Who was the sketchiest person you've ever met up with?

[rebjorne]

I believe as RFDers, we've put up with some moderate degree of sketchiness in order to get a good deal (I'm talking about face-to-face local trades, btw)

IMO, people on RFD are a lot more legit and I find that there are more sketchy people on craigslist. Would you agree?

I'm thinking about this because I recently travelled to around Queen/Sherbourne area (in Toronto) to buy a giftcard at a really good deal from someone on craigslist. He was perfectly nice and normal, but I hadn't realized what a bad area Queen and Sherbourne was until I actually went through it and I was really, really uncomfortable in that neighbourhood.

And today, I read this article in the Metro about how bad the homelessness was around Queen and Sherbourne, and the amount of violence that has happened in the park located at the intersection , and I realized how stupid I was in going there by myself.

Does anyone have other stories to share about what they've "endured" to get a good deal?

[Broseph]

B40 was the coolest person I've ever met.

I want to be just like him.

[ReDmAn]

sketchiest person i've ever met on here was rebjorne

[applecheeks]

I once sold an acoustic guitar to a guy off Kijiji and he came over to my house to pick it up. When he got here, he asked if anyone was home and then asked if he could use the washroom (because he apparently drove over an hour to come pick up the guitar). He was in his mid 20s and he looked somewhat friendly, but I still didn't feel comfortable with him coming INTO my house (only my sister and I were home). I ended up letting him use the washroom anyways because I felt bad, and then he asked me if I wanted to have a cup of coffee... what?! He was seriously in my house for over 20 minutes (okay, a deal should take less than 3 minutes!!!) and eventually, my sister pretended to ask me to drive her somewhere so I "had to go".

Sketchy guy.

[Jay Hova]

In your title you ask about who was the sketchiest person you ever met with.
In the body of your post you talk about the most sketchiest location. Sketch.

[CanadianMike]

[QUOTE=Jay Hova;9230840]In your title you ask about who was the sketchiest person you ever met with.
In the body of your post you talk about the most sketchiest location. Sketch.[/QUOTE]
+1 ... thats what i noticed too :lol:

[bobbings]

Some dude on RFD msged me wanting to buy my PSP. He was banned shortly after and apparently was a scammer. I think his name is Weijun??? Anyone remember that dude? Long finger nails lol

Met up at around midnight because he really wanted to get the transaction done ASAP so I drove to the address he gave me. When I got to the house, I called him and said I was outside. He shows up behind my car and taps on my car window. Tells me his house is down the street. Gets into my car and gives me the money and takes the psp. That was the end of it. Weird but the transaction went through no problem.

[Flyer]

[QUOTE=bobbings;9230916]Some dude on RFD msged me wanting to buy my PSP. He was banned shortly after and apparently was a scammer. I think his name is Weijun??? Anyone remember that dude? Long finger nails lol

Met up at around midnight because he really wanted to get the transaction done ASAP so I drove to the address he gave me. When I got to the house, I called him and said I was outside. He shows up behind my car and taps on my car window. Tells me his house is down the street. Gets into my car and gives me the money and takes the psp. That was the end of it. Weird but the transaction went through no problem.[/QUOTE]
PSP...is that what you kids are calling weed now?

[airworks]

[QUOTE=Flyer;9230947]PSP...is that what you kids are calling weed now?[/QUOTE]

well, i call weed "the wii" or "wii games"

[Emancipated]

dgmorr/dave or something. He sold me a busted laptop without batting an eye. He called it buyer's remorse; I call it non-disclosure of defects.

It's water under the bridge though. I busted the laptop to little pieces already. Good therapy.

[robster77]

Bought drugs in a side alley in Amsterdam at 3:00 in the morning when I was young and stupid at 20. The dealer then offered to blow up some crack with me, which was fine as I had never tried it so I did. Nice enough guy but completely sketchy in that classic sort of "I'm a crack-smoking drug dealer selling extasy at 3:00 in the morning" sort of way. Looking back on it in hindsight as a man of 32, I was horribly stupid. The dope was definitely RFD-worthy though in comparison to Canadian pricing at the time.

[Mattones]

I some sketchy guy one while making a trade. Met at a Big Als along Dundas in Sauga. We met up at 1am! yes that early because he really wanted to make this deal ASAP. When he pulled up and got out he was with three other guys. I was pretty freaked out. But it went by smoothly.

[pintobean]

I think I may have already posted about this here once before, but my story is from a few years ago when I bought an XBOX 360 off some guy on craigslist.

He had it listed as brand new in box and said it was still sealed in the plastic wrapper. I offered him $400 cash, and he accepted. I went to meet him at his sketchy apartment at Bathurst and Steeles. When I got to the lobby I called him on his cell phone to come down, but he told me to come up to his place instead and buzzed me in. Luckily my wife was with me, so I told her to wait in the car and if I didn't come back down in 5 minutes she should call my cell...if I didn't answer, she was to call 911 :lol:

So I went up to the guy's apartment and he was this giant black guy with dreadlocks and gold teeth who smelled like weed. He said he wanted me to go into his apartment to test the system so that I wouldn't complain afterwards that it was broken. I told him I didn't need to test it because it was still sealed in the box and wrapped in the plastic, but he sucked his teeth at me and insisted that I go into his apartment and test the system. So I went in and the system was already all open and laid out on the floor. I complained that he had advertised that the unit was still sealed in the box, but he said that he had opened it up while I was in the elevator :rolleyes:

At this point, a little old lady came out of the bedroom and asked if everything was OK. She asked me if I wanted something to eat :lol: The guy looked at her and yelled "get back in the bedroom Ma, I told you I was doing business". The woman apologized and hurried back into her room.

