loudandclear Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 LIsted my Modulus Q4 on ebay yesterday - someone bought it on a Buy It Now last night - good news you might think! Recieved this email from the Buyer [i][i]Dear seller I would like to notified you that, I have contact my client concerning the condition of your item and he is ready for immediate purchase of the item from you...... In order to conclude the transaction with you without any delay, he instructed me to asks you this few question concerning the item before he can proceed with the transaction of your item he want to purchase from you.... This is the question below ; 1. Hope the item is still available for sale? 2. What is the condition of the item? 3. How long have you owned it? 4.a) Have you owned it from new? If not how many previous owner? 5. Why are you selling it? 6. In your opinion, what sort of condition is it? 7. Any available photo for the item? 8. How much are you asking for the item? 9. What is the final price of the item? 10. Can we trust you on this transaction? 11. Do you accept Cheque? 12. do you agree to send the excess fund to our shipping company after the cheque clears in your account so that our shipping company will come to your house for the pick up of the item? If all this is understood by you and you agreed to comply with my client terms, you can provide your CONTACT NAME, ADDRESS, CELL PHONE AND THE FINAL PRICE OF THE ITEM, so that I can have it forward to my client for immediate payment. Hope to read from you soon. Best regards. Ashley Agent[[/i] Hmmmmm....... Anyway the buyers address is ashley agent 1 Great Northern Road Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB11 5DD United Kingdom Apologies to any genuine bass players in Aberdeen but there does seem to be an unusually large ebay using bass community there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Scumbags! That's my bloody street! The post code is nowhere near that address and the address is of the Northern Hotel whose actual postcode is AB24 3PS. Sullying the name of the Granite City, these scamming gits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 I hope the first thing you did was report them to ebay who should, in turn, report them to the police Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 they've just pulled a load of Excess fee check scammers off the circuit... [url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/cheque_spam_scam_crackdown/"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/04/ch...scam_crackdown/[/url] [url="http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-29842720071003"]http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNe...-29842720071003[/url] so reporting it to the police works, eventually... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudandclear Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Yes - reported to ebay - waiting a response - now have to relist my bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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