Call the police and ask them. If it was reported as stolen they should be able to tell you. IF you do buy it you should be SURE to get a receipt (CYA). You could also call Miller, they may know who it was originally registered to.

 

Miller is good about tracking stolen machines. Give them a call with the ser no.

 

Run...

 

The guy said that the box was sealed and he just opened for pictures. This machine is basically new! Thanks for the replies. Calling Miller to see what they can find about that serial #.

 

A Dynasty 210DX, in a sealed box, while cleaning the attic.

That's a new one for the "Scam Scrap Book". :dizzy:

 

Yup. Next line will be something like - PayPal me the money and I'll ship it for free.

Total scam.

 

Well, I called Miller and the machine is not stolen. (Has not been reported yet). Called Cyberweld, the company Miller told me the machine was shipped to, they can't tell me to whom it was sold due to their confidentially agreement with their customers. Has not been reported stolen to them either. This gotta be the most weird thing ever!

 

Something is screwy. Possible divorce situation or un-reported theft. Not saying this guy did something bad if he just discovered it ...

 

I know and that scares me. If I buy it and then it gets reported as stolen I will not get any warranty. As much as I might regret it I'll pass on it. I was supposed to pick it up today!!

I believe that someone in the company who build the houses stash it in that house and didn't retrieve it. That's why it has not been reported as stolen. With so many variables is not worth the gamble.

 

With so many variables is not worth the gamble.

Nope.

 

If it seems to good to be true it usually is.
The 210 has barely been out long enough for him to get it home and stick it in the attic.

 

You checked as well as a reasonable person can.

Buy it.

If it works, what's the problem.

 

Thumbs up. My sentiments exactly. I buy TONS of used items on ebay and Craigslist. I don't check to see if they are stolen.

 

I'd go look at it for sure, get a feel from when you are there and see if the guy is legit. If he purchased the home then everything left behind at closing is basically his. Just get his story in writing with a signature on the bill of sale. Verify his name via ID of some sort.

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Great thinking there Southpaw! Thanks!!

I will check with him and if he bought the house then is case closed. It belongs to him since it was in his property. I hope he still has it.

 

I bought a bobcat off a tweaker for $200 because i KNEW it was stolen. Got the guys plate too, he was too fast to keep him on site.

Called police and gave #, not reported to them. Called airgas and got the miller rep, gave him #, owner called me with in the day. He got his very much needed machine back within 48hrs from when it went awol.

 

Hope he paid you the $200 recovery fee

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Seems too good to be true, but buying a house, after closing all contents become property if the new owner. You did more than adequate due diligance, checked with Miller & Cyberweld. You would be suprised at the things that are left in houses due to death, divorce and especially these days forclosure. I'd call local PD and ask about stolen welders reported. Go buy it man, sometimes you just get lucky and can be the guy who buys the muscle car for peanuts from the wife because she found out he had a girlfriend...If the seller really seems shady, maybe hold off.

I had a pretty much NOS utility 4 wheeler I bought off the grandson of guy who used to own a Polaris dealership. It was 8 years old and had 200 miles on it. It ends up getting stolen a year later. I posted reward on Craigslist and got a call from a guy who had some shady guy off it to him for a grand. I called the police from the curb in front of his house. They didn't find it, but the officers were like "this guy is a total dirtbag" and they ended up searching the garage of his mother's house. He had a bunch of dirt bikes and quads, etc. They were "all for sale." Never found out what they ended up doing but I never got mine back.

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I've seen deals like that end up being an ambush robbery too.

Ppl do it in drug deals all the time. Sure, that's a bit on the extreme side, but after damn near 16 years in the buy and sell business I've learned (the hard way in most cases) what's worth taking a chance on, and what's not. Yeah, you take a gun with you or a couple of buds. What happens if things go downhill and someone gets hurt, or worse shot?

All over a too good to be true deal. Your life will never, ever be the same if it came to that. Yeah, that's the extreme end of it, but damn, I've seen some super shady shlt in my time. I wouldn't put anything past anyone when it comes to stuff like that. I'm not saying all good deals are a bust, but when you get that sick little twinge in your gut like you get when you hear a Kanye West song, you can usually take it to the bank. I've been on the bad end of a couple ambush jumps when I was a stupid kid who didn't know jack about self defense or had much common sense. It went down fast and I got screwed. Shoulda followed my gut, it told me every single time what I was getting myself into.. Different story now...

Again, I'm the skeptic's skeptic. I'm the pessimist's pessimist.

IMHO of course

 

Ask police in his town if they have a safe place for buyers/sellers to meet.