Porsche buying scam???

HRHski · HRHski's Garage

Has anyone heard of Ray Vessel Shipping?? I am looking at buying a late 60s 911 from a guy who advertised on Craig's list. You are supposed to send the funds to this company and they ship the car. You have three days to check the car before you commit. (but they already have your funds) Is this for real? Anyone know about this company????

Thanks buyer beware lots of scams on Craig's list.
HH

The cap'n · 06-30-2014, 12:22 PM

Doesn't pass the smell test .......................................

The Cap'n

ossiblue · 06-30-2014, 12:26 PM

Not even close to being legit. Run away fast, and report the listing to CL as fraud.

theiceman · 06-30-2014, 12:27 PM

ohhh thats bad ... lots of scammers do this .. ask him to take a pic of him standing next to the car with todays paper :0)

his next comment will be .. oh the car is in stroage and im out of the country right now .

silver911rdb · silver911rdb's Garage

Yea...that 3 days to commit is the give away. So he would just send this car out to whoever and pay the transport charges. And then if it's not to their liking they'll just pay to transport it back? Sounds too good to be true

COLB · COLB's Garage

Add the fact the asking price is probably mid-twenties for a car you KNOW to be worth more than $40k, amiright?

bobolsn · bobolsn's Garage

Tell him that you are going to fly there to inspect, have a PPI and then pay. See what he says. I would want to look at a 60's 911 before I bought it.

Good luck

Bob

Erich Stahler · 06-30-2014, 06:11 PM

Don't do it. It is a scam.

HRHski · HRHski's Garage

Yes, that's exactly what I thought.

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"Tell him that you are going to fly there to inspect, have a PPI and then pay. See what he says. I would want to look at a 60's 911 before I bought it."

That's exactly what I did, I told him I want to see the car and then make the transaction on the spot. Probably will never hear form him again.

Amazing people are trying to get away with this crap. Some unsuspecting individual will be taken.

otto_kretschmer · 06-30-2014, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HRHski

Has anyone heard of Ray Vessel Shipping?? I am looking at buying a late 60s 911 from a guy who advertised on Craig's list. You are supposed to send the funds to this company and they ship the car. You have three days to check the car before you commit. (but they already have your funds) Is this for real? Anyone know about this company????

Thanks buyer beware lots of scams on Craig's list.
HH

never buy a car you, or someone you trust, have looked at

HRHski · HRHski's Garage

Right on!

jchris · jchris's Garage

I just saw one on cincy craigs list. I asked for pics and saw what would probably be a good $$$$$$$$$ concourse car for 20k. Add to that he was going to Europe for a while and had to have a third party handle it. Oh but the title was signed already for a quick deal!!!!!!

No thank you.

bike2ride95 · 07-02-2014, 10:40 AM

Scammers??? The only way for people to avoid pulling a scam is to
reassure them anything goes bad on their behalf will result to an ass-kicking! I guarantee you they wouldn't want it and if so, let the fun begin.

I'm a living example of the very promise

Have a nice day

Rich Gas · 07-02-2014, 10:52 AM

I like your style bike2ride95... FxR? Right? Best bike ever made.
The world went to hell when you couldn't punch a cop anymore

Wew · Wew's Garage

Never play cards with anyone who has all the cards!

HRHski · HRHski's Garage

Since I told him I needed to see the car first and travel there to drive it, he disappeared. Funny how that works, he said he was a pilot with a new job, he was in Indonesia, so he couldn't show the car personally; what a load of BS.