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JSchildberg3
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I have had 3 different people call me on my 100-year-old Superior series K Touring on the for-sale site.  I was asking $2,500 for it.   The first guy, E-MC Electrical Contractors sent a check for 3,660. I called him and he told me just to send him a check for the difference.  The next gal, Latisha Moore, sent me a check for 3,500.  She told me the same thing, send her a check for the $1,000 difference.  The last guy took the cake though.  He sent $4,000 and wanted me to overnight him $1,500 so he could pay for the hauling.  He had to have the money, he couldn't just send me the original amount.  He told me he was from New York originally and the check was from the Bank Rhode Island.  He had mailed the check from Alabama and then he called me from a phone that said he was from Dallax Texas.  His name is Edward Stone.  His company name is Arctic Mill Master Tenant, LLC.  He said his bookkeeper was his live-in, Mitchel Ramirez.  Watch out for any of these spammers.  Edward almost had me taken in.


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Thanks for the warning...people are nothing but liars and thieves anymore. Glad you didn't fall for these crazy tactics. Good luck with your sale. 



   
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Well done. It's sad that this is such an issue. I've found that, if I specify in the listing that payment will be made using a protected method OR any check will have to clear the bank and the bank has guaranteed the funds before possession is transferred, it cuts way down on the spammers. Maybe you need to specify that any over-payment will be kept and treated as a tip. 😀


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JSchildberg3
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Good one Tiny!  I would have never thought of that 😆 


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