Anyone near oswego ny

[Mike Graham]

Looking for info on Freds Auto parts in Oswego ny. Trying to see if they are legit.

[HSMITH1039]

Hey Mike, I'm about 45 minutes away, what kind of place is it suppose to be and I'll see what I can find out......Howie

[Mike Graham]

Thanks Howie
It is supposed to be a salvage yard. I am trying to buy a coyote CJ manifold from them.
They are asking for payment methods that raise red flags,

[richie 2]

modified country...

[bigshow2966]

https://www.yelp.com/biz/freds-auto-parts-oswego

https://www.ebay.com/str/fredsautoparts

Looks like they have 100% Positive on their E-Bay site.

[Mike Graham]

Ya. I checked ebay and yelp. The listing was on FB. Getting a totally different vibe from the person that I talked to and messaged. When I wouldn't pay as a donation or friends and family on PP they went radio silent. I would normally run at this point ,but these manifolds seem to be hard to find and it is worth investigating further,

[HSMITH1039]

Fred's in Oswego is legit according to a couple people i know up that way, say they've been around a long time. If you end up having any issues let me know. Things are a little crazy with the holidays but at some point I could run up there. Good luck and keep me posted.....Howie

[pmrphil]

Try contacting them directly, I've seen too many scams that look right BUT have one letter/number different than the real thing.
I'd make a phone call, myself.

[Dan Bennett]

About the F&F thing - I've run into this with transactions in another hobby and it's not always a scammer with the no protection for the buyer thing.

In a straight paypal transaction, the seller gets hit with fees that are about 3-4%. F&F puts the extra cost on the sender. For many cases, contacting the seller and offering to add that amount of money to a regular transaction will clear the way. They have a set price in their mind and won't take a penny less, so doing this meets their requirements.

You can search on the net as there are calculators for exactly this so you'll know how much to "overpay".