just out of curiosity, how can you tell for sure?
Hi Alan. Well, a few people have expanded their thoughts on that. For me, it was a "free Yamaha" that made me wonder. I let the text age for a few days and finally realized almost a week went by. By then this thread was up and thriving. Now that I've had a moment more to ponder, my memory mud boiled up the memory of a similar event a few years ago with this same group. Perhaps it was on the other forum last time.
Free Yamaha, no name text, out of the blue, no phone call, ... Yamahas are sooo easy to sell. To offer it for free and pass up thousands ........ there's got to be something wrong with this. A former neighbor would say, "There's something not clean with that milk.".
Lar
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Larry Fisher
Owner, Chief Grunt, Head Hosehead
Vancouver WA
503-310-6965
Working the gravy zone for the rest of my days.
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-23-2021 08:07
From: Alan Eder
Subject: Free piano?
I suspected that this post might be a scam, partly because it was not addressed to me personally, but bcc'd on an email blast. For those of you who have determined that it is a scam, just out of curiosity, how can you tell for sure?
Alan
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Alan Eder, RPT
Herb Alpert School of Music
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
661.904.6483
Original Message:
Sent: 02-23-2021 06:55
From: Petrus Janssen
Subject: Free piano?
Hello Blaine,
Same here! I did not think it to be a scam but when I was asked to "promise to take good care of her (the piano i.e.), I told them I could not be of help.
Peter
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Petrus Janssen
Peachtree City GA
678-416-8055
Original Message:
Sent: 02-23-2021 03:00
From: Blaine Hebert
Subject: Free piano?
I just had two separate offers for a free piano. Someone wanted to donate a nearly new Yamaha digital acoustic grand to a "worthy family".
The timing and the wording suggest scams.
Is anyone else getting offers for "free" pianos (perhaps with significant shipping costs)?
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Blaine Hebert
Duarte CA
626-795-5170
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