[Odins1Dad]

Falconhood are you sacred knight on rebelscum?

[Darkwinggaryl]

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Originally Posted by Greg

I did not. I'll have to look around there one of these days. Did they have mostly vintage or some modern stuff as well?

They have a pretty awesome selection but a majority of it is circa 02/03 (I believe) when they were releasing a ton of two pack figures.
Definitely some cool figures, but a lot of it I couldn't justify 7-20 bucks a piece for. They did have a really cool remote control GI Joe Jeep there several weeks ago.. but it's probably gone now.. I think they wanted $50+ for it.

[braxthunder]

Has anyone spotted the Target BBI Elite Forces yet?


Also if anyone is interested, I'm selling a Silver Knight Op/Grimlock MIB never opened, loose Kreo Joe Check Point Alpha Complete with figures, Kreon Lockdown, and 12 Cityville plus 15 additional heads 40.00. I have pics of all items. If interested inbox me. My images are at capacity right now. I would have to send pics directly to you. No spam and no scam, I'm a real person.

Anyway, had a guy tried to scam me recently, sent MO to my postal box, overpaid with by 1000 and tried to get me to cash it and send money back to someone else via western union. Very sad times...

OK, back to toys, do any of you know who still has A.T.O.M. figures by Hasbro? Tried Ebay, Amazon, just looking local right now.

[Axelay]

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Originally Posted by braxthunder

Has anyone spotted the Target BBI Elite Forces yet?

Anyway, had a guy tried to scam me recently, sent MO to my postal box, overpaid with by 1000 and tried to get me to cash it and send money back to someone else via western union. Very sad times...

Huh...? I don't think I'm understanding this scam correctly. What's to stop you from cashing the money order and then keeping the extra amount...? Was this for a toy transaction?

And no, I have not yet seen any of the new BBI stuff. I am curious, though. The current lack of GI Joe on the pegs makes one do unusual things.

[Odins1Dad]

You're on the hook then the funds come up short.

[braxthunder]

I did some research on this type of scam. The scam is that the MO looks very real but is fake. If I deposit in my account I'm up creek for having a fake MO. It usually takes the bank a few days to catch it. Yes is was for a toy transaction. At 1st it sounded ok, sounded like he was local. Stated he was sending the payment via mail 1st flag. 2nd he said due the delay, he would send as extra 20 and I could make arrangements with his assistant for item pick up. The MO is for $1700. Claims his "assistant" made an error, for me to cash it and send the rest back via Western Union. The catch is that it goes to another person somewhere else. Funny thing he never really mentions the toys, just refers to them as items I asked was he a collector or a seller, no response. Anyway, this dude is out there. Obviously it worked before, since he's still doing it. The name is John Bishop Beaverton, Oregon yet wanted me to wire money to Stephanie Hall in Vancouver, WA. MO was in a local business name and made on BB and T account.

This had been an interesting ride.

[dbritt]

I'm a cop, and this is a very common scheme, especially for craigslist posters. You wouldn't believe how many people get jammed up by this, because not a lot of folks stop to think how weird it all sounds. This guy's story was a lot more logical than most.

[braxthunder]

The more I questioned him, the less he said. They are not just on craigslist, these guys are all over the various career websites. Too many people fall for it because they're not doing the research.

[braxthunder]

Anyway, back to toys. Any new sightings?

[Axelay]

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Originally Posted by braxthunder

I did some research on this type of scam. The scam is that the MO looks very real but is fake. If I deposit in my account I'm up creek for having a fake MO. It usually takes the bank a few days to catch it. Yes is was for a toy transaction. At 1st it sounded ok, sounded like he was local. Stated he was sending the payment via mail 1st flag. 2nd he said due the delay, he would send as extra 20 and I could make arrangements with his assistant for item pick up. The MO is for $1700. Claims his "assistant" made an error, for me to cash it and send the rest back via Western Union. The catch is that it goes to another person somewhere else. Funny thing he never really mentions the toys, just refers to them as items I asked was he a collector or a seller, no response. Anyway, this dude is out there. Obviously it worked before, since he's still doing it. The name is John Bishop Beaverton, Oregon yet wanted me to wire money to Stephanie Hall in Vancouver, WA. MO was in a local business name and made on BB and T account.

This had been an interesting ride.

I think I am still a bit confused (and admittedly naive) about this. Why are you on the hook if you're not the one who allegedly purchased the money order? Rather than depositing it, can you not go try to have it cashed and then have the bank validate it immediately? Especially if you were to take it to a BB&T branch? And if they can't do that, then doesn't that make THEM liable? I know that this opens all kinds of possibilities of money order fraud, but if it didn't originate with you and you can prove it, then it still seems... well, screwed up.

I assume you've contacted law enforcement about this? I'm curious now what this person was trying to buy.