Am I getting scammed?

[ramrod]

he just showed a pic of the skiver. it wasn't in a shop. looked like it was in a spare bedroom. there was paperwork near it. i zoomed in on it but couldn't read what it was. also said there was no real interest in any of the rest of the stuff. hard to believe. he said he'd ship the skiver if i put half down and promised to pay the balance upon receipt. i did bow out of the deal, but he still wants to ship it. 

nstarleather....i tried to google that pic but i don't know how. tried 5 ways til sunday to do it. 

[ramrod]

On 12/30/2022 at 11:24 AM, nstarleather said:

My gut says it’s legit.  Too random of items to be scamming…especially clicker and mallet dies.   I’ve got loads of old dies and unless you have a complete pattern and it’s something you want to make, they have very little value.  
 

Like if I were gonna scam a leather worker for $500, I’d say I’ve got a higher Desirable leather at a rock bottom price…as well as other more desirable/common machines/tools.  To me the list seems too random to be a scam…

 

 

i keep going back to this, too. it just feels like there is a grain of legit to it. if only a grain.

what i'm gonna do is tell him to ship it and i'll pay in full when i see it. it's the only way i can have no exposure in this game. 

doc and fred....thank you for your input, too.

[fredk]

To me, its a gamble; how much do you want the splitter and how much can you afford to loose?

I no longer gamble, but when I did I set my limit, what I could afford to loose, about £1 per week. Sometimes I won, most-times I lost

I've taken the gamble on machinery or cars, sometimes I've won, sometimes I've lost; but I went in with my eyes open and knowing I could loose, but just my limit

[jcuk]

On 12/25/2022 at 5:57 PM, ramrod said:

. I then asked him how he got my name. He said it was a referral from someone that he had a pending deal with, but the deal fell through.

Ask him the name of the person who referred you.

Hope this helps

JCUK

[nstarleather]

2 hours ago, ramrod said:

he just showed a pic of the skiver. it wasn't in a shop. looked like it was in a spare bedroom. there was paperwork near it. i zoomed in on it but couldn't read what it was. also said there was no real interest in any of the rest of the stuff. hard to believe. he said he'd ship the skiver if i put half down and promised to pay the balance upon receipt. i did bow out of the deal, but he still wants to ship it. 

nstarleather....i tried to google that pic but i don't know how. tried 5 ways til sunday to do it. 

Email it to me.  I’ll google search it for you.  nstarleather@shtc.net

Not everyone can take gambles but it can work out.  I speak as someone who bought 20,000 feet of leather sight unseen last week.

[ramrod]

22 hours ago, nstarleather said:

Email it to me.  I’ll google search it for you.  nstarleather@shtc.net

Not everyone can take gambles but it can work out.  I speak as someone who bought 20,000 feet of leather sight unseen last week.

just forwarded it, mike. thank you.

[nstarleather]

23 hours ago, nstarleather said:

Email it to me.  I’ll google search it for you.  nstarleather@shtc.net

Not everyone can take gambles but it can work out.  I speak as someone who bought 20,000 feet of leather sight unseen last week.

Doesn't look good bro.  Google search sends it back here to another listing.  So unless they bought it in June and are reselling or are the same person, it seems very suspicious. 

 

 

Edited January 1, 2023 by nstarleather