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Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #1 Posted by Don Davis on 5 Oct 2004, 1:04 p.m. I posted a calculator for sale, and so far I have 2 customers who would like to buy it. The first plans to send me a $4000 check from Canada and have me refund the $3750 difference. The second plans to have a colage (I think that means colleague) send me a $3000 check from Germany, at which time I am supposed to deduct the $250 selling price plus another $50 for my trouble, and refund the difference via Western Union. Hmmm - it is so difficult to decide which of these generous offers to accept. Perhaps I should simply post my bank account numbers somewhere and allow them to carry out the transactions in a way that would take all of the load off of me - that would really simplify things. Don (born at night, but not LAST night) Davis

Re: Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #2 Posted by unspellable on 5 Oct 2004, 1:43 p.m., in response to message #1 by Don Davis I think either of the above transactions would be fine as is. Just tell the buyer you will wait for the standard ten years for the check to clear.

Re: Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #3 Posted by Don Davis on 5 Oct 2004, 7:29 p.m., in response to message #2 by unspellable I like the thought. Maybe I could suggest that they use Western Union Bidpay to send me the $3000, since that is their preferred method for the refund!

Re: Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #4 Posted by Wayne Brown on 5 Oct 2004, 1:54 p.m., in response to message #1 by Don Davis Perhaps you could put these two customers in contact with each other so that they could do business with each other. That ought to be entertaining.

Re: Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #5 Posted by Thibaut.be on 5 Oct 2004, 2:43 p.m., in response to message #4 by Wayne Brown There's a franch saying that I'll translate litterally : wolves don't eat each other...

Re: Responses to sale ad - hmmm Message #6 Posted by Namir on 5 Oct 2004, 3:17 p.m., in response to message #1 by Don Davis King Solomon said "Who will embrace fire and will not be burned?". I'd stay away from those crooks and not even respond to them.

I'd like to suggest: Message #7 Posted by Frank Boehm on 6 Oct 2004, 2:18 a.m., in response to message #1 by Don Davis Have both of them send you the check! Insist on this being an urgent matter, they have to send it as express letter. They have to pay for the postage - you will have something nice to frame :) 0123

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