alyctes Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Thought this might be interesting to the assembled throng... I assume it's as current as they can make it. https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/20000/trading_standards/598/highland_hoax_location_scams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Interesting, but I was going to say I thought Scotsmen did not wear anything under their kilts, least of all a thong but thought the better of it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwinbass Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Very interesting - read the 'Off Topic' thread I'm a victim of fraud, learn from my mistakes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 @rubis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Very interesting thread. One of the reasons I don't sell on Ebay is the automatic assumption that I am a fraudster because of being located in the Highlands (I don't use it often enough to really build up much feedback). I generally just stick to the BC marketplace. Interestingly enough, when I was on Ebay more regularly, it was sometimes fun to interact with the obvious hoaxes: 'Me: Oh, I love that Wal, and I see that the item is located in Orkney. Is that correct?' 'Seller: Yes. 'Me: Great, I am heading up there in a couple of days, I would be happy to meet and purchase the instrument after trying it out; 'Seller: Sorry, the item is not located in Orkney, the item is located in Guernsey.' 'Me: So you managed to move the bass over 860 miles in 30 minutes?' 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 39 minutes ago, thodrik said: Very interesting thread. One of the reasons I don't sell on Ebay is the automatic assumption that I am a fraudster because of being located in the Highlands (I don't use it often enough to really build up much feedback). I generally just stick to the BC marketplace. Interestingly enough, when I was on Ebay more regularly, it was sometimes fun to interact with the obvious hoaxes: 'Me: Oh, I love that Wal, and I see that the item is located in Orkney. Is that correct?' 'Seller: Yes. 'Me: Great, I am heading up there in a couple of days, I would be happy to meet and purchase the instrument after trying it out; 'Seller: Sorry, the item is not located in Orkney, the item is located in Guernsey.' 'Me: So you managed to move the bass over 860 miles in 30 minutes?' Yes, I played a similar scammer when a Bass was located seemwhere in the Higlands/Islands. I told him my brother was on holiday close by and he would be happy to look at it: and BTW he was a Policeman. The Bass became suddenly unavailable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Sad but true, scammers are everywhere, even up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubis Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 They should be renamed scummers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Scunners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Browning Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 12 hours ago, rubis said: They should be renamed scummers Not that I do but I'm afraid that reference is already taken. Here in Pompey the good folk of Southampton are referred to as scummers (they call us skates). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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