Buy Glider without looking
At 13:47 06 December 2017, AS wrote:
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 7:08:00 AM UTC-5,
wrote:
On Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at 6:26:52 AM UTC-5, Casey
wrote:
Has anyone every sold a glider without the buyer looking at
it?
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I have my glider listed for sell and the guy is buying without
looking
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at it and sending a cashiers check and arranging shipping....sound
familiar=
..
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Casey
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I have sold 2 gliders w/o buyer seeing it but your question (I
assume
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gue in cheek) raises red flags. My local gliderport had 3 gliders
listed
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or sale and all 3 of us got the same offer. The language in the
offer
ofte=
n intimates the buyer has no knowledge of soaring. One buyer
gave a
mailing=
address which I Googled. It was a vacant house! Check the SSA
website to
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determine if the buyer is a member. If the offer still doesn't pass
the
sm=
ell test insist the buyer send his rep to inspect the ship.
One buyer gave a mailing address which I Googled. It was a
vacant
hous=
e!
That poor Nigerian Prince probably had to sell all his earthly
belongings
a=
nd move out of his house just to afford your glider! C'mon - have
a heart
a=
nd accept his offer - it's close to Christmas! ;-)
But seriously - the same scam is being pulled worldwide on
anything from
pl=
anes, cars and boats. The German soaring forum is full of
warnings about
it=
.. A serious buyer will not object to presenting a cashier's check or
a
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transfer. =20
Uli
'AS'
Just had a gent offer full £154,000.00 for my duo and wants me to
send my detail so he can send a cheque.
Well it is Christmas !
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