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Original Post By:
Paul Cundari
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Date: 3/20/2014 3:46:26 PM |
Recently someone enrolled on the Bulletin Board and attempted to defraud a member who had posted an ad on Marketplace.
It was quite a lame attempt. The purchaser claimed his moving company would not pick up the uke unless the seller paid a $400 delivery fee in advance as proof that the moving company was authorized to make the pickup. The purchaser said he would reimburse the seller for the shipping.
Just wanted to let you all know how this particular scam operated and remind everyone to be careful.
Please let us know if you experience or suspect anything that doesn't appear on the up and up. We'll do what we can to minimize these incidents, and to date there haven't been many, but please be aware of our Marketplace policy:
MARKETPLACE disclaimer: Our site acts as a venue for sellers to list items available for sale. We are not involved in the actual transaction between buyers and sellers. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety or legality of the items advertised, the truth or accuracy of the listings, the ability of sellers to sell items or the ability of buyers to buy items. We cannot and do not control whether or not sellers will complete the sale of items they offer.
Thank you,
Paul
Moderator
Update: 4/16/14 Another attempt was made by this person using the same scam. Before selling or making a purchase, you may wish to search for the person's name to see if there are any posts by the person. If there are none, you may wish to take further precautions. In general, the more a person posts, the more likely he/she is legit.
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Posted By:
J Boy Shyne
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Date: 4/18/2014 5:21:54 PM
(Updated: 4/20/2014 1:07:37 PM)
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| Such a shame. The Marketplace is a great spot the good folks at Flea have provided for us free of charge. It's uncool that unscrupulous folks abuse it.
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Posted By:
Ukulele Rob
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Date: 4/22/2014 7:07:57 PM |
This is a pretty welcoming community. Too bad there are some predators out there. Just another warning that if something sounds a little off-kilter, it probably is.
(One of my favorite object lessons is in the 1989 movie "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," when "God" asks who Capt. Kirk is, and Kirk responds, "Don't you know? ... aren't you God?" If someone calls you claiming to be your credit card company, and asks YOU for your credit card number, wouldn't you automatically go into Capt. Kirk mode? I.e., "Don't you know? Aren't YOU my credit card company?" Immediately before making a loud whistling/screaming noise into the mic on the handset, like Elaine into Kramer's ear on that "Seinfeld" episode where she get getting calls to his fax machine, and he asks her to pass them on.)
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Posted By:
Boswell
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Date: 5/14/2014 2:12:24 PM |
Enough, already! Time to take the sticky tape off this warning. We all know it's a buyer beware marketplace, anyway,
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