[Amps] anyone else been contacted?

[Thomas Hix]

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 at yahoo.co.uk>

To :   w4th at 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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