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Old 07-22-2011, 01:26 PM
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Put a motorcycle up for sale on craigslist, day later someone out in Vegas calls me.

Says that not only will they sell it for more than my asking price, they will do all the work plus handle the cross country shipping of a vehicle that weighs over 600 lbs. and I don't have to pay a dime outside of the initial $200 advertising fee. Of course this guy wants my credit card information over the phone ya ok buddy.

Obviously this sounded like the best deal ever but I was skeptical. After two days the guy finally emails me his companies website even though I told him to email me a legally binding document that we would both sign off on. He doesn't send me this, but instead emails me these links:

http://www.trustlink.org/Reviews/Tra...edia-206404693
http://www.tradernetmedia.com/

Did some digging, all the links are working but lead to a rather obvious shit job of a scam website. Their detailed blog listing:

http://www.tradernetmedia.com/blog/

Has the same reviews posted on it by the same people, word for word, as the people posting reviews on this website which is an outside organization that ranks companies based on customer reviews:

http://www.trustlink.org/Reviews/Tra...edia-206404693

Did a google search of tradernet media scam, results yield this:

http://automotiveusa.pissedconsumer....122217598.html

Basically everyone on that site is echoing the same bullshit I heard. One time fee of $200, they offer to sell your vehicle for you, obviously it never happens and you never see your $200 dollars again. After reading all of this I realized they're different company names, but I dig around on their original website a little bit more and find this:

http://twitter.com/#!/automotiveusa

Their twitter link on Tradernetmedia.com takes me to a AutomotiveUSA twitter account that everyone claims is bullshit. A quick fuck you email and advice to follow Tralina on Twitter and I'm done with these guys.

Honestly I feel bad if I haggle someone on this shitty game for 200p more on an item. These assholes are stealing peoples credit card information and shit, dunno how they sleep at night but yeah. Figured I would share this because I was pissed off when I found out about it. If you ever list anything on craigslist be careful of this garbage.

Ib4 cool story bro, Ib4 nobody cares, etc.
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:31 PM
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Forgot the guy also emailed me this which I thought was funny for the stories on it right now.

http://craigscrimelist.org/
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:32 PM
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:37 PM
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Yeah I told him I would do that initially before I started digging, the guy didn't want me to mail him a check. Either way he can go fuck himself it's not a legit operation to begin with.
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:40 PM
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Old 07-22-2011, 01:46 PM
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Gee I dunno dude, guy takes my credit card information and my $200 dollars. If I want to flush my money down the toilet I don't need some asshole out in Vegas to do it for me.
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:10 PM
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:25 PM
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:30 PM
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[13:29] <Tralina> 'A quick fuck you email and advice to follow Tralina on Twitter and I'm done with these guys."
[13:29] <Tralina> haha
[13:29] <Tralina> doors you're dumb
[13:29] <Tralina> and not here, nvm~
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Old 07-22-2011, 03:31 PM
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A quick fuck you email and advice to follow Tralina on Twitter and I'm done with these guys.
twitter.com/shantr0n

listen to me whine on Twitter for the past three days about having no money
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