Fools....

nooshinjohn
nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
edited April 2009 in The Clubhouse
I am trying to sell my old surround rig on craigslist.... I just got this response from an "interested" buyer...
Hello,
Thanks for the prompt response and i will like you to withdraw the
advert from Craigslist,i don't mind adding an extra $30 for you to
take the advert down from Craigslist so that i can be rest assured
that am in hand of the item.I'm interested in the immediate purchase of this item i will be paying you a sum of $630 i will want to complete the transaction in a very
timely manner and i will like you to ship out the item through via
USPS EMS SPEEDPOST.if you can do this,email me with your paypal id so that i can proceed with payment right away.let
me quickly say that i will be sending this unit to my son in WEST
AFRICA ,he need this item urgent for him as a GIFT, i will be
happy if u can email me back now..
:eek::eek::mad::mad::eek::eek:

I am asking 475.... and he wants to give me about 200 more than I am asking....lmao

What kind of fool to they think I am? It cannot be said enough to be careful and use common sense when dealing with the trolls and scammers on fleabay/craigslist....;)
The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

“When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • gold01ca
    gold01ca Posts: 50
    edited April 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    I am trying to sell my old surround rig on craigslist.... I just got this response from an "interested" buyer...
    Hello,
    Thanks for the prompt response and i will like you to withdraw the
    advert from Craigslist,i don't mind adding an extra $30 for you to
    take the advert down from Craigslist so that i can be rest assured
    that am in hand of the item.I'm interested in the immediate purchase of this item i will be paying you a sum of $630 i will want to complete the transaction in a very
    timely manner and i will like you to ship out the item through via
    USPS EMS SPEEDPOST.if you can do this,email me with your paypal id so that i can proceed with payment right away.let
    me quickly say that i will be sending this unit to my son in WEST
    AFRICA ,he need this item urgent for him as a GIFT, i will be
    happy if u can email me back now..
    :eek::eek::mad::mad::eek::eek:

    What kind of fool to they think I am? It cannot be said enough to be careful and use common sense when dealing with the trolls and scammers on fleabay/craigslist....;)

    they really must think we are all idiots!
    this kinda crap is so bleeping annoying
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited April 2009
    Sharp eye there. Is he a prince of said nation that needs to open an "American banks" account to get his inheritance?
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited April 2009
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Sharp eye there. Is he a prince of said nation that needs to open an "American banks" account to get his inheritance?

    I think he's actually the King of Kismyassland. It's capitol city is Pissoff:)
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • sir_lagzalot
    sir_lagzalot Posts: 258
    edited April 2009
    Here's a response I got for one of my craigslist ads.

    Thanks for the reply,I appreciate your response to my inquiry. I would love to come and check it my self but I just got married and I'm presently on honeymoon, I am okay with the price and will like to tell you that am paying via check and also make arrangement with my local shipper for the pick up and i will like you to get back to me with your full name and address for me to mail out the payment to you. The payment i will be sending to you will an excess because i will want you to send the remaining to the shipping company for the pick up. All you need to do is to get the money verified and faithfully deduct your own money and send the balance to the shipper via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEYGRAM TRANSFER.
    Please let me know if this sounds good to you.i will be waiting to read from you so as to send the payment out as soon as i can.
    Thanks and God bless :eek:

    I don't think so.
    ****Home Theater****
    Integra DHC-40.1
    Rotel RMB-1075
    Fronts 265-RT
    Center 265-RT
    Rears 65-RT
    Sub BIC H-100

    ****VIDEO****
    Projector Epson 8700 UB
    BLU-RAY Sony BDP-S1000ES

    ****2-Channel****
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    Sub ED A3-250
    AMC 3100a
    TT Music Hall 2.2
    Bellari VP 130 Phono Pre
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited April 2009
    Gone fishin'!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited April 2009
    ^^^lmao^^^
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2009
    Oh c'mon John. Try living dangerously for once. This guy just might be telling the truth.:rolleyes:



    On second thought...no...just no. Do people actually fall for this kind of crap?
    The nirvana inducer-
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited April 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    On second thought...no...just no. Do people actually fall for this kind of crap?


    only people from Dixon Illinois:p
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited April 2009
    comfortablycurt wrote: »
    Oh c'mon John. Try living dangerously for once. This guy just might be telling the truth.:rolleyes:



    On second thought...no...just no. Do people actually fall for this kind of crap?

    Yep.. Some cat in England dropped about 200k trying to get his cut of a middle east "lotto" that the person couldn't claim. Said he was relative of said victim and was wanting to move to "Londor" to share this wealth.
    Putting some fresh bait on my hook now.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited April 2009
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    only people from Dixon Illinois:p

    Really!? That's where I'm from!! Good thing I don't have a paypal account or hand out my bank account numbers to random people over the internet. I'd be glad to send some random person a bag full of money though.
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Yep.. Some cat in England dropped about 200k trying to get his cut of a middle east "lotto" that the person couldn't claim. Said he was relative of said victim and was wanting to move to "Londor" to share this wealth.
    Putting some fresh bait on my hook now.

    Yes...people really are stupid. I heard of one a while back where a guy got a big inheritance from his "long lost uncle" or something along those lines. The guy spent a long **** time and about half a million dollars trying to get his inheritance. There was no "long lost uncle", needless to say. Survival of the fittest I guess.:rolleyes:
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    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited April 2009
    Good catch.
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2009
    They probably read a lot of your posts here.
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited April 2009
    at least they are from Nigeria or from another country in Africa....i only sell small items less than $100 to avoid them
    Video: LG 55LN5100/Samsung LNT4065F
    Receiver: HK AVR445
    Source: OPPO BDP-93
    HT: POLK SPEAKERS RTi6, FXi3, CSi5, VTF-3 MK2
    2Ch system: MC2105, AR-XA, AR-2A, AR9, BX-300, OPPO BDP-83
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,380
    edited April 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    They probably read a lot of your posts here.
    you might be right George. It sure would be nice if everybody could be as perfect, insightful, and wise as you. But sadly our world is made up of billions of people with unique points of generated by such factors as how they were raised, their surroundings, and the events that shaped their lives. How sad for you that only you are perfect. Perhaps you should return to the planet you came from because there is no inteligent life here...
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited April 2009
    anyone from Africa or nigerian is SCAMMER!!

    one of my family member got fooled by them long time ago and learned a lot of people from there scamming america or the uk.
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

    My Home Theater Rig || Television: 58" Panasonic TH-58PZ800U Viera Plasma || Power Conditioner: Power Monster HTS 3600 MKII || Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR805 || Blu-Ray/Gaming: 60 Gigabytes Playstation 3 || Amplifier: Emotiva XPA-5 || Fronts: Polk Audio RT800i || Center: Polk Audio CS245i || Surrounds: TBA|| Subwoofer: TBA
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