Beware of this ad

[Roger]

http://www.motorcycle.com/classified...328008F90.html

When i first looked at the add it was $4500.00
So i contacted the guy about it to make a long story short he told me the bike was now in olympia washington i asked how do i pay for it and grantty delivery he said an escrow account with "Elite freight shippers" ok i said. So now i check out the truck service hmmmm you can email them but yet no phone number so i told the seller charles i set it up and then the trucking company sent me a notice for payment it said click on here to pay i did and surprise nothing happened so then charles tells me to use western union and it says the payment would go to some guy in london why send money to london if the item is in the US? So he said he was in london cause he works 3 weeks out of the month as an engineer on an oil plat form. i told him i suspect something but i wanted to give him another chance. being i have relatives in washington i said give me the address and i will have somebody stop by and look at the bike. He said the bike was already boxed up? If you notice in the add the price went up $1000.00 he said he put the add in all the major cities. He sent me the vin number i have a friend checking it out. Iam not calling him a crook but somethings just don't add up for me. What do you think?

[BajaRon]

www.motorcycle.com/classifieds/can-am/2009-can-am-spyder-MC10328008F90.html

When i first looked at the add it was $4500.00
So i contacted the guy about it to make a long story short he told me the bike was now in olympia washington i asked how do i pay for it and grantty delivery he said an escrow account with "Elite freight shippers" ok i said. So now i check out the truck service hmmmm you can email them but yet no phone number so i told the seller charles i set it up and then the trucking company sent me a notice for payment it said click on here to pay i did and surprise nothing happened so then charles tells me to use western union and it says the payment would go to some guy in london why send money to london if the item is in the US? So he said he was in london cause he works 3 weeks out of the month as an engineer on an oil plat form. i told him i suspect something but i wanted to give him another chance. being i have relatives in washington i said give me the address and i will have somebody stop by and look at the bike. He said the bike was already boxed up? If you notice in the add the price went up $1000.00 he said he put the add in all the major cities. He sent me the vin number i have a friend checking it out. Iam not calling him a crook but somethings just don't add up for me. What do you think?

You can go ahead and call him a crook... Because that is exactly what he is. Very common ruse!

[Roger]

I must say i do have a knack for catching scam artists just like that one time i caught a guy who said his bike caught fire and after a few questions the guy suddenly disappears Ron you and lamont may remember that.

[bodymanpainter]

It's a scam for sure!

[BajaRon]

I must say i do have a knack for catching scam artists just like that one time i caught a guy who said his bike caught fire and after a few questions the guy suddenly disappears Ron you and lamont may remember that.

I do a lot on eBay and I have people call me from time to time asking to look at an auction and see if it is a scam.

To me they stick out like a sore thumb. But they get a lot of people to bite. This guy has probably sold this Spider several times already.

[Trickie Dick]

I was looking for a bushtec trailer a few weeks ago on craigslist. I found one in Ohio that seems too good be true. I also found the same listing in Colorado, Tennessee and Michigan. Same pictures, same details just a different location.

[BajaRon]

I was looking for a bushtec trailer a few weeks ago on craigslist. I found one in Ohio that seems too good be true. I also found the same listing in Colorado, Tennessee and Michigan. Same pictures, same details just a different location.

Classic!

[tatt2r]

i just bought it .....

[bruiser]

Buyer beware

[willteix]

One, i never do escrow accounts with unknowns and two i never do a western union transfers. Those are highly used methods for scammers. I would only do an escrow account using my bank, the bank won't release the money till the item has shipped with a verifiable shipper with all the required paper work, and i have received the time and verified it was as described. Then i can direct the bank to release the funds.

[BajaRon]

i just bought it .....

Let it know how it 'Rides'!

[jrbloise]

Roger,

do NOT buy into this scam. I almost got taken by a similar deal. Everyone beware!

John

[tatt2r]

Let it know how it 'Rides'!

great ron

[BajaRon]

Roger,

do NOT buy into this scam. I almost got taken by a similar deal. Everyone beware!

