be aware

[skything 0]

Hello everybody,

if you sell your stuff on the internet ( even on this site..) be aware. There are people who say they want to buy your stuff but they are playing a game with you.
They send you a cheque with more money than you asked for(example; you sell your parachute for 1300 dollar, they send you a cheque for 4000 dollar!)

If you go to your bank you will see 4000 dollar on your account, well, that's a good deal....NOT!

You've send your stuff to the buying person, they ask you to pay back the 2700 dollar because it was a mistake..at that point the bank calls you that the cheque is a fake one..... You have a big problem, you've lost a lot of money and your parachute/rig as well.

Last but not least, those cheques are illegal so maybe the police will come and ask you some questions...and all you did was selling your parachute or your rig.....

Let people pay cash ( if it's possible) or let them pay by direct debit by internet. If they see your message here, they can do that as well.

Ta.

[darkwing 5]

This is a well known (at least by many people) scam. Sorry you learned the hard way. Scam artists are everywhere. There are several threads dealing with the standard ways to sell gear via the internet, and other threads that mention this scam.

-- Jeff
My Skydiving History

[masterrig 1]

There's an old saying. "Let the buyer beware!" You really have to watch stuff like that. I hate hearing things like what happened to you.


Chuck

[slotperfect 7]

More info here

Arrive Safely

John

[skything 0]

Well, I wasn't fooled by him because its very strange that someone sends you a cheque with THAT amount of money...I've send him an email to get lost.

This was just a nother "warning" they are (still) bussy around here...

thank goodness, I had some brains not to accept it!!