i wouldnt be surprised if he sold them all by now.
i can vouch that he is a real person and seems legit. i talked to him by phone and was going to pick one up locally from him. I decided i was going to just use my behmor that i had gotten a week earlier and decided to pass.
The details on why he had 11 to sell were a bit complicated and is probably best left to the OP to explain to you.
i wouldnt be surprised if he sold them all by now.
i can vouch that he is a real person and seems legit. i talked to him by phone and was going to pick one up locally from him. I decided i was going to just use my behmor that i had gotten a week earlier and decided to pass.
The details on why he had 11 to sell were a bit complicated and is probably best left to the OP to explain to you.
The guy who tried to scam me actually sent me a cashiers check written from a college. They FedEx'd the check and everything. This guy had almost every red flag in the book, from "I need to blow these out", to a comment that he does not have time for ten posts.....and it was his first posting on the forum. This guy said he had tenants, so he was a "business man" just like my guy was. The last thing, which finally made my guy go away, was the mention of Paypal.
Like I said, I may just be jaded because of my experience, but there was nothing legit sounding about this post. Buyer beware.
i too was pretty skeptical, especially after seeing the price he was asking.
i saw his ad on CL and ran through my typical CL seller check...mainly meaning i googled the phone number. ha
his number was definitely associated with what he claimed to be. he has tenants and he also has a presence in seattle. actually i think it was a seattle phone number.
in my case, since it was a CL sale, i had the opportunity for a cash transaction in person. so yeah...not too much scamming possible. even if the thing was broken, at the price he offered it, it would have been worth it.
i too was pretty skeptical, especially after seeing the price he was asking.
i saw his ad on CL and ran through my typical CL seller check...mainly meaning i googled the phone number. ha
his number was definitely associated with what he claimed to be. he has tenants and he also has a presence in seattle. actually i think it was a seattle phone number.
in my case, since it was a CL sale, i had the opportunity for a cash transaction in person. so yeah...not too much scamming possible. even if the thing was broken, at the price he offered it, it would have been worth it.
Interesting. I guess you did your homework, I won't argue with you there. I wonder why Paypal was not an option? Most of the time the buyer just pays the 3% and that solves the problem.
Wow, more attention then I get at home. The deal was exactly as laid out. I was quite transparent about how I got the machines and the build date. All sold, none with pay pal, mostly pick up with cash at my business office or prepaid with cashiers check. The no Pay Pal thing was due to the fact that this was a one time thing and I lack any sophistication regarding such things. In fact I didn't list on eBay due to not wanting to affect the seller there and spoke with him regrading this. In fact I bought a large chaff collector for mine from him. Several were sold to roasters, one being Melody Coffee in northern CA. He can confirm. He was kind enought to send me some wonderful coffee after. Good stuff, far better than my burnt and under roasted experiments! I own many buildings, one in which I also have my offices. The tenant was conitnually late, so in lieu of last months rent he just gave me the machines he'd had for 5 years on a rack. I sold for the exact money owed and didn't look to profit from the deal, thus offering a great deal for those here whom I have gotten toms of info from over the years. Mods were patient and I appreciate that, So sales came form this forum. I am in Los Angeles and did also put in CL Seattle due to the obvious reasons...someone was going to buy Facebook at the IPO and would need the discount! Anyway hope this clears up the mystery and preserves my cred for anything going forward. Just be thankful I wasn't selling roasted coffe, then you would really be unhappy!
I deal through CraigsList and eBay quite a bit - buyer and seller. After being burned a few times early on - I have a couple inflexible rules. Over the internet, I deal only through PayPal primarily because of the buyers guarantee and instant payment features. I like eBay because the seller rating system tends to keep people honest (I realize some can try to tilt those ratings but they are generally quite useful). My one exception is CraigsList purchases or sales where buyer and seller meet, examine the item, and pay cash. This has worked well for me and those who don't wish to work this way, don't deal with me. We each make our own choices, and these serve me well. In this instance (no reflection on Shrimpman - actually a comment on CG), I am puzzled by why the buy/sell rules here were not followed.
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