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Yep a Scam saw this a couple of years ago when a Lass had returned to Italy in her RHD Golf 130PD TDI and could not sell it there so was offering it for £7,500 and would ship it to the UK for a docks pick. Same story about refunds and returns. Shortly after this a guy I used to work with followed one of these deals through for Merc and without seeking advice and he never saw his money again or the car. Regards Peter
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There goes my reduced scam offer of only robbing the poster of £5k ;-) You could have kept quiet.
Still think it's either a wind-up post or the average intelligence has gone down... how can you not see this as not a scam? Greed?
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1000% Certain that it is a scam!
The internet is full of them, for example:
southampton.gumtree.com/southampton/95/12425195.ht...l
Cheers,
L
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I have several Armani suits that I cannot take back to Italy because of customs so I am driving round this motorway service station car park in a 10 year old Fiesta trying to sell them. I give you nice price.
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whether its a wind up post or not you will always find gullible gready people out there if its your forte to find and rip them
how many overpriced cars are sold every single day because people spend up to their budget
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That was you was it Nsar? Driving what looked like a hired Golf that time.
It was only 50 quid so I didn't mind it not being Armani, and it sort of fitted.
But the trousers came to pieces the first time they were cleaned and you can't get the smell of sweat out of a coat made of recycled plastic bags.
And blow me down if I didn't meet you again a few months ago! You came on with the same hustle too. 'Can you tell me the way to Heathrow' indeed! And when I said: 'You're going to try and sell me a suit. Look, you sold me this coat,' you had the cheek to cast doubt on my word!
Stay out of Notting Hill if you know what's good for you.... :o}
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he sold me a watch and the hands go backwards :-(
signed.
.............very upset of yorkshire
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But what if it's not a scam. It just might not be a scam. He'd be silly to pass up on the chance to get a car for half price just because he didn't want to send £13,000 to smoebody he didn't know and had never met, in exchange for a car that might or might not arrive...
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"He'd be silly to pass up on the chance to ..."
yes right.
I'll save him the time and bother of checking it out. I'll even guarantee to get it cheaper. Just send me only £10,000 and give me the remaining £2,000 when I give you the car.
My address is:
Theresamugborn everyminit
Stealit Road
Roundthe bend
Liverpool.
See : I'm saving you £1,000 of the £13,000 and I'm trusting you to give me the final £2,000 when I give you the car. Totally fair and honest.
madf
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But it's too good to be true, so it must be worth risking £13,000? He'd be stupid not to risk it.
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madf I have already offered to save him £8000 for not providing the car by asking only £5000. You're simply trying to rip him off :-)
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madf I have already offered to save him £8000 for not providing the car by asking only £5000. You're simply trying to rip him off :-)
In the spirit of competitive capitalism I'll guarantee not to supply the car for the rock bottom price of £1, a saving of well over £23k, I'll even not throw in a tank of fuel and 12m tax.
Unbeatable.
L
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I'll do it for 75p and still not give the iPod. I will also not (due to the competition) give fuel for life. No need to say who's life as it's not actually included.
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Hi..........it most certainly is. I've recently been scouring the Autotrader for a 'bargain' and thought I'd spotted four crackers.
I replied to the e-mails, and below are the responses I got for four different vehicles.
I'll let you be the judge if something smells 'fishy'!..........................
1) Thank you for email and the car is still available. I'm in Prague, Czech Republic and the car is here too. The price for 2005 Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI Avantgarde Automatic is £10,200, delivery taxes to the UK included. The shipping will take 5 days and the car will be delivered to your home.
It's a UK car with full UK specs (right-hand drive), 15,450 miles, very clean car in and out, no damage, no scratches or dents on paintwork, no rips or burns on interior. There is no outstanding finance and the car has never been involved in any accident.
The payment will be sent using ebay's vehicle purchase protection and refund programme. You will have 7 days to inspect the car and the documents before ebay will release your payment to me.
Please reply asap if you have the intention of purchasing this car.
Regards
2)It's still for sale. I must apologise for the delay in response, but I'm literally overwhelmed by the amount of interest. I have recently relocated to Austria for business. The Audi is here as well. I can and will arrange transportation to UK.
As you probably noticed, the price is rather low. But since it's a right hand drive car, not even a dealer will offer me a better price here. The fact that it's still UK registered did not help either. Genuine reason for sale: my business didn't work out the way I planned. Due to amount involved, I only accept bank transfers or third party transaction mediator.
I am the registered keeper and there is no outstanding finance on the vehicle. The car is in excellent condition, the bodywork is immaculate, no scratches, dents or hidden defects as well as the interior in excellent non-smoking condition. I am willing to let the 2006 AUDI A4 S LINE QUATTRO go for £ 12,720 GBP.
