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Audiogon Question

I'm selling a pair of Magnepans on Audiogon and as usual, have had no response. Yesterday, a guy from Argentina (allegedly) contacts me and says he'd like the speakers and gave me an address and phone number of a guy in Miami to ship them to and he'll forward them on to the end buyer.

At first glance, this doesn't pass the smell test. However, he did give me a phone number, which I may call later today. The other issue I have is that I have little to no experience with PayPal. How hard is it to defraud PayPal and leave me without my money and the loss of my speakers?

smorty11
geof3
1,129 posts
 

TON’s of previous feedback or no go. Third party deals are ALWAYS suspect. If you were selling something easy to ship and cheap, might be ok. But speakers? Nope, nada.

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jasonbourne52
2,863 posts
 

Get the person in Miami to contact you and pay for the speakers. Then send them to the address on his PayPal account. Foolproof!

rickd1225
5 posts
 

That is a known scam scenario.

blackbag20
455 posts
 

@jason

I could screw that up ...

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carlsbad
1,551 posts
 

The common scam associated with this is they will ask you to use an escrow account that turns out to be fake.

There are real legitimate forwarding services out there.

The key is payment.  If he gives you real money with no strings attached, for example venmo or paypal gift, you have no risk.

If he pays with a reversible form of payment, I'd likely pass.

Jerry

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