haha...that's a different story. i would bring cash if i was local.

but it doesn't sound like he is?

Hey Loz... I read what the guy emailed you.. This is for sure a scam.. Same shit they sent me.. actually sent me a check and everything.. for double the $$$.. never heard from them again..

im not giving any information out. if the guy wants to do business, he would have to come get the bike anyway....

so I dont get what is the point of sending a check that they know will not work and just walk away...

it's a scam, I post stuff on craiglist all the time and about every other post I get at least 1-2 of these messages. They all want to send a money order or certified check and ask you to remove the ad. It's BS.....don't waste your time..

Loz, thats the same email reply I have received on multiple occasions from different potential buyers. I think its one that is being passed around amongst the scam artists. Some are for the exact amount, most are for additional, ALL tell me to "Consider it sold and remove the ADVERT from C/L"

I keep trying to get these fucktards over to my place so I can take care of them personally but they ALWAYS fail to show up in person.

I mean this in the best of ways... how is it that so many people AREN'T aware of these scams??!? I mean, they have been around for YEARS....

Fuckers.

thanks for the heads up Bill...

they guy never contacted me again so Im sure it was nothing but a scam.

whats interesting also is that a real local guy has been contacting me about the bike as well... and they have very similar email addresses... but the local guy has been emailing 2 or 3 times a day asking specific questions and going back and forth over different things so hopefully the sale will go through.

good luck and get C A S H !! and even then, test the bills with one of those pens..

I wouldn't even reply if I were you, the scam ones usually all have basically the same message about paying with a check, needing your info and to remov the ad. If you reply you are actually giving them/confirming your e-mail address. When they e-mail you it goes thru Craiglist and they don't have your address until you respond.

I may be off base here, but this dude was going to send you a check WITHOUT even checking out the bike?!?! I have and never will buy a bike unseen I don't care how much it costs. That fact in itself tells me this is a scam. That and the broken English. These scams would work better if they were written in the King's English, and not some broken dialect.