Got myself a PTO chipper

[jltree]

Ebay will only remove the listing and will be back up in a day or so til someone unsuspecting parts with there cash

[njc110381]

Well cheers for making a point of it, all of you. I wasn't 100% convinced myself but hearing others make a fuss too made me look at the situation even harder. I always search and find private info for sellers with no feedback and new accounts so I think I would have sussed it myself, but as I say hearing you say it made me look really hard.

 

Now I want to find the address in China and send them a wet doggy truffle via airmail!

[irish surgeon]

This sounds exactly like my situation a few weeks ago, there was a peterson mill on ebay which I was interested in, I contacted the seller about it through email and after getting a response he said he'd give me it as a buy it now for £3k before auction ended, I was over the moon said id ring him for details but he emailed back saying he couldn't talk because he just had a throat operation and told me to pay for it immediately through PayPal I think, every email his English seemed more suspect so to make the story short I let it be but watched in horror to see someone put a final bid of over £6k. I really hope someone did not get caught

 

 

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[njc110381]

Just had a text from the seller in perfect English saying I can pick it up if I like... Now I'm confused! I think I need to have a long chat with him to fish for info he's not likely to know if he doesn't know the job/machine?

[monkeybusiness]

I'd insist on paying for it with Paypal - if the seller won't do that then avoid like the plague. If they will then you are covered by Paypal if the chipper doesn't turn up/isn't as descrbed.

[Jimbob87]

Id insist on picking it up and paying cash for it. Would never pay for anything that much thru paypal.

 

 

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[irish surgeon]

I insisted on picking the peterson up and paying in cash but my guy was having none of it he wanted it paid for before I picked it up, I asked him could he put someone one the phone on his behalf but he got narky and accused me of implying he was a thief (which I think he was!) so I just cut ties because he didn't convince me. Man it's such a downer when you think you've got lucky, but like the saying goes - if it sounds too good to be true, well I think I'll let ye finish the rest

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

I'd take this as a warming and look elsewhere, plenty of pto Chippers about, if you know where to look, and if say buy from a dealer.

 

 

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[Johny Walker]

thers a tp on ebay ,there bullet & idiot proof

[R5log]

Just did a bit of fishing about and the seller details are registered from Liverpool. That's a hell of a drive to the yard in the morning! Also managed to pull a mobile number (myself, not from the seller) and when googled it shows up loads of chinese/wigglystuff writing and sites showing how to give a localised number from abroad. Unless Mull is abroad...

 

 

 

Sod it! Not looking good. Mind you my money is still firmly planted in my wallet so it's not the end of the world. I will await a response and get someone to view it for me if it comes to it. I have friends up that way who can at least confirm it exists.

 

 

 

Where should I go from here? Report/question it with ebay and show them my findings?

 

Ask to talk on phone, they usually reply with

I've had an operation and can't speech or

I've got throat cancer.

It's a scam, they have stolen the pic and only want to contact though email.

Price normally about 30/40% cheaper than normal.