Possible Cannondale Scam

[Caltrigger]

http://www.junkmail.co.za/sports/cycling/free-state/bloemfontein/brand-new-cannondale-scalpel-29-carbon-2015-model/63022156

 

https://www.olx.co.za/ad/brand-new-cannondale-scalpel-29-carbon-ID15UmQ1.html

 

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/gordon-s-bay/2015-new-cannondale-scalpel-29-carbon-2-f+si/1001685462220910974587809

 

Some very non-committal people when asked where I can view the bike, sounding like they have central African accents (not sure why that would be relevant) selling new Scalpel from PE with a warehouse in Nelspruit.

 

 

[Nick]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

The images are from an old ebay advert here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2015-NEW-Cannondale-Scalpel-29-Carbon-2-F-Si-Lefty-M-X01-6000-Retail-Price-/182036781690?nma=true&si=aBAbrcZn7r4ophFscZo738ewrPw%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Skinnyone]

If it sounds too good to be true, then it is...don't even engage in these ads, as it shows a level of commitment for them to keep doing it. By that I mean if you contact them, then they know that people are looking for a deal and sooner or later someone will be gullible enough to part with money "before the goods get dispatched from the warehouse". 

[Kevlouw]

I see the OLX & Gumtree ads have been removed.

 

They must know someone is onto them.

[CAAD4]

Scumbag B@st@rds!

[Caltrigger]

I called to get check it out, they said they were in PE so I told them I'm from PE and want to come look, then they had the stock in Nelspruit, asked them for an address in Nelspruit where I could send a business partner then he said he thought they were sold out!

 

Anyway I hope nobody falls for this. Thanks for the comments

[Thinus155]

You would think nobody falls for this but they do! I am looking for a Gopro and the same type of ads are rife!