ok heres the deal. i listed some eibach sportline springs on ebay forsale and the auction ended at $128. the high bidder has NO feedback which i hate. to make matters worse he contacted me a minute ago via yahoo messenger. this is the convo:


dookiebobok: hello
dookiebobok: iam michael manley
elmalocrx: oh hey
elmalocrx: hahaha
dookiebobok:
elmalocrx: i was just emailing you back
dookiebobok: yes
dookiebobok: i would like talk about the payment
elmalocrx: cool
dookiebobok: can u charge it my credit card directly..?
elmalocrx: not that i know of..
elmalocrx: there might be a way that pay pal does that
elmalocrx: but i am not sure..
dookiebobok: do have credit card machine or or personal merchant account..?
elmalocrx: no i do not..
dookiebobok: can u borrow ure ure friends machine..?
elmalocrx: i don't know anyone that has one of those..
dookiebobok: i think will be easy if i can pay thru credit card directly because i have a litle problem using paypal.
dookiebobok: if u dont have
dookiebobok: tell me how much my totally price..?
elmalocrx: what kind of problem u have using pay pal?
dookiebobok: i dont want using paypal.
dookiebobok: if u can charge it my credit card directly
dookiebobok: maybe i would like bussiness with u
elmalocrx: i see...
elmalocrx: well if i had a credit card machine i would gladly do it that way..
dookiebobok: because i have racing store here
dookiebobok: and my costumer usually using credit card
elmalocrx: i see..
dookiebobok: so u cant accept the credit card..?
elmalocrx: i have your total being 128.27 plus 18 shipping plus 3% pay pal fee
elmalocrx: right i can only accept pay pal
dookiebobok: sir i will pay $250 and give some tips for u
dookiebobok: but can u shipped my springs this morning..?
elmalocrx: i am confused
elmalocrx: i can ship them tomorrow morning
dookiebobok: no
dookiebobok: i want u wrap it my springs now and ship this morning
dookiebobok: can u do that
elmalocrx: its 11pm here where are you?
dookiebobok: iam in indonesia
elmalocrx: what the ****...
dookiebobok: i want u make ship this morning there
dookiebobok: why..?
elmalocrx: in my ebay listing i said i would only ship within the USA
dookiebobok: so how much totally price
elmalocrx: to ship to frickin indonesia? i have no idea
elmalocrx: haha
dookiebobok: sir iam american people
dookiebobok: iam now in indonesia for finishing my presentation
elmalocrx: you don't sound american at all
dookiebobok: yes
dookiebobok: iam japanese
dookiebobok: so
dookiebobok: u can ship to indonesia..?????//
elmalocrx: let me go check it out.
elmalocrx: but its NOT going to be cheap
dookiebobok: i would like using airmail 4-10days using usps
dookiebobok: they will be cheaper
dookiebobok: my zipcode 25115
dookiebobok: and pls give me the totally price to my email ok...
elmalocrx: wait... u want the parts shipped to your home in the US?
dookiebobok: no
dookiebobok: i would like ship this parts to indonesia
dookiebobok: my zipcode 25115 my city padang
elmalocrx: ok...
elmalocrx: i will see what i can do.
dookiebobok: pls give me the totally price to my email and wrap it my parts now because i would like u make shipment this morning
dookiebobok: can u do that..?
elmalocrx: i can do it as long as the money clears pay pal.
dookiebobok: but u will definetly get the money
dookiebobok: my costumer
dookiebobok: wait this parts
dookiebobok: i cant wait so long
elmalocrx: well when i have the money and its legit you will get your parts
Yahoo! Messenger: dookiebobok has logged out. (4/6/2004 11:06 PM)


ok what the hell is going on here?

 

So your the seller and he is he buyer?

Anywho, Shipping to Indonesia i think would be like 70 prolly since you have springs. I don't know though.

Kinda gay that he is in Indonesia though but I guess you'll just have to wait for the money to come in and send it out.

Bump for some wierd ****

 

sounds like a weird *** ****...dont think its a scam though just some poor guy who doenst know WTF hes talking about

 

so yea, since he didn't read the auction, if you still want to sell to him, shipping will be more, and don't ship till payment is sent! other than that, f*ck that!

 

ahahahhaa i love how he wants totally price.

 

hahaha, pretty funny convo.

i guess he owns a racing shop in indo, and a customer is waiting for springs, so he needs em soon...but he's only there rite now on business....he's american, and he's japanese, but he's there on business, but he owns a racing shop there?? ionno....confusing

 

so just tell him u shipped it but wait for the money first.

