[Closed] Scam? Facebook electric drums content

Quack.

How though?

Seller has no real profile and only one friend.

Well, there you go. Stop right there. No need to ask any more questions, surely? Block them.

Seen the same kind of thing when I was looking for a digital piano. £73 for a new Yamaha that's usually a few hundred quid at least.

If it looks too good to be true...

I just can't work out how the scam works though with PayPal protections. Do they start with the "we can avoid fees" once you're in a dialogue with them?

Does it matter?

How it works is that you know it's a scam yet you're still sitting there going "yeah, but it's a bargain..." and posting here with a question mark.

Maybe it's rebadged junk. Like the old white-van speakers trick.

Have some to sell. Approx 6 years old. Not been used for 3 years. They were ~£250 new from eBay. Let me know if you’re interested.

Cezza

First thing ringing bells for me, not knowing anything about drum kits - how come "she's" (Rachel Ban?) selling a drum kit and yet there are photos of different types of drum kit? Brand new? And yet obviously in use! They've just grabbed a bunch of photos from other ads.
There are loads of these scammed Facebook accounts being used on Marketplace. It's easy to spot real sellers, so just use one of those.
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Here's one [/url] fairly local to me. I'll go and check it out of you want it 🙂

FB seems riddled with scams just now, probably half of all the ads I get popping up are blatant too-cheap-to-possibly-be-true. I'm not sure how the mechanics of the scams work tbh

I've been thinking of selling mine as they aren't getting used but think it might push your budget as they are a higher model but then I'm clearly not a scam. I'll message you when I get back if I remember.

just close the tab and move on. honestly, it'll NOT work out for you.

DrP

{drumming joke} Obviously a flam

Those cheap drum kits can’t be beaten.

I shall get my coat.

They might offer PayPal but they'll say it doesn't work so they'll ask for bank transfer or Western Union..

There was one selling a £16k road bike for £74. I even emailed her and said if they picked a more realistic fake price they might be able to scam a few more people. She came back to say its a special deal they have done with makers...yeh right.

I will see your

Obviously a flam

and raise you

Avoid - you're asking to be (para)diddled out of your cash.

Stop giving Pook stick over this, I'm sure he's too smart to get snared by a such an obvious scam.

We are being a bit ruff on him, but then being conned can be such a drag.

Why are so many FB scams around the £70 mark? There are numerous Keter plastic sheds of various sizes / prices (if they were genuine) all going for £73. It's an odd amount to pick for a scam.

It has all the cymbals of a good scam. At the risk of beating the same drum as everyone else I'd not be hitting on this and the seller could be any old TomTom Dick or Harry out to make a quick buck

Don't beat yourself up for being tempted, we all bass our decisions partly on cost, but you'd kick yourself if it had re-percussions

£73 to £76 pounds is the magic scam price. Look at the other items they have sold - all same ball park madly cheap price. Try looking for tool boxes, £76 for a full size with tools, by the dozen.

Just report it as scam, someone might notice and take the account down.

Facebook really is full of this now.

As others have said it sounds like a scam, why bother risking it??

If it looks like a fish, smells like a fish and swims like a fish, its probably a fish.

Just report it as scam, someone might notice and take the account down.

I've wasted my time doing that on scams advertising Trek bikes for £35. Facebook don't bother. Or if they do the scammers just use another account. It's really not worth the effort