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So I am in the market for a dividing head and looking for good condition or new.
My wife put an ad in on Gumtree "Wanted dividing head". I get a call today and the old guy says he has one wich he got from his dead sons estate. I must make an offer because he doesn't know how much to ask. So I make an offer wich he accepted an I can pay half before and half after. He didn't even tried to bargain with the price so I thought this is the bargain of the year for me.
I asked him to send pictures so I can see how it looked. This is what he sends me.
Firstly he did not even argue about the price and would deliver with a truck that is heading in my direction about 1500km away,but I must act fast. He could not give an account number or bank to transfer the money to and he wanted me to pay in a way I have never heard about before.
He send me a lot of information including a copy of his ID document. Soooo my wife put on her detective cap. She googled the guy and found out there is no such farm he claimed to be on and it doesn't exist. His daughter is also in on it by the way. My wife found evidence using his ID that he has scammed someone else and the best of all is the pictures is pictures that is posted on the Internet before and they just edited it so that some details that are on it showing other names of a company is not on it. So he isn't even in possession of any dividing head whatsoever. That is also why he could not give me any dimensions.
Luckily I didn't give any information of mine,wich he wanted. I thank my wife for being a sceptic,otherwise I could have lost a lot of money.
I am sad that this OLD guy of 65,no offense to our members in that age group,is crooked and scam people in the name of dead people who probably doesn't exist.
So buyers be ware my friends.
My wife put an ad in on Gumtree "Wanted dividing head". I get a call today and the old guy says he has one wich he got from his dead sons estate. I must make an offer because he doesn't know how much to ask. So I make an offer wich he accepted an I can pay half before and half after. He didn't even tried to bargain with the price so I thought this is the bargain of the year for me.
I asked him to send pictures so I can see how it looked. This is what he sends me.
Firstly he did not even argue about the price and would deliver with a truck that is heading in my direction about 1500km away,but I must act fast. He could not give an account number or bank to transfer the money to and he wanted me to pay in a way I have never heard about before.
He send me a lot of information including a copy of his ID document. Soooo my wife put on her detective cap. She googled the guy and found out there is no such farm he claimed to be on and it doesn't exist. His daughter is also in on it by the way. My wife found evidence using his ID that he has scammed someone else and the best of all is the pictures is pictures that is posted on the Internet before and they just edited it so that some details that are on it showing other names of a company is not on it. So he isn't even in possession of any dividing head whatsoever. That is also why he could not give me any dimensions.
Luckily I didn't give any information of mine,wich he wanted. I thank my wife for being a sceptic,otherwise I could have lost a lot of money.
I am sad that this OLD guy of 65,no offense to our members in that age group,is crooked and scam people in the name of dead people who probably doesn't exist.
So buyers be ware my friends.