 

well i decided to contact ebay and see what they have to say... in the mean time i think i'll email that guy and tell him to drop me 450... heheh

 

Hahahahahaha that is funny *** ****!! dont send **** until he sends you the money, and i would bump the price just because he confused the **** out of you.
-J.D.

 

dude, that sounds like a scam to me...it actually sounds like someone is messin around with you. but who knows....maybe broken english is the trend of the future

 

Dude, it's a SCAM!! Skunk2NR got ripped off by a guy in Indonesia on **** he sold on Ebay. The buyer paid with a creditcard through Paypal and after Skunk2NR shipped out the package, the payment got reversed for being a stolen credit card. As you can imagine, it's hard to track down and stop shipment on a package on it's way to Indonesia.

Tell him Money order or no deal.

 

He doesn't sound like he's fakin it to me.

It just sounds like he's not very good at English...

I would just be patient with him and definately don't ship the item until you recieve payment, that's just too risky.

Maybe he didn't know that you won't ship outside the US because he's not very good at English..? Just a thought..

Good luck

 

Yeah, i was gonna say that sounds like a like joke man. Some dood is totally messing with you or something. IF it was a scam, i think he would have not sounded like such a fucktard which would obviously tip you off that something isnt right.

 

mo or no deal! i second that one. f- paypal. i purposely "work" everyday untill paypal clears the cc. i feel bad waiting a couple days to ship the parts but ****, im poor. i gotta do what i gotta do. a couple smaller things i just sent out the next buisness day since it was only like 20-30$. i sold gauges to iceland or somethin like that. i put free shippnig but i would only ship to the us. and he paid for shipping so i just sent them after it cleared. ur customer sounds like a scammer tho. nothin he said really made sense. lol

 

Go on yahoo or google and do a search for INDONESIAN CREDIT CARD SCAM. Apparently there are cases of credit card fraud occuring in Indonesia.

http://scams.flipshark.com/iccscam.html

It's kinda like a variation of the Nigerian car buying scam. Instead of a check it is a credit card, and instead of a car it is car parts. Even after you have had the money for a week or so and you have already sent back the item, it is still possible for the money to get sent back. There is also a possiblility that the SELLER can get investigated for CC fraud becuase they processed a fake or stolen credit card.

DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS GUY...it sounds too fishy.

http://www.pcworkshop.biz/fraud.htm
http://www.boatingoz.com.au/news02/0724b.htm

 

ok well i will post up the response i get from ebay. in the meant time i looked up shipping to my good ol "american" friend in indonesia. and the shipping charges came to like 320 bucks. this sounds like total bs to me..

 

^ Yea i definetly wouldn't close this deal... just tell the dood the deal.

 

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DONT DO IT!!!

If the CC# he gives you is stolen the real owner of the CC can contest the charge, which would be your payment, and the CC charge could get turned around. Just tell him that shipping cost will be too much (tell him $100-$200). If he offers to pay for the extra shipping costs, then its a good bet that it's a scam.

http://www.expat.or.id/info/cr....html
http://www.maineantiquedigest....3.htm
http://www.northernfunds.com/r....html

 

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Just tell him that shipping cost will be too much (tell him $100-$200). If he offers to pay for the extra shipping costs, then its a good bet that it's a scam.</TD></TR></TABLE>

look at my post up alittle further.. i looked up shipping charges and its like 320 beans.. heh

 

why dont you say you got one of those cc machines from a buddy so you can do it directly, then take down his CC digit's and what type of card it is, and call the company up, ask them if that number has been reported stolen or anything....

 

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You may be able to use this as an opportunity to catch a scammer. Contact your bank or local FBI's internet/CC fraud office and tell them that somebody from Indonesia is trying to buy parts from you with a CC, and you suspect they are a fraud.

If you are able to get the CC number from the suspected scammer, you can have the proper authorities check to see if it is stolen. Then maybe they can set up a sting operation or something.

 

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do that

dont know how they would ever track the guy if he was a scammer, but at least he wont be able to go on trying to rip off an innocent victim with their CC

 

DO NOT DO IT!!

My friend has a shop locally here, he got scammed by some dude in Indonesia. This guy wanted like 10 autometer tachs and some other things. So the owner of the shop called in the credit card number to verify it was legit to his merchant, they said yes and told him the purchase would be fine to accept. 6 months later he gets a chargeback for 2600 bux. He paid it, but is still having an ongoing battle with his credit card merchant over their approval of the transaction.

Move on and dont look back ... just my 2cents

 

Tell him international money order or travelers cheques.

 

fbi......good idea.