Anyone get scammed selling on CGN?

49Reo

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So I had a rifle listed. Buyer asked what the best I could do was, I told him the asking price plus shipping. Said he can’t do that. A few days later asked the best I could do; I came down a bit, with shipping, 5 days later he offers MORE than I said I would sell to him shipped. His PAL info (no pic, just the info) verified but got a kind ‘bad’ feeling I may be getting set up for some kind of scam or something. He already sent payment, which is actually overpayment. Couldn’t convince him to just pay what i quoted..
Any ideas, anyone? I’ve never run in to this kind of scenario before…kind of a ‘too good to be true’ thing if you know what I mean…
Tia, all.
 
if it's an etransfer I don't think the buyer could reverse it once it's in your account.
Just make sure you verify his pal as per current law, and perhaps have him show his drivers license to check the address.
 
bertn said:
if it's an etransfer I don't think the buyer could reverse it once it's in your account.
Just make sure you verify his pal as per current law, and perhaps have him show his drivers license to check the address.
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In many parts of the country, the Driver Licence does NOT show the actual mailing address. For example, in Manitoba, there is a law that the Driver Licence must show the residence location, not the mailing address. In my case, those are different, but I understand in many cities that the street address of the house, also IS the mailing address. In the end, however, what the Buyer shows as his mailing address is irrelevant to the Seller - PAL has been checked; money has been received; just send it where he said to send it. It is my view that a Seller might want to see a Buyer's Driver Licence for another reason - it can NOT be to verify an address, in all cases.
 
49Reo said:
So I had a rifle listed. Buyer asked what the best I could do was, I told him the asking price plus shipping. Said he can’t do that. A few days later asked the best I could do; I came down a bit, with shipping, 5 days later he offers MORE than I said I would sell to him shipped. His PAL info (no pic, just the info) verified but got a kind ‘bad’ feeling I may be getting set up for some kind of scam or something. He already sent payment, which is actually overpayment. Couldn’t convince him to just pay what i quoted..
Any ideas, anyone? I’ve never run in to this kind of scenario before…kind of a ‘too good to be true’ thing if you know what I mean…
Tia, all.
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That sounds very, very fishy.

You must quickly ask blood samples from his entire family, and most importantly the driver's licence from his great, great, great grandfather.
That will set your mind at ease.
 
I’ve done thousands of emt both ways, once the money has been deposited there is no way of it being removed other than you removing it. I have a hard time thinking it’s scam when you’ve been paid and the money deposited. If it was that easy this would have happened many times! Has anyone on here EVER had a deposited EMT removed from their account ?? I highly doubt it …
 
Longstud said:
I’ve done thousands of emt both ways, once the money has been deposited there is no way of it being removed other than you removing it. I have a hard time thinking it’s scam when you’ve been paid and the money deposited. If it was that easy this would have happened many times! Has anyone on here EVER had a deposited EMT removed from their account ?? I highly doubt it …
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You are right, EMTs are not/never reversable
 
jparent said:
Wait... the buyer sent you MORE than your asking price... i wish i could get scammed like that more often...
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Well, if he hadn’t tried to get me to lower my price, which I did, then turn around and insist on paying me more than I had been asking, I doubt I would have asked the question…
 
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