I have just had the same thing where someone responded to my celestron 6se ad currently. Got message from iceinspace but when i tried it says the personnis not accepting emails? Sounds dodgey to me. Have asked for messaging through iceinspace and they offered a hitmail address and now a mobile number.
I am inclined to think this a scam eepecially based on what has been mentioned. Also saw other 6se ad where a 0 post user was asking to buy theirs as well.
I also agree with selling on ebay and using paypal - they say they are there for the sellers bht it is so easy to scam people by saying they did not receive the item or it was faulty. I had that on ebay but requested a return before i refunded. Paypal very quickly freeze everything and found my item was fine. Glad i could get it back.
Thanks mike for all that you and the admins do. I dont think there is a magic answer except to be as vigilant as one can be, ask questions and if it does not feel right or seems too good to be true then dont buy or sell the item.
With my case with the celestron 6se unless the user proves to me they are legit i am not selling to them. Hotmail is a typical scam email address.
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Originally Posted by Kunama
If you cannot verify who you are trading with in the classifieds proceed with Caution
. A member posted a wanted ad here for an expensive item in January
. I contacted that member on behalf of a friend who had such an item to sell.
. The owner of this item wanted to know the name of the person interested in buying it.
. I contacted the IIS member to get his name and contact phone number
. All the member would give is a hotmail address but refused after several PMs to give his name or phone number
. I advised the owner of the item to not proceed as this was likely a scam
. The member joined within the last year and has minimal involvement and nothing in his posts to indicate who or where he is....
Do your homework and don't trust Paypal to give you money back.....
Morton was lucky that by acting quickly the funds were still there to be seized.
Another Paypal scam involves their 180day claim period, the buyer pays with Paypal and 179 days later lodges a claim that the goods are faulty or a part of the scope is missing..... guess who Paypal will side with.
I sold an item on eBay, the buyer paid immediately with Paypal, I sent the item Signature on Delivery, the item was signed for at the address I sent it to (Australia Post verified this) despite this the buyer lodged a claim that he had not received it and the funds were frozen in my account immediately, then, after several weeks PayPal sided with the buyer and I lost the item and the money.
I won't be dealing with PayPal anymore unless I know the person I am dealing with or can establish it is reputable business.
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