My Parcel Delivery - Carla Asher - Emily Simmers
Complaint 88477 Details

Found ipod2 on Craigslist, Richmond, VA. "Emily Simmers" responded with e-mails saying she just moved to Vancouver and would use a 3rd Party Delivery service - My Parcel Delivery. Which seems to be a real business in the UK, but the bc-myparceldelivery.net website is probably bogus.
Bottom line - - I sent the Western Union payment to Carla Asher - which is probably the real person, since Western Union requires photo ID to get the money.

The e-mails from My Parcel Delivery looked extremely legitimate and well done. But there was something in the back of my mind that I knew was wrong but ignored = = sending cash = = and sending it to a person instead of a business = = and going out of country. Emails are below in reverse order.


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Yes,
I will stop by Western Union before noon and take care of it today.
Thanks
Zack

Sent from my iPhone

[The invoice from "the company" was very well done - - probably like the website "she" or "he" put together - she has copied it off of My Parcel Delivery from the UK]

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On Mar 13, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Emily Simmers <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi,

FYI I have received the invoice from myParcelDelivery, their email transaction confirmation. Have you received it?

Thanks.

On 3/13/2012 12:35 PM, Emily Simmers wrote:
Hi Zack,

I sent the ipad earlier today. The clerk from myParcelDelivery said that they will inspect the ipad and then send you the invoice.
Please add [email protected] to your email address book in order to guarantee the delivery of their emails to your inbox.
You will have 5 days to inspect the ipad. It comes with everything it came with it as new + its original box, paperwork and receipt.

Thanks.

On 3/13/2012 6:02 AM, Zack Zbinden wrote:
Emily,
Yes, this third party service looks very good. You have my approval to go ahead and use them. Here is contact/shipping information for me

Zack Zbinden


(1) I understand that I am purchasing the following

Ipad2
- 64Gb
- 3G (Verizon?)
- wifi
- warranty papers
- a power cord?
- original box

(2) You are going to My Parcel Delivery to send me the item

(3) My Parcel Delivery will contact me via e-mail for payment
- I will pay $300 through Western Union

(4) My Parcel Delivery will send me the iPad for my inspection

(5) I will have (# of days??) to verify item and then either
(a) release payment to you
(b) return item to My Parcel Delivery

Let me know if I need to send you any additional info.

Thank you,
Zack


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On Mar 12, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Emily Simmers wrote:

Hi Zack,

I won't be back home soon.
I was checking for a way to make the exchange from here to you in the US and I came across this option, which is a very good way to make this exchange.
It's provide by a company called myParcelDelivery and it will help us with this transaction.
They seem designed specifically for internet transactions, they handle both the payment and delivery part of this transaction. They seem pretty nice and trustworthy and they provide a service that we can use for our exchange.
The link below is from myParcelDelivery website and it explains their procedure. Please check the link and the procedure and let me know if you agree to the terms.

http://www.bc-myparceldelivery.net/en_language.internet.transactions/index.html

With this procedure myParcelDelivery will deliver the ipad to you, receive your payment and I will receive the payment for the ipad only after you instruct them to do so.
I will pay the shipping.
Let me know if we can proceed.

Thanks.

On 3/12/2012 11:37 AM, Zack Zbinden wrote:
Hi, Emily,
I am wondering if your iPad is still available and how to close the deal.
Thanks,
Zack

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On Mar 9, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Zack Zbinden wrote:

Sure, I am still interested
when will you be back in VA?
- Zack
you can e-mail or text me


On Mar 9, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Emily Simmers wrote:

Hi, I am getting back to you regarding the 64GB 3G iPad2 from Craigslist

My name is Emily and I am now in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The ipad is still available and I hope you are still interested.
I am selling the ipad for $300 USD. I have attached some pics with it to this email.
About the ipad I can say it's in perfect shape. Included in the $300 price is everything that came with the ipad as new and also the warranty papers.
I tried to be as thorough as I could with the presentation so you can have all the info if you decide to go ahead and buy it. So what do you think? Do you want my ipad?

Thanks,
Emily