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jacksthirty
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
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I contacted this seller as well, but had an email from someone called 'Jim Francisco' and a gmail account. He was apparently living in Busan and needed money for an air ticket ASAP
I contacted him last week as he was selling a Canon 5D Mark II, A 24-70mm f2.8 L lens, a flash, and a battery grip all for the insane price of 1.8m!!! He said he would sell it that day, but he said he'd 'reserve' it for me for 300,000 
A couple of days later, I saw another ad just selling the camera for 1.5m as he'd sold the other gear. I guess you got scammed with that, JT?
That blows, but remember the ol 'caveat emptor'people!  |
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Jeonju Teacher
Joined: 08 Jan 2010
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| Yes, that's the one I fall for. I saw it about 10 minutes after it come up. I send him an email that I will meet him in Busan in 3 hrs to pick it up, for that price I would go to Pyongyang. Silence, two days later, he is only selling the cam but still very cheap. So I send another mail and 1.5 mln. won later here I am. I guess he was trying to collect as much people as possible and left us hanging. Well he did nice job on me and I am doing shopping online for over 10 yrs. What tricked me was that he was willing to meet, pretty bold considering that he had nothing to sell. I was hesitant, as he had no phone and rerouted email account, but the greed took better of me. |
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jacksthirty
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope you get your money back, JT! |
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Jeonju Teacher
Joined: 08 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for your support. I wish my sell ads get so much audience
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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Is this the same guy who's name has been spread all over various Facebook pages for "renting" a ton of film equipment and then not returning it? |
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pegasus64128
Joined: 20 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:44 am Post subject: |
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Alas,
This could be end of days for Darth Shoes. Sounds like he's been here too long and has now clearly gone mad. To leave that much evidence around. I thought he was slick at first but he seems to have been comprehensively ID'd. If I was him, I'd either give it back, or flea to Mexico with it and other stealings and preserve his rep. |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:51 am Post subject: |
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| What kind of idiot scam artist uses his real name?! My god... |
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highstreet
Joined: 13 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| OP, are you a native English speaker? |
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highstreet
Joined: 13 Nov 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| asylum seeker wrote: |
| What kind of idiot scam artist uses his real name?! My god... |
You have to use your real name when opening a bank account. |
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Jeonju Teacher
Joined: 08 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry to cut some of my previous post, but I was so advised by someone. In any case, one this case is over I will tell you all about it. |
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wes1989
Joined: 07 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Not much to tell. Saw the ad for camera at a good price. Exchange emails, he was willing to either meet or ship it. As I live far from Busan, where he claimed to be, I sent the money. Then as he supposed to ship it today, I got funny feeling. Check his email, has been closed, silly me believe him for not having phone, but bank account checks out so....I always seems so cautious, as I probably done over 200 deals on CL, but he surely got me, or rather my greed. Anyway warning for others, beware. |
Do you commonly get items shipped to you when dealing with craigslist/kijiji?? I do tons of Kijiji deals in Canada but never ship stuff, everything is done in person. Never had a problem and I am a kijiji *beep*.
Not to be mean but I feel like it's your own fault for doing exchanges this way unless it is done through a legit site like ebay/amazon.
BTW you do know Korea has their own form of kijiji http://corners.auction.co.kr/corner/UsedMarket.aspx, you will also find way more selection than on craigslist Korea... why would a Korean use an English site like craigslist when no other Koreans use it unless it was to swindle Foreigners. |
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