vincevaughn Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Most likely Joe Bass ,but with all the exposure from us at bricklink and really can't get into details about the cell phones tracking,or the dish live show or shutting down the computers etc that was used in our research and data pulled. I think with the FB,Flickr,and other sites like RS,MegoMuseum,Eurobricks and LUGNET he or they are out of commission. Not a smart scammer and low end money so pretty much the rover or beast is down. The lousy part of all this was that it will give ideas to others who want to try it and are doing it right now,but our Lego community is tight and we are smarter of course and realize that besides we can use Wordpress so no one catches on or codes here or even super secret and hide the threads he or any else will not catch on. Plus we tagged photos so our community is safe just have to work on the other one that has not been around so long. So to any scammers out there we at the Lego community will track your phone,get into your hard drive,even live shows so beware and use wordpress and links to YouTube,FB and even get into your email to pull and tag photos so watch out for you will not be able to catch on. Right Joe I am sure you have the same computer hard drives and phone because you are not smarter and even the hard drive to the PS3 or dish. Haha we won Wat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
river41 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 http://jerseyshore.craigslist.org/for/4631051138.html is this the same posting you all were referring to earlier about a scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 http://jerseyshore.craigslist.org/for/4631051138.html is this the same posting you all were referring to earlier about a scam No, that looks like a legit seller. The one we are referring to has a bunch of sealed mini fig polys. His pics are all taken from other sources online. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorbasho Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Wat? Yea I'm so confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubzero Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 No, that looks like a legit seller. The one we are referring to has a bunch of sealed mini fig polys. His pics are all taken from other sources online. Anniversary Chrome C3PO's for $25 a piece - scam city! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Most likely Joe Bass ,but with all the exposure from us at bricklink and really can't get into details about the cell phones tracking,or the dish live show or shutting down the computers etc that was used in our research and data pulled. I think with the FB,Flickr,and other sites like RS,MegoMuseum,Eurobricks and LUGNET he or they are out of commission. Not a smart scammer and low end money so pretty much the rover or beast is down. The lousy part of all this was that it will give ideas to others who want to try it and are doing it right now,but our Lego community is tight and we are smarter of course and realize that besides we can use Wordpress so no one catches on or codes here or even super secret and hide the threads he or any else will not catch on. Plus we tagged photos so our community is safe just have to work on the other one that has not been around so long. So to any scammers out there we at the Lego community will track your phone,get into your hard drive,even live shows so beware and use wordpress and links to YouTube,FB and even get into your email to pull and tag photos so watch out for you will not be able to catch on. Right Joe I am sure you have the same computer hard drives and phone because you are not smarter and even the hard drive to the PS3 or dish. Haha we won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroster Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Check out this pile of insanity from Chicago CL: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tag/4675137731.html This guy looks like the way to go, tired of those brickpicker scammers overcharge on sellers and keep them profits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TabbyBoy Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Too many crooked buyers online these days so all my sales are now face to face for cash in hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Check out this pile of insanity from Chicago CL:http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tag/4675137731.html This guy looks like the way to go, tired of those brickpicker scammers overcharge on sellers and keep them profits! so which one of you is William? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fcbarcelona101 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Check out this pile of insanity from Chicago CL:http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tag/4675137731.html This guy looks like the way to go, tired of those brickpicker scammers overcharge on sellers and keep them profits! That sounds vaguely familiar.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holleman67 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 After reading that post. Yes right. Brick picker costs too much to use. Boycott! Jk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Check out this pile of insanity from Chicago CL: http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/tag/4675137731.html This guy looks like the way to go, tired of those brickpicker scammers overcharge on sellers and keep them profits! I feel dumber after reading this, thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Migration Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 So...Who wants to volunteer to email him for info? I would, but I've had my fill of crazy this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) I maintain various listings on Craigslist by theme (one for Star Wars, one for LOTR, etc.) as I find a lot of people like to buy many sets by theme all at once. Yesterday a guy contacts me offering to buy "all my stock" listed for Star Wars and LOTR. I pointed out that I have multiples of each set and asked how many did he want? He asked me to come up with a number so I ran the math and sent him an email listing how many of each set I had and said that at the prices