http://charlotte.craigslist.org/tag/4457113380.htmlI've been in lengthy communication with this person and they say that they are going to sell them to me. I’m 5 hours away so if I were to buy this lot, I would send money and the person would send them to me. Im sure that some of the local area folks have responded and perhaps you would like to compare notes on your dealings with this person.
- Sellers name is Ann (but writes like a guy)
- Does not have a Paypal account so payment would be via Greendot card. I would purchase the card and send them the number so they could withdraw funds.
- Got all these polys from their sister who works for Lego in Texas.
- Can't meet me 1/2 way because car is broke.
- Leaving for Ohio today (amazing!) and travels a lot for business.
- Was going to meet a local person last night (7 May) but in the course of the conversation said that they didn’t get home until after 10:00 PM.
- Has ignored repeated requests for an inventory (or dated photo) of more valuable polys. From the pictures, he may have 2 Gold C3PO's, 10 Chrome Vaders, 2 white Boba's, a Nuremberg Darth Vader, and many other valuable polys.
- Claims to have spent an hour with a lady on 6 May (the day it was posted) and she only wanted to pay $2.00 per poly. She had a crying child and he gave them some polys just to get rid of them.
- Wants me to pay 1/2 now and trusts me to pay the other half once I receive the shipment. I can send back any polys that I’m not satisfied with.
- Just for the record, I told him that if he had all the ploys shown in the pictures, the value of the collection would be around $3200.00 (Bricklink average price). My offer was $1200.00.
- Was going to ship all of the polys in 1 large flat rate box.
- Has 288 ploys total (even after giving some to the crying child).
Anyway, it’s been an interesting conversation as the Craigslist poster has been very verbose. Anyone else respond?
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEGO-Polybags-Superheroes-Harry-Potter-Ninjago-Lord-of-the-Rings-Star-Wars-NEW-/111248407057?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&var=&hash=item19e6ebfa11
Yeah, I just checked the actual listing. The pictures for the chrome vaders, hulks and older polys are identical to what I had seen. The other pics are newer.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy claimed to be a hot girl with moral (and other) flexibility.
If someone were actually in Charlotte, might be fun to scope out the purported address and report back to us.
x29 Chrome Vader
x19 White Boba Fett
x20 Storm Trooper
x23 Iron Patriot
x5 Gold C-3PO
x20 Martian Manhunter
x21 TC-14
x24 TC-4
x22 Jor-El
x19 Lex Luthor
x26 Darth Maul
10x Han hoth
10x blue white clone trooper
12x black trooper
13x Darth revan
7x VW wagon
15x Spider-Man
36x Friends
17x Lone Ranger
5x pirates jack on a small boat
38x lego movie (8x emitt pajama, 8x Mexican out fit, 16x DJ robot, 6x wild girl )
Just got this"inventory". I'm getting 5 gold C3PO's!
Ronyar : was hoping to hear from you since you snagged that great Train listing a month back.
Just got another reply about making payment. For somebody that is supposed to be on their way to Ohio, they sure have a lot of time to compose emails!
If it is too good to be true, it is.
Also I think it is safe to say if someone wants you to use some non-standard way of paying (other than paypal, western union or cash-maybe money orders as well) then you have to be suspicious.
Same when they come up with all of these different scenarios as to why they cannot meet you to sell them. Or how they got them.. Seems like this person is awfully lucky.
Also, they DO have 2x Mr Gold's. Who da' thunk! I did find those pixs.
Amazing that anyone who knows anything about buying Lego could believe that they could acquire that type of collection and not have a Paypal account. Really, they didn't buy a single one of those through eBay? (Sorry, shouldn't apply logic to this situation, as shown by the examples already given above...)
I'm still jealous of your amazing train find. That was one-in-a-million!
http://www.shopping-advices.com/images/product-21222905904.jpg
Must be a slow afternoon at work....
(And so you know, my kids and my Dad love that train set. I couldn't sell that thing if I wanted to right now.)
With that said: Keep this going because it has been a slow week. I need some entertainment :)
I wonder if there is a law-enforcement agency that this could be reported to?
The phone number tracks to Anamosa, Iowa and is ligit in that the seller is texting me with that number.
She was really nice, sent me loads of photos and everything! There are some amazing people out there! What a deal!
18 U.S.C. § 1343 provides:
Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
This to me is exactly what this person is doing.
It looks pretty easy:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/contact?step=form&reqType=abuse_scam
Might be worth dragging it out for the laugh to see where it goes!
Found this link which answers many of my questions. I'll file a complaint for the Charlotte one if somebody else wants to do Indianapolis.
I'm the only one that needs to be getting rocks in the mail!
http://jackson.craigslist.org/for/4420416325.html