Edit: BEWARE OF THIS SCAM! Big G1 Lot Is Making The Rounds

[MyLittleMillennial]

Edit 06/19: Read this whole thread as this turned out to be a complete scam and the same lot is showing up all over the internet!

Saw this ad on Kijiji last night.

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-view-details.html?adId=1506560267

Unfortunately the seller will only do local pickup so there’s no way I can get it. Posting here so hopefully someone can! I’m crying hard over that Ice Crystal!! ;__;

[kingluke]

Ice crystal! I don't live in Canada so no ponies for me.
Hope someone on the arena gets it.

[Pokeyonekenobie]

Man, if I lived anywhere near there I'd be willing to do a road trip for it! 

[MyLittleMillennial]

I can't stop thinking about it.  I live in New York so it's out of range but yet SO CLOSE. Ice Crystal is one of my grails. And the seller definitely has no idea what they have.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

there are a number of Quebecois collectors, so someone will get it.  maybe even our member Drusilla
whenever I list on Kijiji, people from Quebec always message and ask if I will ship.

[slyons]

Noticed lots of 'non- American' ponies in there, whoever purchases this lot is a lucky duck!

[Taffeta]

Wow, that's a proper UK collection right there. There's even a pony club baby, which suggests they were in the UK in 1989ish when she was released.

I'd love to know their story and how they came to be in Quebec!

[starbritesprinkles]

Wow, that's a proper UK collection right there. There's even a pony club baby, which suggests they were in the UK in 1989ish when she was released.

I'd love to know their story and how they came to be in Quebec!

I am skeptical that this is a real listing. The seller has a one-star rating and has only been using the site for 26 days. Also, I don't know how Kijiji works, but the image URLs are from eBay. If anyone makes arrangements to pick up this lot, please be smart and don't go alone, obviously.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Wow, that's a proper UK collection right there. There's even a pony club baby, which suggests they were in the UK in 1989ish when she was released.

I'd love to know their story and how they came to be in Quebec!

I am skeptical that this is a real listing. The seller has a one-star rating and has only been using the site for 26 days. Also, I don't know how Kijiji works, but the image URLs are from eBay. If anyone makes arrangements to pick up this lot, please be smart and don't go alone, obviously.

true true!  but they might also be cross-posting their sales on a bunch of different sites

[Taffeta]

Wow, that's a proper UK collection right there. There's even a pony club baby, which suggests they were in the UK in 1989ish when she was released.

I'd love to know their story and how they came to be in Quebec!

I am skeptical that this is a real listing. The seller has a one-star rating and has only been using the site for 26 days. Also, I don't know how Kijiji works, but the image URLs are from eBay. If anyone makes arrangements to pick up this lot, please be smart and don't go alone, obviously.

Ah...that's a good point and a nice catch. Good to check things out, since it is a very UK lot.

[MyLittleMillennial]

I am skeptical that this is a real listing. The seller has a one-star rating and has only been using the site for 26 days. Also, I don't know how Kijiji works, but the image URLs are from eBay. If anyone makes arrangements to pick up this lot, please be smart and don't go alone, obviously.

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.

In any case, it's always good to exercise extra extra caution with any "dream" find! I would easily have PayPaled this person a couple hundred bucks if they'd asked. Kind of stupid when I think about it since there'd be zero buyer protection.

[Pokeyonekenobie]

But if they're only doing in-person pick up you can verify the lot before handing over the cash.  But I would always second meeting in a safe space (our local police department has a safe pick up area that is under constant supervision) and don't go alone.

[Shy Violet]

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.

[IceCrystal02]

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. 

[Esbayne]

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. 

I don't think they'd ever let it get that far. Most scammers con the person into giving up the money up front, and then disappear.