07-02-2017, 05:46 AM
Yes, actually when I'm searching 'Le Bon Coin" in France, unless I can speak to the buyer personally on the phone I won't follow up the purchase, many now won't give out their number, so I reply to the mail asking to contact me by phone, if they do, I chat ask a few photographic questions and study their replies..............the human voice and straightforward answers tell much about the seller.
No call no sale!
Some things for sale don't actually exist in real life, why steal when you can sell something on line you don't even need to have?
Oh and watch out for those who send you a link to a site trashing Paypal and asking to pay by bank transfer....a link to that site will come only from con-artists!...........never ever send a bank transfer!.....usually it goes into an account that hasn't a persons name. The banks are not allowed to give out any information about the account, the only way to pursue a reclamation is through the courts!
Caveat emptor!
Nearly got caught out once, I saw on "Le Bon Coin" site a D800 (€830) only two kms down the road, sent a mail to ring me, got another mail back..."I'm in England, I'll put it on ebay UK" + the famous Paypal trashing link" + a request to pay by Bank transfer.
I looked at his ebay record...thousands of boat chandlery items, nothing over €10, not a lens or anything photographic, with a business name!.......he'd blagged it from someone no doubt. his address was in London, an architectual company.....(selling boat chandlery??)..........later that day the D800 was still there.
The next day the on the Bon Coin there's the Ad again, same photo, same wording, same price.
​ I signaled "un abuse" to the site and gave them all the info, the Ad was removed. The seller would have been informed that the Ad had been reported and had been removed.
One month later the same Ad appeared again, I sent a link from the mail I received from TBC, again it was removed....the last time a while later the same Ad, it was again removed it never appeared again.
The guy was obviously a "barsteward".......... I enjoyed messing up his scam, he could have caught out several innocent buyers!
No call no sale!
Some things for sale don't actually exist in real life, why steal when you can sell something on line you don't even need to have?
Oh and watch out for those who send you a link to a site trashing Paypal and asking to pay by bank transfer....a link to that site will come only from con-artists!...........never ever send a bank transfer!.....usually it goes into an account that hasn't a persons name. The banks are not allowed to give out any information about the account, the only way to pursue a reclamation is through the courts!
Caveat emptor!
Nearly got caught out once, I saw on "Le Bon Coin" site a D800 (€830) only two kms down the road, sent a mail to ring me, got another mail back..."I'm in England, I'll put it on ebay UK" + the famous Paypal trashing link" + a request to pay by Bank transfer.
I looked at his ebay record...thousands of boat chandlery items, nothing over €10, not a lens or anything photographic, with a business name!.......he'd blagged it from someone no doubt. his address was in London, an architectual company.....(selling boat chandlery??)..........later that day the D800 was still there.
The next day the on the Bon Coin there's the Ad again, same photo, same wording, same price.
​ I signaled "un abuse" to the site and gave them all the info, the Ad was removed. The seller would have been informed that the Ad had been reported and had been removed.
One month later the same Ad appeared again, I sent a link from the mail I received from TBC, again it was removed....the last time a while later the same Ad, it was again removed it never appeared again.
The guy was obviously a "barsteward".......... I enjoyed messing up his scam, he could have caught out several innocent buyers!