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According to a Canadian MLP Collector Facebook group I'm on, this is a scam. The same person has several accounts under different names and every so often posts the same lots for sale. It's been reported to kijiji and the police.
That's a really great point! I will say the seller was quite terse with me. They never told me how much they wanted. Only said they didn't have PayPal and then turned down a money order as well. Seems a bit odd if the image is hosted on eBay.
Quote from: Shy Violet on June 17, 2020, 10:22:30 PMAccording to a Canadian MLP Collector Facebook group I'm on, this is a scam. The same person has several accounts under different names and every so often posts the same lots for sale. It's been reported to kijiji and the police.Wow thank you for following up! I just saw an IG post warning about this exact lot as an eBay scam. I’ll modify this post so it’s a warning not a lure. Thank you everyone for all the sleuthing and support!
It's great the network this community has to warn each other <3.
That doesn't really surprise me, but I'm wondering what this person would have done if somebody went to pick them up. Surely they must have realised a buyer would check if all the ponies listed were actually there? And if they only have half of the ponies listed (or none at all), why would they expect the buyer paying them for a non-existing lot in person? That scam would have been much easier with an online sale: receive the money, then just not send anything.
Quote from: IceCrystal02 on June 18, 2020, 12:13:18 AMThat doesn't really surprise me, but I'm wondering what this person would have done if somebody went to pick them up. Surely they must have realised a buyer would check if all the ponies listed were actually there? And if they only have half of the ponies listed (or none at all), why would they expect the buyer paying them for a non-existing lot in person? That scam would have been much easier with an online sale: receive the money, then just not send anything. What I'm hearing is he's asking for email money transfers and then not shipping the items. 2 people in the group got scammed and the same lots they thought they were getting got posted again. And the lady that contacted the police has found 6 other people scammed by this guy in other toy collector groups, WWE, Star Wars, Transformers and MLP. I don't know every detail since the people who were scammed are working on it outside of the group but it was discussed on the group a bit, looking for anyone else that was scammed and asking for everyone to report the ad.