Verminator- I think you unfortunately got scammed. Here is the correspondence with the CL seller and the link to the posting in Maine. His set is posted in a few different New England states. He also has a few more pictures than the Ebay listing provided.

http://maine.craigslist.org/msg/5220349743.html

Me:

Hi I'd like to buy your Slingerland drum set. I'm in Massachusetts. When could I come see the set?

Him:

http://providence.craigslist.org/msg/5229166464.html

I am around this weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Let me know what you think.- Joel

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Me:

Are you located in Providence, RI or Portland, Me?

Thanks

Him:

I'm in Portland Maine. If you need to do a weekday instead let me know so I can plan around my work schedule.- J

Me:

Are you aware of the fact that this same exact set, as in same exact pictures, just sold on ebay for $770. Here's the link to the "sold listing".

Him:

Yes, that was me. My first time using EBay back in April. Unfortunately I had not set a minimum bid and I couldn't change the price till the bidding was over. I appologized to the guy who thought he was getting them for 800$, it's 700$ less than I have into them. He was cool about it. Hence, Craigslist. - Joel

Me:

This auction just ended yesterday and it says the drums are being shipped from North Carolina. A fellow member of a drum forum just won the auction and is worried that he got scammed. I'm actually not interested in the set even though I do like it. I'm a big Slingerland fan and your price is within reason. I was just scoping things out since he posted a picture of the set from the Ebay listing and I recognized it from your CL listing. Sorry to make you think I was interested. I was just trying to get to the bottom of the scam. You may want to look at that Ebay listing more carefully. the auction ended Oct 6th at 5:55pm.

Him:

That's cool. I never re-listed them after April. Tell your friend it is a scam. I have the real things sitting in my apartment.

Haven't seen tamadrm around here in awhile. The former NYPD blue guy. Anyway, sorry this sucks. Hope you get a quick refund.

Nice bit of covert detective work there Mr 64th note ... Clapping Happy2

Cheers

John

Thanks for all of the help. This forum rocks. PayPal recognized his account as a scammer and never completed the transaction. I'm going to buy a six piece sonor 3000 in Scandinavian birch instead. Thanks again guys. Don't mess with the vintagecdrum forum. We'll mess you up.

All's well that ends well. Good to hear. I hate to see someone get taken especially when it's a VDF member. I wouldn't have been any help if I hadn't done a local "Slingerland" CL search the other night. I knew I had seen that same picture of the same set elsewhere.

BTW, I also sent the "true" owner a sincere apology for misleading him. I didn't like to do that but for all I knew he could've been the scammer. I wouldn't have known without creating a false interest.

Scammers like that **** me off, they sow paranoia in this world.

Well you learned a good lesson............IF IT LOOKS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE ......IT PROBABLY ISN'T

That was good of Hemi to step up like that. That's why I like this forum- lots of good folks on here.

Hopefully karma will catch up to the scammer.