[Amps] anyone else been contacted?

[Brian Carling]

Have them pay you up front in some solid form of payment such as an 
international postal money order that you CASH at your local post office BEFORE 
you agree to have ANYONE pick it up from you.

There are other instruments of monetary transfer, but BE CAREFUL!
Checks and credit cards can be "bounced" easily.
NEVER accept a check from Canada! Even if it is  U.S. dollars.
I have known Canadian banks on more than one occasion to bounce 
a check MONTHS later and suddenly your bank account gets debited!
I am sure the same could apply elsewhere. If you accept a check drawn on a New 
York Bank, make sure that you get CASH for it before releasing the goods.

I am sure others can add similar additional advice that will protect you in the sale.


On 26 Aug 2003 at 15:53, 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 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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