[GreenKeys] A good ebay resolution -- this time

Tue May 23 17:34:39 EDT 2017

Be aware that PayPal is not a sure thing either. I was warned that some
folks will use it to buy things after setting up an account with a stolen
credit card. They buy from Craig's List (for example - just not on eBay
because they're connected) and when the card owner discovers, and disputes,
the transaction you're on the hook to repay the money to the card co. so
you loose twice.
When we began setting up our business I started selling some larger items
($1000 +) via CL and got a slew of responses, all of which included the
buyer sending me extra money via PayPal or a Check / bank draft to "pay his
shipper". I eventually added this paragraph to ALL on-line adds:

 NOTE TO POTENTIAL BUYERS
1. We do not accept PayPal
2. We will not accept extra money to pay your shipper
3. No PayPal
4.We will NOT contact your Sister, Brother, Cousin, Aunt ect off -list via
their anonymous email address
5. No PayPal
Please note we are a registered business, all NSF checks and other
fraudulent payments are reported to the Indiana States Attorney's office as
required by law.

After including this in the add, all the BS buyers dropped away.

I have used PayPal on eBay for several years, so far so good, but not
elsewhere

Mike O'Day
N9ODM.

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:29 AM, tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com>
wrote:

> GM OMs;
>
> I know this has gotten off-topic, but since we're a tight-knit
> group - and watch-out for each other - I want to bring up 2 more
> scams I've dealt with. These two were a little more slippery
> than usual.
>
> I quit my job with a computer company. I had (sorta) planned
> on it - but not at THIS specific time. I DID HAVE enough money
> put away for a nice 6-month vacation before having to look for
> another job. Two days into my "vacation" I get a call from
> a headhunter. Where he got my name from, I'll never know.
> Anyway, he says that he'll find me a job with AT LEAST a
> starting salary of $50K. I was making $40K at the time, so that
> would be a nice boost. I say: "sounds good". He says: "Our fee is
> $5,000.oo - but we'll guarantee that we find you a job." The words
> that came out of my mouth were not mine - but this is what they were:
> Well, - I'm out of work - and really can't afford the $5,000.oo BUT
> I'll tell you what: I'll come down there and sign a form that says
> if you find me a job for $50K, I'll give you $10,000.oo when I'm hired.
> I'll even go down to a notary with you and have it notarized!". He say:
> "It's only $5,000.oo". I say: "Yes, - but with no income $5,000.oo is
> a lot of money. I'm willing to give you DOUBLE that." Next sound: "CLICK!"
>
> I was selling another Porsche. California is "flake city": I'd get
> all sorts of people that say they were coming by - and never show up.
> Then, there were the people who spend their Saturday and Sunday playing
> "Disneyland" - where they go around and test-drive cars that are for sale,
> just for fun. Then I get a call. The guys asks me if I sold the car. I
> told him that it's still for sale. He asks how the selling is going. I
> tell him about California (above). He says that he can sell the car for
> me. He says he only deals with Doctors and Lawyers - who are MUCH TO BUSY
> to go around looking at cars. He says they want a good one without
> wasting their time. Look: here's the deal... You take 4 good pictures
> of the car. I'm going to send you a Fed-ex envelope. Put the picture in
> there with a description of the car, When I get them I'll charge
> $400.oo to your MasterCard and I'll have the car sold within two weeks.
> Sounded good to me - so I went with it. Two days later he calls and say
> that he has the pictures - and "this car will sell by the end of the
> week - or at latest, next week". I call him in the middle of the 2nd
> week. I dial the number, wait, and then I hear Doo DOOO DOOOOOT! the
> number you have dialed has been disconnected... To make a long story
> short, M-C picked up the loss because of their guarantee.
>
> So: when someone offers me something GREAT - that I have to pay for
> UP-FRONT before I see or I get it - I'm real suspicious.
>
> UE,
> K2EAA - TONY
> NNNN
> ZCZC
>
>
> On 05/23/2017 07:25 AM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
>
>> On 5/23/2017 8:59 AM, tony.podrasky wrote:
>>
>>> They responded, basically saying, that some people
>>> figured-out that since they pay for the ad, but not
>>> for shipping
>>>
>>
> --
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>
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>       Of little worth is your ire.
>           The network is down.
>
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