Does anybody know this guy? Legit?

[Cinco]

I posted a "wanted" ad on the forum here for a tachometer.  I have a guy out of the UK offering to sell me one.  Says his name is Jerry Gardner.  Willing to ship it to me.  Now I am on a couple other boards, a lot (OK wayyy too much) and know a lot of folks over there and wouldn't have a hard time buying something like that, knowing the people after so long.  Being new around here and not knowing anyone I am very apprehensive to do such a thing. 
So, good to go?  Y'all know him and its a stand up deal?  Run, run like the wind! 

Thanks

[Bladedog]

Was the reply email worded something like this:?

My name is __________. I saw your wanted ad. Kindly shoot me a mail if you are still in need of item as I have to offer.

Thanks.

No specific reference to what you want, or anything?  If that's the case, might be a spammer.  Proceed with caution.  I got two of those from two different guys in U.K. when I was looking for Kury Hiway pegs.  neither one was real.  Reply email was almost verbatim from the two different guys other than their name and address.

Good luck!

[JimL]

My advise would be to walk away from this transaction...it looks extremely "fishy".

[Disco]

I've gotten several similar responses each time I've posted a Want to Trade ad.  The first time it happened was an offer to sell me what I wanted to trade for.  I emailed to try to clarify and got no response.  The second time it happened, I just ignored it. 

[KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)]

Got one once with a for sale ad that asked questions about stuff stated in my ad. Told him to read the ad again and never heard back. Scammer

[Don07tncav]

He replied to one of my ads also. His first price was super high, almost triple what I could buy the item from HDL. Then he had more replies coming down on price insisting on my mailing info each time. The entire thing smelled like a scam.

[Puffs Daddy]

Same experience when I was looking for a F6C tank emblem with suspiciously similar wording. Walk away.