Please get back to me and let me know if you wish to proceed on this basis.
Cheers!
Nicholas.
3) The Mercedes E320 CDi is still for sale. A great car, never implied in any accident, in excellent condition with full service history. My job put me on the way to England and I purchased this car there. Now I have to sell it as I've got back home in Czech Republic. The car is here as well. The final price is £ 8,650 + shipping to your door. For an accurate shipping cost please include your shipping address in your next email.
As you probably noticed, the price is rather low. But since it's a right hand drive car, not even a dealer will offer me a better price here. The fact that it's still UK registered did not help either.
I am the registered keeper and there is no outstanding finance on the vehicle. The car is in excellent condition, the bodywork is immaculate, no scratches, dents or hidden defects as well as the interior in excellent non-smoking condition.
Due to amount involved and due the fact I am not located in United Kingdom, I only accept third party transaction mediator. All documents, including V5 log book on your name will be provided along with the car.
Please email me soon if you want to move forward and let me know if you need anything else.
All the best!
4) The Mercedes E320 is in perfect working condition. It's in showroom condition, no scratches, no dents, accident-free ,full service history, HPI clear ,no outstanding finance.
I have recently relocated in Budapest, Hungary for business. The car is here as well. I can and will arrange transportation to UK .
It still has UK registration, because I didn't paid for Hungary import. The car meets United Kingdom DOT and EPA guidelines so there will be no problems regarding UK Customs policy on receiving the car .You will receive the original invoice, logbook, keys and all the documents to register it into your name .
Genuine reason for sale: my business didn't work out the way I planned.
The sale will be through eBay, meaning that they will hold and insure your money until receipt of the vehicle in good condition. You will be given a 7 days inspection period before releasing the payment. The inspection period is starting from the day you will receive the vehicle.
Final price is 7,600.00 GBP (this price includes the shipping and insurance).
If you wish to purchase it please provide me your full name and ebay ID so I can initiate the deal through ebay. I hope we can do business together.
Best Regards,Alain Godefroy
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how many people are going to screw grandmars inheritance on those crackers eh?
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Is this like the watch Jasper Carrot bought on a Spanish beach at midday?
He later found it only had one hand.
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think that was jimmy jewel and hilda baker in the pickle factory ;-)
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DavidK - your reply is just about the only useful one (the others were largely a waste of time). Your 2nd example is the same one I had - word for word, from "Nicholas". I wrote asking him to send me scanned images of the registration document, maintenance book showing dealer stamps, his passport, the tax disc, original purchase invoice, service receipts etc... I also said I would fly over to Austria to see the car. To all of which he replied I must be joking! Interestingly, the registration number (he sent me photos) checks out as far as correct model of car is concerned so does the scam simply involve photographing someone else's car?
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The pictures will have been lifted from another website such as AT, Pistonheads, Ebay etc.
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Hi GT,
I have to say that you went one step further than me with your enquiry, I never contacted the advertiser. With the first reply I got I couldn't be 'bothered' with importing a vehicle so didn't proceed....I'd missed the possibility it was a scam.
By the second and third the penny had well and truly dropped.
Two of these were from Autotrader and two from E-bay. When I look back at the adverts the common thread is that each one invites you to 'contact the seller by e-mail before bidding or offering to purchase' indicating his focus is on operating outside of any protection schemes.
On e-bay, the car allows bids to be placed, then suddenly is withdrawn before its closing date.
Perhaps some poor sole has fallen for this, it must be worth doing it for the criminal. Would be nice to have £15k to follow this trail and see where it gets me, ideally with police suport!
In the mean time, I'll have to keep trawling the autotrader for that mythical bargain...low mileage, prestige car being sold by a couple having an acrimonious divorce and spitefully selling off their assets.
One day, it'll be out there...
David K
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Perhaps some poor sole has fallen for this
All sounds a bit fishy to me ;-)
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Stay out of Notting Hill if you know what's good for you.... :o}
I've been staying away from London ever since I read this:
"London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle certainly knew a thing or two.
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"London that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle certainly knew a thing or two.
He didn't think much of Dundee either :-)
(was on Radio 4's Book of the Week this morning).
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He didn't think much of Dundee either :-)(was on Radio 4's Book of the Week this morning).
Not bad for a corpse.
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Like many novelists Conan Doyle was prone to exaggeration. Surely the British Empire could boast of more than eight million or so loungers and idlers? And what did the man have against these agreeable categories anyway?
I think you would be safe enough Baskerville now that the Empire has passed across the Atlantic and all that's left here is a Commonwealth. But London doesn't take kindly to pompous provinciality.
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