[Mr.HappySilp]

Originally Posted by Obsideon

Semi-related, I haven't posted anything on CL for a while.
I put up my wife's iPhone and within 2 hours I got 15 texts/emails.
14 out of 15 o them felt like a scam.

They all go along the lines of:
"Hi there I'm interested in your phone, I'll need you to ship it out to (insert random city) because it's for my wife/son/gerbil/donkey. I'll give you an extra $200 for your troubles. I can do Moneygram/Paypal."

I just copy/pasted my reply to all of them "Thanks for your interest however I do prefer selling locally, if I don't get it sold I'll let you know"

I didn't even want to waste my time. However I am curious, if I did follow up on the text, how would it work? Wouldn't I ask for the paypal transaction first, then ship it out?
Or do these people already have a systematic way of asking you to ship first then don't pay?

Don't even waste your time. I delete their emails.