[Land-speed] Scam of the Week

[ed at vetteracing.com]

Even PatPal is not fool-proof. I bought an item on Ebay, paid bypayPal, never
got the item so I disputed it. Here's the catch, IfPayPal can't recover the
funds, then YOU don't get the funds. My guessis he got my money and then
closed either his bank account or paypalaccount.... or both. All I got from
paypal was a "geewhiz...we're sorry". So, I was out the payment and got no
goods. Evencash can be dangerous... Too much and it gets seized by the
gov't,(ever see the 60 Minutes episode where the fellow had $40,000confiscated
at the airport when he was flying commercial to pickup a plane he was going to
buy?) or, it can becounterfeit. Sadly, crooks are too powerful to be stopped
byhonest people..... You just have to be as careful as you can.
Ed
Headed for the salt thurs.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Bryant [mailto:saltracer at awwwsome.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2007 02:42 PM
>To: BWANA343 at aol.com, Askotto at aol.com
>Cc: land-speed at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Scam of the Week
>
>I learned , when taking accounting in college, that any check is just a
>promise to pay. Not really worth the paper it is written on. And any check
>can be stopped by the one signing it.
>
>And BTW a credit card is also risky since it can be disputed. I use PayPal
>quite often when purchasing or selling online.
>
>Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC (car loaded, ready to head East tomorrow.)