I have heard of such dealings where a "certified bank check" is given
for payment and ends up worthless 3 months later.
Make sure your payment arrives in a well known form .....cash, U.S.
Postal Money Order, Western Union wire transfer...etc.
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Ron
Thomas Hix wrote:
Hello fellow hams.
I recently posted my Ameritron ALS 600 solid state amp for sale on
several of the amateur radio classified sites.....I had the amp listed
for $800.00 plus shipping.....I received the email below today
offering me $1000.00 and no shipping cost because the buyer would
arrange for pickup....I would not have thought much about this except
I remembered another similar offer I had received when I listed my
Emtron DX-2 SP amp for sale several months back.....That time I was
also offered a good deal more in payment than I had the amp listed
for, and they also would have their shipper come buy and pick up the
amp.....in that case the procurement company said they were in some
African country.....in this latest case the procurement company is in
the UK.
My question is this....Have any of the rest of you ever been contacted
by one of the procurement companies when you had listed items for sale
on any of the ham classifieds? If so were they legit? My concern is
that these companies are operating some kind of a scam operation.....I
may be entirely wrong, but I just have that old feeling in my gut that
something is wrong here....why would these people offer MORE for the
item than it's listed price?.....Maybe I am just paranoid....I dont
know....what do you think?
Thanks for your time and 73
Tom.....W4TH
From : george masela <albertrings2003@yahoo.co.uk>
To : w4th@hotmail.com
Subject : ALS 600 Ameritron ( INTERNATIONAL ORDER)
Date : Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:02:12 +0100 (BST)
Hi ,
We are a procurement concern and we specialise in
purchasing preowned goods on behalf of our
clients worldwide. We however have and order for the
above ALS 600 Ameritron and our client is offering to buy these for
the sum of $1000.00
Please can We will arrange to remit payment for purchase to you . a
prepaid shipper will come to your home for pickup.
Best Regards,
GEORGE....
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