[AT] Selling tractors abroad

[Mike Sloane]

I would be very, very suspicious about a deal like this. Frankly, I 
don't think it is worth the risk - this is the standard formula for a scam.

Mike

william.neff.powell at comcast.net wrote:
> Are you selling through ebay? I feel you are better off with ebay, at
> least you can see their rating and some history of what they have
> bought.
> 
> I have sold a few things overseas on ebay but nothing as large as a
> tractor. Dollar is still weak and Europeans are buying our stuff
> cheap, even after shipping.
> 
> If he puts the money in first and it clears, and he arranges shipping
> then it should be ok...
> 
> But, if he says he wants you to work with his shipper and he will pay
> you plus the extra money for his shipper so you can pay the shipper,
> tell him to pound sand. Had that happen to me on craigslist. Read up
> on it, its a scam. They send you a money order, you cash it at your
> bank, pay the shipper, then two weeks later your bank calls and says
> the money order is bogus.
> 
> Will
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: LeRoy
> Price III <leroy_price3 at hotmail.com>
>> 
>> Has anyone ever attempted selling an antique tractor abroad?  I
>> have a party interested in my Allis B Cane in England.  Apparently,
>> he is a AC collector and has contacts to haul a tractor to Canada
>> where its loaded into a container and shipped across.  Payment is
>> through something like paypal.
>> 
>> Anything to worry about?
>> 
>> LeRoy