Did he reply? Last night I sent him a reply that told him where to go... he never answered bakk! LOOSER
sootyrex
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Hi Guys, I was almost duped in similar scam in Ireland. Guy told me he would BUY a car I had listed on-line at the full selling price I asked for. He asked a few questions about maintenance history and then told me he would send a 'bankers draft' for the full price. All this was by e-mail. A cheque arrived in the post for a value about 2000 euro higher than the agreed price. The cheque was a forgery. Actually a forgery from an Irish Credit Union. It was posted to me from a town in Finland close to the Russian border. Then he started to tell me that he was 'away' on company business in Australia and thats why he made the cheque out for a higher value. I would have to pay his transport company. Anyway, after I told him I had contacted the police, I never heard another word. The way that scam works is that I would deposit the cheque in my account. It would take the bank a few days to figure out it was a dud. In the meantime his 'transport company' would come and pick up the car and I would pay them the extra 2000 transport fee he sent me (as he was in Australia). So if I was foolish enough I would have given them the car PLUS 2000 euros.
Well, that is what I would like to see sum of my org brothers do!
Reply to the AD with the link I put up, and see what kinda B/S he sells you guys?
Somebody please do it just for fun?
here is his Email:
garybikergary@aol.com
I sent an email from the ad saying I'm interested and what is the bottom line, cash price?
cobravenom39
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All you have to do is ask them a question specific about the bike. Join the Gixxer forum and ask him about some quirk that only a gixxer owner would know, or make up a part and ask him if the made up part is in working order. If he replies "yes." He doesn't know sh!t about the bike and it's a scam.
Also, ask him if he has the title, ask him how many cc's the title says. If he retorst 600 instead of 599, he's full of it, too.
Also, where do you live that you can't find a gixxer locally?
If the prices of the bike+shipping is STILL less than one you can find locally, it's probably a scam.
Also, ask him if he has the title, ask him how many cc's the title says. If he retorst 600 instead of 599, he's full of it, too.
Also, where do you live that you can't find a gixxer locally?
If the prices of the bike+shipping is STILL less than one you can find locally, it's probably a scam.
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FYI, I had an encounter with this guy (or someone just like him.) Same story, within driving distance, but was "out of town" and couldn't meet me. Did a Google search and wow, the stories were all over the place!
Easy, I have personally had a scam attempted on me last year for an 06 gixxer 1000 for $5,000. The seller said he was going overseas with his new job and didn't want to pay all the fees for sending his bike overseas. Being Active Duty Air Force, I knew the fees are nowhere near bad enough to sell your bike for over $3,000 under market value.
He kept saying we would go through EBAY and pay that way, EBAY would take care of everything. I forwarded his emails to EBAY sales/fraud team and they informed me to stop all contact with the seller, he is a fraud and EBAY does not handle any kind of sales. An EBAY rep contacted me via email and explained to me that all EBAY does is point us in the right direction to an ESCROW company that will oversee the transaction. They told me to always go through an ESCROW company if making a long distance purchase you are not sure about.
The way an ESCROW company works is, they will take your money and hold it in an ESCROW account, once you receive the vehicle/bike, you usually have about 3 days to a week to get it inspected. If everything checks out and you want the bike, you notify the ESCROW company and they will release your funds to the seller. If the bike turns out to be lemon, you return the bike and the ESCROW company just deducts the cost of returning the bike from your funds and you get the rest back. Never ever believe a seller when they say EBAY is going to take care of the transaction, they have nothing to do with it except being a hub for people to post their items for sale.
ohhhh my fav one is when youre renting an apartment and they say
"im in london, moving to the states in a few months, whats your account number and ill start paying rent today"
"im in london, moving to the states in a few months, whats your account number and ill start paying rent today"
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