I've had a high-end lens posted on Amazon Marketplace for over a month. Finally, a prospective buyer sends a message via Amazon Marketplace telling me he's interested and could I send pictures.
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Ordering Canon TS-E 17mm send pics to me: mexxi679@yah oo . c0m
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I respond back through Amazon Marketplace with attached images. He responds back via Amazon, saying the images didn't attach, and asks that I e-mail the pictures directly to him at the following address.
A buyer has sent you a message regarding an item on your Amazon.com store. Please remember that you should not honor any requests to ship an item or complete a transaction outside Amazon.com.
Amazon blocked the attachment, send the pics to me on : mexxi679@yah oo . c0m
Note the e-mail address he gives is a little screwed up, with extraneous spaces and a zero instead of an "o". I clean up the address and send the images off directly to him.
Now he has my e-mail address!
Half a day later I get an e-mail from the buyer telling me he's buying the lens and how I should ship it.
Almost simultaneously, I get an offical looking e-mail from what appears to be Amazon. It has the caption that begins SOLD ... SHIP NOW and states:Hello Seller,I've recently made and complete your payment and i'll like you get my order shipped express mail service from the post office to the below address and get back to me with the shipment tracking reference number. Please do not include the price of the item on the package due to heavy custom charges here in Nigeria, pack it as a gift item only and you can value it under 300 dollars if compulsary.Mr Denise Wong7, adetoba streetOworoLagos23401NigeriaRegards,Denise
Congratulations! Your Amazon Marketplace item has been officially purchased.Funds in your Amazon Payments account are deposited
directly into your bank account every 14 days. There is no need for you to do anything apart from ship the item to the buyer.
Here are the details of your completed Amazon Marketplace sale:
Order ID 104-4477720-0034632
Total Item Count: 1
Listing ID: N/A
ASIN: B001TDL2OA
Quantity: 1
You have agreed to ship the item not later than 1 to 2 business days and make sure you send us the Shipment Tracking Number as soon as you
ship the item to buyer. This item will not be removed from Amazon.com web-pages and the FUNDS will not be TRANSFERRED into your Amazon
account not until you ship the item.
Here is your buyer's shipping address (use your own address as the return address, and enclose the packing slip in this e-mail for your buyer's reference):
Shipping Label
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PACKING SLIP:
Amazon Marketplace Item: Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L UD Aspherical Ultra Wide Tilt-Shift Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras [Electronics]
Quantity: 1
Shipping address:
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Ship to: Mr Denise Wong
Address Line 1: 7, adetoba street
Address Line 2:
City: Oworo
State/Province/Region: Lagos
Zip/Postal Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Buyer's Name: Mr Denise Wong
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Purchased by:
Card holder's Name: Mr Denise Wong
Address Line 1: 7, adetoba street
Address Line 2:
City: Oworo
Town / City : Lagos
Zip/Postal Code: 23401
Country: Nigeria
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Amazon Buyer's e-mail: mexxi679@yahoo.com
Amazon Seller's e-mail: BurlingtonFitness@comcast.net
There's more boiler plate that goes on for more than an additional page, include the particulars about the selling price, the shipping charges, etc.
I become suspicious. I've sold a lot of stuff through Amazon Marketplace, and this isn't the kind of shipping label they send to me when I've made a sale.
I go to my order history page, and there's nothing recorded as a sale! I send the "buyer" an e-mail thanking him for the order, and informing him the item will ship as soon as I receive confirmation of the sale on the order history page. I then call Amazon to find out what's going on. A live person talks to me. He says the order ID number is bogus. This is a scam. No order has occurred.
I haven't heard back from the "buyer." My item is still posted on Amazon Marketplace. Anyone want a lens?
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