Yesterday morning I saw an email from a German woman who wrote to me in English. The email arrived at 6:47 in the morning. In the email she explains that her company is changing warehouses and that for this move they want to sell surplus stock.
What I find gives me confidence:
The email has a signature with all the spain whatsapp number data information you would expect. Full name, address, logo, etc. and also with a decent design. Attached is a PDF with the sets, prices and units offered. I quickly review the sets and see that there are many that are already EOL. In addition, the price is 30% below the purchase price with Lego. It is a golden offer at first glance because it allows you to make a profit immediately.
Since , I don’t want to repeat the same mistake. I start researching the company.
- A website in good condition.
- A Google My Business with two five-star reviews from 5 years ago.
- A seller account on Bricklink.
Since it’s a really good offer
I discuss this with my wife and i can’t even remember the exact we decide to buy the. Entire stock she has. I write her an email in German asking if I can buy the entire stock.
I look up the phone number to make sure I get the deal. The phone number in the email doesn’t work. I search the web and get a completely different number. I call that number and it rings.
A man answers me. I tell him that a woman from his company wrote to me.
He reacted immediately:
“It wasn’t us. We already reported it to the database d police in April. They are criminals from the Philippines who have already defrauded many companies that have fallen into their trap.”
In short : if it seems like it’s too good, it often isn’t. The time of sending the email, the fact that they are EOL Legos at such a low price, the phone number that has a different prefix than the one on the website, etc. Many points I suspect that I initially ignored because I wanted it to be a real deal.
Let’s see if they respond to my email. It will be fun.