Hey guys, I just got an offer to buy my Honda for far more than its worth  ( lets just say that I laughed and spat my coffee out ) but was told that they can only pay by Paypal .....  i dont belive its legit , but i cant see the angle ..   i know someone out there can tell me  .  cheers .

btw , if its fair dink then drinks on me at Philip Is   

take the paypall once its in ur bank let him have it

well i figure its a scam .. just waiting to see what it is

I heard about a bloke selling his jap turbo thingy car. Got an offer from the UK to good to resist.
Got the cheque in the mail, got back from the bank just as the buyer arranged shipping container showed up and then he let the container bloke help him load the car and as the container was being lifted onto the truck his bank rang to say the bank the cheque came from in the UK doesn't exist.
Had to pay the container bloke, but atleast he didnt give his car away.
I was told about this the same day I advertised a race bike on the net and 3 years later I was still getting offers from all over the world from "representitives" of busy business men. Finally end with legal action against the web site to force them to remove my listing. After all the bike sold on the 2nd day (in Oz,for cash upfront) , just the bike was getting so many hits a google search any where in the world would bring it up and that was free advertizing for the site.

After you get the $ from Paypal, move it to a different bank.
I keep 2 very low $ acconts at 2 diferant banks for all my online trans with no connection, not even internet, to each other or my own accounts at another bank.

So long as it's paypal it should be ok, if they try saying they want to do it western union or similar then run. If you don't mind what's the bike, some others might be able to say what they think it's worth, then you'll get some idea if your offer is bull shit....

Email the bloke and get him to ring you and sus him out, if he doesn't ring or comes up with an excuse that he can't, tell him to go fuck himself.

Hi FLSTC

 

yep , there was a warn a couple of years ago about just such a thing( offering more than the item worth )

I be very cautious

 

They can use stolen credit card details to set up paypal accounts, pay for the thing , then on sell it to wash the money

Now, I don't know if they can reclaim the payment from you, but I would be carefull

 

this was being pulled on cars ,bikes, and boats before about three years ago

 

Here is a link  to read

 

reviews.ebay.com.au/Paypal-serious-problems_W0QQugidZ10000000006178850

search.reviews.ebay.com.au/ebay-scam_Cars-Bikes-Boats_W0QQucatZ9800QQuqtZg

 

 

tks Black,    didnt make sense till now. i knew it was a scam but didnt see the angle with Paypal  

Mmm very intersting and thanks for posting black29d

trust no mug...always an angle

 

got a response below ...... 

Hi thanks for mailing back, i am an oceanographer and i am buying this bike for my dad, i am at sea right now, and I am glad you accepted my offer.I can only pay through paypal at the moment as i dont have access to my bank account online,but i have it attached to my paypal account, and this is why i insisted on using paypal to pay,all i will need is your paypal email address or  better  still  you  send me a  pay pal  money request to make the payments asap.
i will be expecting your email.I have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has been sorted

Hmmmm ..... still looks a bit sus, if it was me I would go ahead with the deal by setting up an paypal account not linked to me as Deadly mentioned and wait and see if the payment clears before letting him arrange collection.

Have a look at his feedback and history

 

If he has been on ebay for a while with a solid feedback rating or is he just signed up

 

but his responce is really a bit sus, on a boat, can't get to my bank , buy for my dad

this is setting off alarm bells in my head

 

check his feed back and history

I send an agent after payment.....????

 

REALLY..REALLY...REALLY....SUS

Don't forget there's a lot of paypal scamers out there, they send people emails to get their paypal passwords and then they can pay for stuff on ebay. Most of us are wise to it but you have to imagine there's the odd sucker out there.

funny that .... the guy didnt respond when i said cash is king and i thought he was a scam

oh dear ... just got another marine engineer wanting to buy the bike for his dad  ( via paypal )  .   the only differnece is that he offered about the right money ,,,,,scum !  

hi guys ..just got the same offer just now to purhase my wifes car i am selling......fucking dick heads..hear is what i got
Hi There,
thanks for mailing back,i am an oceanist and i am buying this for Dad,
i am at sea right now,
and I am glad you accepted my offer.I can only pay through paypal at
the moment as i do not have access to my bank account online,but i
have it attached to my paypal account, and this is why i insisted on
using paypal to pay,all i will need is your paypal email address to
make the payments,as you do not have a paypal account yet,its pretty
easy to set one up at www.paypal.com,i will be expecting your email.I
have a pick up agent that will come for the pick up after payments has
been sorted
Cheers
Brett
my reply:
Sorry Brett.... I can only except direct deposit to my bank account ...
This vehicle is my wife's ...she is a Australian Federal Police Officer working out of the country at the moment....
I will pass your email offer on to her...
cheers....
he did not reply....fucking low life....

That's pretty fucked, I not long ago opened a paypal account, because they keep ranting how safe it is........

fuck i just got a reply after saying my wife is a cop.....she is not a cop but how game is this prick...

hear is his reply.....