possible scam? help please

iowafarmer20 · Jan 16, 2013

Had a guy call me about my craigslist ad about a bean head, said he could sell it to a local farmer all he needed was 250.00 bucks. Company name is NMSELL and there website is NMSELL.com Anybody ever had these guys call you asking to sell your piece of equipment? real deal or just a bunch of scammers? sounds like a joke to me.

bjd · Jan 16, 2013

i would say it was a scam.

sHan, TN · Jan 16, 2013

i would NEVER give anybody that replys to a craigslist ad any money 99% of them are scams... i went to that site and something looks fishy to me me... i would RUN away from it

retired wrench · Jan 16, 2013

The only way to be safe is when you can look them in the eye and accept cash from their hand.

Ray · Jan 16, 2013

There's companies that do that,but i would tell him to sell it at the asking price,then i would give him his 250 bucks.

dej(Jed) · Jan 16, 2013

(quoted from post at 10:14:09 01/16/13) Had a guy call me about my craigslist ad about a bean head, said he could sell it to a local farmer all he needed was 250.00 bucks. Company name is NMSELL and there website is NMSELL.com Anybody ever had these guys call you asking to sell your piece of equipment? real deal or just a bunch of scammers? sounds like a joke to me.

When you Goggle it they come up as a legit company that sells stuff for people. They follow the ads and try to help people sell stuff. There are many ways to check people out and Goggle is so very simple to use. takes the guess work out of stuff and who knows, may even help with sales. The Buyer /Seller site on here is just one persons experience and I would never take it as Gospel.

bobs old iron · Jan 16, 2013

if someone says they could sell it for me, i would tell them to buy it and sell it, they could make their own profit, not on your dime and time.. depending on when you posted, see how many responces you get, before jumping into maybe a scam.. do some home work about these responders, to see if legit or scammers..

Clodbuster · Jan 16, 2013

I hate when they call to sell you their ads. Tell them to put you on their "DO NOT CALL LIST" and then file a report if they call again.

I would not pay them a dime.

I recently had one tell me his business was in a small town so I checked him out. None of my friends in that town had ever heard of him or his business and he could not give me any address of his business. On his second call he was mad that I checked him out! I told him to put me on the do not call list. He hung up on me, just like the first call. The third time he called me I was not so polite and filed a complaint.

My recent High Plains Journal ad had two calls from buyers and three from ad sellers!

JRSutton · Jan 16, 2013

I'd stay away from them.

Any time a deal like that costs YOU money up front - it's pretty fishy.

If they were legitimate, they'd take a commission for selling it, after the fact.

paul · Jan 16, 2013

You'll get several calls like that.

While they are likely a real deal, what incentive do they have to so anything?

You've got the thing listed on a place that can be searched nationally, and many of us do when we are looking for something.

They will take your money, and so what do they do that you haven't already????

Now, of the offered to work on commission, then they have a stake in getting it sold.

But as a straight fee as they always offer......

Well, they might be kind of for real, but they are basically taking your money and sorta scamming you.

I would offer to sell it to them for your price and they can make some money if they feel they can sell it for more, or tell them not to ever call again. No way would I ever send them any money.

Paul

rockyridgefarm · Jan 16, 2013

My Father-In-Law has always been kind of a sucker. He got a call on his chisel plow ad in the local buyNsell paper. They told him he was asking too little for the chisel plow and they could get $750 more than his asking price if he'd only pay them $250 to sell it for him.

I'll bet you can guess what happened next...

He got a $250 education. And he still gripes about it to this day.

rockyridgefarm · Jan 16, 2013

Here's the "fine print" from their website -

"We strive to provide you the best possible service and increase your chance of a sale. We want you to be comfortable with our services so here's the fine print.

Service - National Marketing Classifieds is an online classified ad marketer. We do this by taking the ad information you provide us and listing it on our website and our network of relevant partner websites. Additionally, when relevant your ad information may be provided to parties that shown interest in the type of item you are selling.

Guarantee - we cannot guarantee the success of your ad. We will make every attempt to market your ad with the information you provide us, however many things including price, location, condition, etc. may affect how quickly your item will sell. Our service works much like a newspaper classified ad but on a much larger scale.

Partners - our partners may change at anytime and may reject your item if it's missing critical information, additionally we will only place your ad on relevant parter sites.

Upgrades - our standard listing service is a one time fee until sold. Services like eBay 7 day, eBay 21 day, featured listing, AutaBuy Print Magazine do incur fees each time they are utilized.

Until Sold - while we will never charge your another fee for our basic listing service we may inactivate your ad after 8 months of inactivity, to prevent this be sure to let us know every so often if your item is still for sale or once it's sold, additionally our partner sites may choose not to display stale ads, we will make every attempt to keep your ad fresh and listed on relevant sites.

Third Party - we provide information on third party service for financing, insuring, inspecting, warranties, and more. These services are not provided by National Marketing Classifieds.

Refunds - because our service begins at the time your ad is listed we do not offer refunds. We will make every attempt to correct any issues you may have. We also know that sometimes as consumers circumstances may change from day to day, because of this we will honor refunds within the first 72 hours of the sale minus any cost we may have incurred in getting your item listed. "

It's all weasel words, but the last two paragraphs are the most telling. Basically, it says "We're gonna charge you to sell your name, phone number, and address to anyone we can, and we're NEVER gonna give your money back for any reason."

MSD · Jan 16, 2013

Tell them when they sell it you will pay them for it.

TomH in PA · Jan 16, 2013

Yup, scam. If he wants to sell it then he can buy it from you and resell it. Anything else is a scam.

John B. · Jan 16, 2013

I wouldn't even reply to the person!
If you have doubts you have them for a reason!

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