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Subject:Re: Question: Westfalia purchase (eConsignmentShop.com)
From:Goetz Aust
Date:Wed, 11 Jun 2014 20:02:06 -0600

I had the same thing occur for a beautiful 1971 cherry red westfamila for sale in Lloyminster - when I wanted to see it - it supposedly it was being held by Easy Yard Sale.
Checked the website and it appeared to be legitimate but I wasn't satisfied because I couldn't no opportunity to see or touch the vehicle.

Pretty sophisticated scam in my estimation. But of course the carrot being presented was pretty sweet.

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> On Jun 11, 2014, at 6:58 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
> 
> Rob et al.
> 
> Yes, my senses all scream scam as well. 
> 
> The professional side of me is intrigued at the sophistication and amount of preparation (weeks, even months) that go into some of these operations.    
> 
> In this case, if you Google eConsignmentShop.com you will find serveral folks posting questions to "on-line forums" asking if they are a legitimate business.  There is always a subsequent antidotal posting about how someone used their services and all was well.  I have taken the time to pursue some of these forums and they are often excepts from a real forum, but hosted elsewhere with some alteration to the sequence of posts.
> 
> I thought I would inquire here to see if anyone else has bumped into eConsignmentShop.com.
> 
> Roy
> 
>> On 11-Jun-2014, at 21:31, Rob wrote:
>> 
>> There are so many used car scams out there, they have to work often enough as they keep trying.  If you (or someone you know) cannot actually see-touch-drive the used car in question I'd have to call it a scam.
>> 
>> 
>> Rob
>> vwrobb@gmail.com
>> 
>> 
>> At  6/11/2014 06:00 PM, Roy Nicholl wrote:
>>> Vanagonauts:
>>> 
>>> I am looking at 1985 Franken Westy for sale via Kijiji and the vendor wants to transact through an escrow agent (eConsignmentShop.com).
>>> 
>>> Apparently,  eConsignementShop.com already has possession of the vehicle (on consignment) and it is being stored in one of their {franchise} warehouses in a rather remote BC community.   The transaction procedure is described as follows:
>>

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