American Boat Listings Andy Unsolicited call from unprofessional scammer Patchogue, New York

28th of Dec, 2011 by User208577

American Boat Listing On Saturday, December 17th, I received an unsolicited call from â€œAndyâ€ at 631-410-4066. He said was with ABL American Boat listings and was responding to my request to sell my boatâ€”I donâ€™t remember reaching out to them specifically to sell my boat-at least not in recent months. He engaged me in conversation about what kind of boat I had and the condition it was in. (He could have gotten that information from previously listings.) I said â€œ a 2550 Chaparral in very good condition with a trailerâ€. He said he could get me more money than the asking price and he generally â€œturns a boat over like mine in 2 to 3 weeksâ€. OK, so now my instinct is on
high alert. He said ABL would do all the listings but when a buyer was found, we would be dealing directly with that buyer. All this for only $299.99 and
heâ€™d send me a confirmation e-mail. Anyone can send a confirmation e-mail, I thought. I said I needed to talk this over with my spouse (who was â€œin a meeting
till about noonâ€™) and would get back with him later. Well Andy called me back twice that I know of before I picked up the phone. I finally picked up the phone and said â€œI told you I would get back to you later this afternoon, and that I hadnâ€™t talked to my husband who was â€œstill in a meetingâ€. That afternoon, four to five more calls came from Andyâ€™s number. Finally they stopped. So I called the number and left him a voice message. . .â€Andy? I talked this over with my husband and we decided to pursue other avenues. Thanks for your offer, good luck with your endeavors and thereâ€™s not need to call back!â€ The next morning at 8 am the calls started comingback in. My husband answered the first call and just hung up. I was out of the house for a bit, and when I returned around 10 am, I got calls every 10 minutes, when I finally picked up. I said I had left him a message about pursuing other avenues. He wanted to know why I didnâ€™t want to take him up on his offer, so I told him flat out, I went on line, and goggled ABL and all I saw was complaints and scams to this service. He rudely said, â€œWell you just keep your boat then!â€â€”â€œWell, Andy, I think I willâ€ and my money and my good intuition about ABLâ€™s bogus services for only $299.99.

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