on my listings they would all go for $2750 and that I would reduce that by about 10% to an even $2500 if he wanted it all. Now he's saying he can't buy that much and will just take the LOTR sets, but that my prices are too high for all but Helms Deep and says he can get most of the sets for half my price on Amazon. These are sets like Mines of Moria, Attack on Weathertop, Orc Forge, etc. and he thinks he should pay $45 CDN each, which is less than what I paid when they were on sale and certainly less than what I've been selling them for and what they're showing on here. Today I told him again I'm happy to reduce by 10% but I'm not interested in selling for a loss and can and have sold these sets at my prices over time. No response yet. This whole thing has seemed sort of funny to me from the start. Thoughts? Edited October 3, 2014 by jeff_14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I maintain various listings on Craigslist by theme (one for Star Wars, one for LOTR, etc.) as I find a lot of people like to buy many sets by theme all at once. Yesterday a guy contacts me offering to buy "all my stock" listed for Star Wars and LOTR. I pointed out that I have multiples of each set and asked how many did he want? He asked me to come up with a number so I ran the math and sent him an email listing how many of each set I had and said that at the prices on my listings they would all go for $2750 and that I would reduce that by about 10% to an even $2500 if he wanted it all. Now he's saying he can't buy that much and will just take the LOTR sets, but that my prices are too high for all but Helms Deep and says he can get most of the sets for half my price on Amazon. These are sets like Mines of Moria, Attack on Weathertop, Orc Forge, etc. and he thinks he should pay $45 CDN each, which is less than what I paid when they were on sale and certainly less than what I've been selling them for and what they're showing on here. Today I told him again I'm happy to reduce by 10% but I'm not interested in selling for a loss and can and have sold these sets at my prices over time. No response yet. This whole thing has seemed sort of funny to me from the start. Thoughts? My thoughts are you found a fellow Brickpicker trying to lowball you. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 He just came back asking if I would sell the LOTR sets for $1,000, saying I was charging retail prices and he could get them elsewhere cheaper. These are sets that I'm asking $2,300 for in total and which I likely paid around $1500. I told him if he could get them elsewhere cheaper he should but that I wasn't interested in selling for a loss, especially on sets that are gone or almost gone from stores and rising in price. All very civil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskers1236 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 He just came back asking if I would sell the LOTR sets for $1,000, saying I was charging retail prices and he could get them elsewhere cheaper. These are sets that I'm asking $2,300 for in total and which I likely paid around $1500. I told him if he could get them elsewhere cheaper he should but that I wasn't interested in selling for a loss, especially on sets that are gone or almost gone from stores and rising in price. All very civil. I'd tell him the same thing. Go elsewhere if you can. You and he both know he can't. I had a CL buyer trying to buy a 7938 Passenger Train for like $90 after it was retired. I told him the same thing, "I'm not selling this at a loss" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weakside Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) jeff_14, no way your prices are higher than Amazon. Some folks just want a super deal that is not realistic or hoping the seller is really desperate. There's always low ballers especially on a free public buying/selling site. I don't even reply to silly offers, not worth my effort. Good luck finding retired sets let alone below clearance prices haha. So far, knock on wood, no weird transactions face to face. All nice buyers. Edited October 3, 2014 by weakside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Thanks all. Now he wants my 3 Helms Deep for $400. That's what I'm charging for 2 and while I would actually make a profit of $100 at that price, no sale for the gem of the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonysbricks Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 I would forward his emails to /dev/null and move on, he sounds like trouble regardless of his intent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego rules Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I have had all kinds of humerous emails. I personally find the best tactic is to either avoid emailing back if way to low or just state price is firm if a bit too low. I have never had a person buy a bunch of EOL items at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) Thought about it more over lunch and went back with $500 for the 3, explaining that's $40 below both my asking price and retail price if you can even find any (which you can't in Toronto) plus no tax. That would be an almost 100% profit in one year which is always acceptable to me. Let's see where this goes. Edited October 3, 2014 by jeff_14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_14 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 He asked for $450 and whether there's any creases or scuffs. I said I'd hold firm at $500 and recheck the condition tonight but they should be damage free. This is Steve from Hamilton in case anyone else has dealings with this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojoyojimbi Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 i'll give you $500 for them if you'll deliver them to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 He asked for $450 and whether there's any creases or scuffs. I said I'd hold firm at $500 and recheck the condition tonight but they should be damage free. This is Steve from Hamilton in case anyone else has dealings with this guy. I have a feeling that we are gonna see a post from Steve right here on this thread soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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