He took about 5 or 6 minutes to connect the system to his TV and sure enough, my wife called to ask if I was OK. I told her that we were testing the system and I'd be down shortly. The guy looked at me and told me to invite my wife up to his apartment. I said "no, I just want the system and then I have to go". He sucked his teeth again and said we'd test out a game first. At this point I was getting irritated. Then the guy asked if I had time to play Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter with him for a while. I said "listen buddy, I don't have time for all this; just give me the system cause I have to go".

After what seemed like an eternity, the guy disconnected the system and tried to shove it back into the box. He handed it to me with the wires all sticking out and the controllers sitting on top of the box. I gave him his money and went to put my shoes on. He followed me to the door and then said he'd escort me down to the lobby again. I said it wasn't necessary, but he followed me all the way down to my car in the parking lot.

It was really freaky. When I got into the car, my wife had already dialed 911 on her cell phone and had her finger on the "send" button :lol: Luckily everything worked out and the system was not a dud.

I try to refuse to do purchases in people's houses now and always insist on a public place instead.

[CSAgent]

[QUOTE=applecheeks;9230837]I once sold an acoustic guitar to a guy off Kijiji and he came over to my house to pick it up. When he got here, he asked if anyone was home and then asked if he could use the washroom (because he apparently drove over an hour to come pick up the guitar). He was in his mid 20s and he looked somewhat friendly, but I still didn't feel comfortable with him coming INTO my house (only my sister and I were home). I ended up letting him use the washroom anyways because I felt bad, and then he asked me if I wanted to have a cup of coffee... what?! He was seriously in my house for over 20 minutes (okay, a deal should take less than 3 minutes!!!) and eventually, my sister pretended to ask me to drive her somewhere so I "had to go".

Sketchy guy.[/QUOTE]

Hey, it was only coffee, not like it was dinner!!! :lol:

In all seriousness, this one time this guy I was doing a trade for a PS3 game told me he can only meet after 11pm, and it had to be at this particular place at some plaza on the west side of Mississauga.

[Emancipated]

[QUOTE=pintobean;9231359]I think I may have already posted about this here once before, but my story is from a few years ago when I bought an XBOX 360 off some guy on craigslist.

He had it listed as brand new in box and said it was still sealed in the plastic wrapper. I offered him $400 cash, and he accepted. I went to meet him at his sketchy apartment at Bathurst and Steeles. When I got to the lobby I called him on his cell phone to come down, but he told me to come up to his place instead and buzzed me in. Luckily my wife was with me, so I told her to wait in the car and if I didn't come back down in 5 minutes she should call my cell...if I didn't answer, she was to call 911 :lol:

So I went up to the guy's apartment and he was this giant black guy with dreadlocks and gold teeth who smelled like weed. He said he wanted me to go into his apartment to test the system so that I wouldn't complain afterwards that it was broken. I told him I didn't need to test it because it was still sealed in the box and wrapped in the plastic, but he sucked his teeth at me and insisted that I go into his apartment and test the system. So I went in and the system was already all open and laid out on the floor. I complained that he had advertised that the unit was still sealed in the box, but he said that he had opened it up while I was in the elevator :rolleyes:

At this point, a little old lady came out of the bedroom and asked if everything was OK. She asked me if I wanted something to eat :lol: The guy looked at her and yelled "get back in the bedroom Ma, I told you I was doing business". The woman apologized and hurried back into her room.

He took about 5 or 6 minutes to connect the system to his TV and sure enough, my wife called to ask if I was OK. I told her that we were testing the system and I'd be down shortly. The guy looked at me and told me to invite my wife up to his apartment. I said "no, I just want the system and then I have to go". He sucked his teeth again and said we'd test out a game first. At this point I was getting irritated. Then the guy asked if I had time to play Ghost Recon Advanced War Fighter with him for a while. I said "listen buddy, I don't have time for all this; just give me the system cause I have to go".

After what seemed like an eternity, the guy disconnected the system and tried to shove it back into the box. He handed it to me with the wires all sticking out and the controllers sitting on top of the box. I gave him his money and went to put my shoes on. He followed me to the door and then said he'd escort me down to the lobby again. I said it wasn't necessary, but he followed me all the way down to my car in the parking lot.

It was really freaky. When I got into the car, my wife had already dialed 911 on her cell phone and had her finger on the "send" button :lol: Luckily everything worked out and the system was not a dud.

I try to refuse to do purchases in people's houses now and always insist on a public place instead.[/QUOTE]

I would have just threw the money at his feet and scurried out of there. He could cut you up and cook you for dinner.