John

They run the same scam format for most anything with value.

Our church tried 3 times to purchase a set of very expensive bells (for a bell choir) from some woman in Canada. She wanted the money sent via Bank Wire Transfer to the U.K.

After the 3rd attempt to send the money failed, they called me to see if I could help them get the payment to go through!

I helped them, but not in the way they expected!

[bullant12]

I had a similar issue a few months back when I was shopping around for a used one (and before I found Spyderlovers). This guy had a gray '08 for $5500 and the ad was on a motorcycle ad website in Iowa. When I emailed the guy he said that he spread his ad around several states and was actually in Seattle, included more pics in the email. Then I asked him why so cheap and his reply was "because he had some bills to pay" and that if I was interested to send him a deposit via paypal or Western Union to start the delivery and license process. I answered him back that I had a friend in the Seattle area that was willing to look at the Spyder (and my friend was actually thinking of buying it away from me ), but never answered back, so I guess caught his bluff.

[svd]

[QUOTE=Roger;269782]http://www.motorcycle.com/classified...328008F90.html

I was looking for a few months for my Spyder myself at the end of the summer and i saw multiple postings like these. However, they are word-to-word cut/paste copies (including pictures of the bike) from reputable sites such as ebay or craigslist. Of course, price is much lower
I did contact once that guy (before i found 'his' bike on ebay). He said bike was available and title in hands. When i asked him how come his bike looks just like the listing on ebay, he never replied and never heard him since
I still see bikes from ebay i saw pictures of for last few months appear on multiple sites with too-good-to-be-true price.
IMHO - it's 110% .

[bone crusher]

You have protection from ebay...ebay tends to be very safe (always check on feedback too)...if something elsewhere looks too good to be true, assume it is.

[Some Guy]

www.motorcycle.com/classifieds/can-am/2009-can-am-spyder-MC10328008F90.html

When i first looked at the add it was $4500.00
So i contacted the guy about it to make a long story short he told me the bike was now in olympia washington i asked how do i pay for it and grantty delivery he said an escrow account with "Elite freight shippers" ok i said. So now i check out the truck service hmmmm you can email them but yet no phone number so i told the seller charles i set it up and then the trucking company sent me a notice for payment it said click on here to pay i did and surprise nothing happened so then charles tells me to use western union and it says the payment would go to some guy in london why send money to london if the item is in the US? So he said he was in london cause he works 3 weeks out of the month as an engineer on an oil plat form. i told him i suspect something but i wanted to give him another chance. being i have relatives in washington i said give me the address and i will have somebody stop by and look at the bike. He said the bike was already boxed up? If you notice in the add the price went up $1000.00 he said he put the add in all the major cities. He sent me the vin number i have a friend checking it out. Iam not calling him a crook but somethings just don't add up for me. What do you think?

SLANDER!!! (OK...actually Libel) I've never even been to London!!!

[ameobe]

Seen that same pic on Ebay either last week or the week before. I think the location was Florida.

[fastfraser]

i just bought it .....

No way I bought it ! Checks in the mail.

[pjp623]

Good call Roger, This scam keeps going around in various forms. I know a few people who have been sucked in and lost their $$ with no recourse afterwards.

[Roger]

That seems to be a good indicator if they want you to ship the money out of the us and use western union. Thank you pjp623

[Lamonster]

If you don't buy it let us know, I was going to buy it as soon as I get my funds from Nigerian. I may even buy a couple of them with all the extra cash I'll have.

[Bob Denman]

Lamont, If you don'tget your money soon and decide to pass on this great bargain, let me know because a rich relative in Costa Rica has left me a whole bunch of money and I should be getting it "momentarily".

WHAT???

[Firefly]

I've seen this kind of thing dozens of times. Easiest way to call their bluff is to tell them you have family near the city listed and you'll just have them stop by with CASH and pick the bike up. I mean-- who wouldn't want CASH?

When they tell you it's actually in some other city (and they WILL tell you this) -- tell them you have another relative there!