Acadiamonds
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- May 20, 2006
- Messages
- 36
So for the last 2 weeks I''ve been putting up my diamond for sale on Craigslist. I get the usual, about 3-4 email scams a day asking to send me diamond to some overseas country in exchange for more than I''m asking. A dealer calling and offering me about 1/4 of what I''m asking, etc. This one guy calls me and tells me he''s interested in the diamond and would like to see it. I say no problem, we can meet at a chase bank in between where both of us live (we''re about 45 minutes from each other) to add to our safety. We end up meeting at the bank and we both walk in. Everything seems fine. As soon as we get in the following conversation occurs:
Him: I don''t feel comfortable doing this in the bank. I have a lot of money on me, let''s do this in the street. (The street outside has probably 50 people walking by every minute, it''s a VERY busy area)
Me: ...There''s about 20 cameras in this bank and only 3-4 customers. Us going to the street there''s literally hundreds of people walking by. There''s an empty table right here with two chairs where you can take a good look at the stone. How are you going to loop it standing in the middle of the street?
Him: We''ll go in the street, come on.
Me: I''m only doing this in a bank. There''s no way I''m handing you the diamond to go look at in the middle of a busy area. We don''t even know each other, let''s just do it in the bank. It''s safe inside and there''s cameras everywhere.
Him: We''ll do this outside, let''s go.
He then walks outside while I''m standing in the bank wondering what in the world is going on. 2 minutes pass by and he''s still outside. I realize this isn''t going anywhere when he calls me and says " Thanks for wasting my time, you brought me out here for nothing. I guess you''re not serious." I say the same that I said the entire time, that I''m not doing it unless it''s in the bank. We end the phone conversation and then I wait about 5 minutes to leave the bank. For the past 3-4 hours he''s sent me about 7 text messages calling me names and harassing me.
I just wanted to give people a warning and let others post their craigslist experiences whether they''re good or bad. Also wanted to get other peoples opinions on this. This guy HAD to be a scammer, no?
Him: I don''t feel comfortable doing this in the bank. I have a lot of money on me, let''s do this in the street. (The street outside has probably 50 people walking by every minute, it''s a VERY busy area)
Me: ...There''s about 20 cameras in this bank and only 3-4 customers. Us going to the street there''s literally hundreds of people walking by. There''s an empty table right here with two chairs where you can take a good look at the stone. How are you going to loop it standing in the middle of the street?
Him: We''ll go in the street, come on.
Me: I''m only doing this in a bank. There''s no way I''m handing you the diamond to go look at in the middle of a busy area. We don''t even know each other, let''s just do it in the bank. It''s safe inside and there''s cameras everywhere.
Him: We''ll do this outside, let''s go.
He then walks outside while I''m standing in the bank wondering what in the world is going on. 2 minutes pass by and he''s still outside. I realize this isn''t going anywhere when he calls me and says " Thanks for wasting my time, you brought me out here for nothing. I guess you''re not serious." I say the same that I said the entire time, that I''m not doing it unless it''s in the bank. We end the phone conversation and then I wait about 5 minutes to leave the bank. For the past 3-4 hours he''s sent me about 7 text messages calling me names and harassing me.
I just wanted to give people a warning and let others post their craigslist experiences whether they''re good or bad. Also wanted to get other peoples opinions on this. This guy HAD to be a scammer, no?
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