[T2] [VB] Scam maybe. How's it work?

[C. Dreike]

Jamie,
Thanks for the link. Scary, the best advice, get their driver's 
license number and toss'em the keys and await their return. Don't get 
into your vehicle with a stranger. Sold several vehicle this way. If 
they don't come back, it's cheap.

Cheers!
Chris
64DD Kamper Kit

Scientists seek to understand what is,
while engineers seek to create what never was.
As the "Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait says, "Teach a man to reason, and 
he can think for a lifetime."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie" <jrivers at globalserve.net>
To: "Bob Wohl" <bob.wohl at gmail.com>; "Notorious at Yahoo" 
<Notorious_a_u_b_ at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Vintage Bus" <vintagebus at type2.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [VB] Scam maybe. How's it work?


From: "Bob
> Some people are just plain lazy. I've had numerous people flake out 
> on
> transactions. Craigslist is the worst for this. I have an ever 
> growing
> list
> of numbers in my phone with the name + flake + part/transaction 
> saved just
> in case I get hit up twice by the same people and it has happened.
>

I do the same thing! ,,, also,, when I feel I need to flake out on a 
deal..
It reminds me to at least contact the seller and tell them.. sorry, 
not
interested anymore.

I am not sure if you have to worry about just anyone gathering your 
name and
address.... what about NSA .... <evil grin>
http://business.financialpost.com/2013/12/31/nsa-iphone-spy-apple-inc/

or big business..
http://www.zdnet.com/big-data-or-corporate-spying-7000006983/

sometimes I just contact a seller to find out the price, or the 
condition,
or the location...<why don't they put that in the ad!!?>  and then 
forget
about replying back as the info didn't meet my interests.. recently I
replied to a camper was on the samba for $7000.... next day ,, 
$3500....  he
sent me the address to view it... it wasn't worth $500.... I didn't 
reply
back.  He got mad at me a week later for ignoring him, not replying,,
FLAKING..   lol  :p

jays... then I sent him a message that I didn't think it was worth 
$500...
he said he'd take that offer.........    what?...................
then he talked me into meeting him at the vehicle where I offered him
$100... and I was still very worried that there wasn't a single part 
that
wasn't going to go across the scale for scrap,, and make me $35 for 
all
involved in moving it from where it was.........

I still have the heap here,, it has donated a few parts to a few 
projects...
so for the $100 . it was worth it.. and that seller finally came to 
the
conclusion that a vehicle that sat along the fence line for soooo many 
years
<10+> that the tires were half burried in the ground... the body work 
done
years ago had rusted thru,, most of the frame was gone.... engine was 
brand
new with no oil in it soooo all the internal parts are rusted to be
unusable..... canvas and wood interior blah blah blah... time to sell 
, as
he has a buyer.

As for scammers gathering data for fraud ...
I asked the bank what was safe.... cash? - counterfeit..... cheque? -
bounces ..... money order? - too many stolen ones out there..... bank 
draft-
to easy to falsify.... direct deposit?- OMG NO.. they have your 
account
number to dip into....  certified cheque? ... stop order can be placed 
on it
and it will bounce too!  and they can easily be counterfeit.... 
paypal?
lol... many seller have lost the item and the money!
so you have to look at the situation .... read up on line about 
scammers...
http://www.419eater.com/ I got taken by a person that "I know where 
they
live" but they know the law.. and i can't legally collect.. and it 
isn't
worth a nefarious collection furm

it is an interesting world out there today,, I trust people ,,, and so 
far I
have only had 2 transactions go sour.. so I put it in perspective and 
move
on.... but I do worry about what others are thinking.... I am really 
waiting
for the outcome of a local transaction ... but I am pretty sure we 
will
never know the truth...  Tim Bosma R.I.P.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/14/tim-bosma-dead-hamilton-police_n_3272365.html


http://www.discovery.ca/article.aspx?aid=57013


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