Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:36:28 -0500
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: EBay (NVC)
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Hi Jeff,
My thoughts:
I would be VERY skeptical on that one... It is so vague as to be
useless. The "My client" reference is particularly spooky. Don't ship
anything until after the money order clears the bank: that should
take about 8-10 business days. It would be a very good idea to talk
to your banker about it BEFORE you deposit the money order.
MY MONEY ORDER STORY:
My dad purchased a beautiful 1967 westy in Seattle a couple years
back... and brought along a money order for the total sum in US$.
"It's as good as cash", says our bank here in Toronto. Unfortunately
the owner's bank in Seattle didn't agree: they wanted 5 days to clear
it. Since the seller had other buyers in line, Dad had to come up
with another payment method, (Western Union) and it wasn't cheap. And
then to add insult to injury: By the time Dad came back to Toronto
and cashed in the money order the US$ exchange rate had dropped its
value by several hundred dollars. Despite a nasty letter to the bank,
none of the expenses for the transaction were recovered.
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
www.busesofthecorn.com
On 16-Nov-06, at 2:21 PM, Jeff Lincoln wrote:
> Hey folks I need some advice here because this sounds fishy. I have a
> 1.8LGolf engine and I supposedly sold it on EBay. The buyer used the
> "Buy It
> Now" feature and ended the auction. I tried contacting the buyer and
> received no replies - later I noticed that the buyer was no longer a
> registered EBay member. Naturally I was disappointed and a bit
> ticked. So I
> sent him a not so nice e-mail and re-posted the item on EBay. End
> of story
> right? Not quite, today I received the following e-mail from him:
>
> HI,
> My client did send the payment as promised. Regarding shipping
> right, you
> are not responsible for that OK. He enclosed with the payment as
> instruction
> on how to contact the shipper who will take care of the shipping
> aspect. All
> his info and how to contact him is enclosed with the payment. After
> getting
> across to him he will get back to you with the time and date for
> the pick up
> of the item in your garage, a convenient time for both parties, so
> is more
> or less a local pick up. Mind you it was mail by regular mail. The
> payment
> should be with you in matter of days if there is no delay in your
> state
> postal delivery. Get back to me immediately you receive the
> payment. It
> should be with you on Monday or Tuesday to the best of my
> knowledge. Best
> regard
>
> I haven't seen payment yet but we will see. I have ended the
> auction just in
> case. Does this sound scamish to any of you? I mean I guess there
> is no harm
> so far either I receive payment and he comes and gets the engine or
> I don't
> and I re-post it - but it is all so weird. Especially the no
> contact and
> then unsubscribing from EBay. Is there something I'm missing here?
> Should I
> be on the look out for some trouble? Any thoughts and suggestions are
> greatly appreciated.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> 90' Carat (It's Blue, It's Beautiful, It needs a lot of work)
> 86' (Soon to be donating organs to the 90')
> 85' GL (sidelined but to be resurrected in the near future)
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