ok i know this has almost nothing to do with xbox's but this is newb chat so it dosn't matter. im buying a psp from a guy here (x-s member) and im paying him 110$!!! now he says he gets them for free from his dad or somehitng like that and has 13. now he says ill have to send him the money directly, now that sounds fishy to me but he does have 2 or 3 good refs, anyways if i send him the money through mail is there a way to get it back? if he just decides not to ship the psp.

too good to be true, IMO....let it go

Your not gonna get the PSP, period.

Wup

thanks guys its going to be hard letting this "deal" go but i will, all my friends feel the same way and im not taking the chance

that does sound too good to be true. not to say anything bad about a member i dont know but i would not trust it.

however if you are willing to try to get it tell him that you want to make the transaction through paypal. they have systems set up to get money back if you can prove that you got scammed.

say you will pay half first half after. if it works out tell me i want one

then he'd be out $55 instead of $110


if the offer is legit, ask him to ship first....i can guarantee that he won't tho

ask him for pics of all 13 of them or even 5 or even 2 with your name and his beside it...if he cant provide pics tell him to fuck off

The price alone should say "walk away". don't even part with 1 dollar

I agree with you. This would at least give some assurance that he is legit. But I would also stress using paypal or a legit escrow service.

what's his name?

mkulrey13

why would he bother selling for $ 110 when he can easily get $ 200 for them ?? like others have mentioned, ask him to ship first. don't send half / half - not worth it.

or get his address and pick it up. no matter how far the drive.

Get his address and stuff and hold his family hostage if he tries to stiff you on the psp.

Tell him to use an escrow service like escrow.com if he agrees then do it, if not walk away.

i told him i would pay an extra $10 if he ships first.

Let me tell you a life lesson young one...If an offer or situation looks too good to be true, then it definatly is.

When presented with 2 lesbian women for a threeson I declined on this very principal and guess what...one had herpes. See, the rule stands.

is that ttrue? you got lucky if it was.

i just said i would throw in an extra $40 if he shipped first, and he replied by saiong, "I've been ripped off before + I don't trust these forums."

tell him you don't trust him.

i did. would you all let me add you as a ref then tell him how many refs I've got, then maybe he'll believe me and ship first, if he's telling the truth.

That really ruins the whole ref system. I've done half payment til I receive product several times before. And it seems to work out ok for me. Internet deals are very tought though. If you have any reservations dont. Risking a hundred bucks simply isnt worth it.

I wouldn't keep them as refs, just to see if he's legit. if anyone else asks they could just say that i never sold anything to them.

are you sure he's selling them cuase i just read everything he had and didn't see him selling them for $110 i did read just the screen. also why dont you guys do a 3rd party trade?

he probably PMed him and offered it to him.

yea that it true, sorry about the bad spelling everybody lol

bottom line, don't trust em. he's a scammer

i think your right, if i wouldnt have made this thread about 5 people would be scammed.

I'll escrow it if you want. I've a good rep and done tons of repairs. He sends me the PSP, you send me a check made out to him When I have both I cross ship.
If the gripe is about the cost of escrow that solves it, as I won't charge anything (though someone will have to pay me for re-shipping).

Other than that I understand people being shy about sending stuff. While I usually require gear in hand before I pay, it's also because I'm buying dead boards and need to appraise them.

-nB

Make him sell it to you over Ebay. That way, if it really isnt a PSP, you can file a complaint and bust him up.

C'mon, don't be so gullible, the guys trying to scam you.

PSP's are goin for $350.00 on Ebay. If I had 12 of them to sell do you think I'll settle for less than half the amount of what I can actually get. Hell NO!

How long has this guy been an X-Scene member? These scammers usually arrive on forums as new members, scam who they can, then their gone without a trace. They love running scams that cost around $100.00, cause people usually give up without a fight for that amount.

Don't be their next victim.