Cheap as chips
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How cheap is this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-TVR-Cerber 
got cash on me. 
Eddie 4.2 said:
does sound to good to be true Ed
Edited by Eddie 4.2 on Wednesday 2nd May 18:33
This looks along the lines as the 2000 4.5LW Cerbera from last week for 11,000 pounds. I will find the topic and post the link. That ad was a fake. www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=6&t=382335&i=20
Ed - It would be good to see you back in a Cerbera.
Edited by thefarmer on Wednesday 2nd May 18:47
My money is squarely on some sort of scam.
Sounds like a twist on the "Don't email me through ebay cos it doesn't work, email me directly" usual comment, seems more honest as initially you do email him through ebay - but then why not it is a new account - however what he has put doesn't make sense because if you send a message through ebay and he hits reply then it comes back to the original sender by ebay's system, he doesn't need your email address as such but appears to want it.
Also note that the message about emailing hasn't been typed in but is a pic
I suspect this is to dodge some sort of ebay keyword filtering for scammers.
Basically, as the owner of a 98 4.2 I am so crossing my fingers that this is as bent as a very bent thing.
Sounds like a twist on the "Don't email me through ebay cos it doesn't work, email me directly" usual comment, seems more honest as initially you do email him through ebay - but then why not it is a new account - however what he has put doesn't make sense because if you send a message through ebay and he hits reply then it comes back to the original sender by ebay's system, he doesn't need your email address as such but appears to want it.
Also note that the message about emailing hasn't been typed in but is a pic
I suspect this is to dodge some sort of ebay keyword filtering for scammers.
Basically, as the owner of a 98 4.2 I am so crossing my fingers that this is as bent as a very bent thing.
Must be a scam, just seen this for sale by same owner http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1998-MERCEDES-C still be interested to know what sort of contact you get with him
ts....nobody sells a cerb for that price....If the seller has your ebay id and your email address and you have a simple to guess password then watch out for your ebay ID to suddenly appear over a bunch of fraudulent transactions - if you do reply to this by 'exposed' email address make sure you change your Ebay password using upper case, lower case letters and a few numbers for good measure
My mate called me recently as he found a nice Aston DB7 Convertible for very sensible money. He emailed the person asking all about it, then gets a response from a woman who says she's selling it because she's moving to Italy thus the price. She then says that she'll have it at some warehouse for storage where it can be inspected, (this is supposed to be an Autotrader set-up) someone from Autotrader will call us to arrange the funds transfer. When we're happy with the car, we tell Autotrader to realease the funds to the seller, sale complete.
What actually happens is this, they have a physical car that probably borrowed for a day, they then arrange a load of appointments for would be buyers who think they're the only buyer to inspect the vehicle over the course of a few days, each one depositing the full amount with "autotrader" which is really someone pretending to be autotrader when they call you, also obtaining your address, all your bank details and pretty much everything about you to do who knows what when you're asleep. Once they draw a nice amount of cash, they do the disappearing act and there's not alot you can do about it, a very slick operation.
It all smelt a bit fishy when he started talking about Autotrader, having dealt with them for numurous years, it wasn't something that would have escaped my notice. I got very urgent with him making sure he didn't give them any personal details as i spoke to Autotrader and the guy said they were nasty bastards who would "rub you out" no problem.
When things like this come along, that seem to good to be true, they are just that. Steer clear and be very very careful.
What actually happens is this, they have a physical car that probably borrowed for a day, they then arrange a load of appointments for would be buyers who think they're the only buyer to inspect the vehicle over the course of a few days, each one depositing the full amount with "autotrader" which is really someone pretending to be autotrader when they call you, also obtaining your address, all your bank details and pretty much everything about you to do who knows what when you're asleep. Once they draw a nice amount of cash, they do the disappearing act and there's not alot you can do about it, a very slick operation.
It all smelt a bit fishy when he started talking about Autotrader, having dealt with them for numurous years, it wasn't something that would have escaped my notice. I got very urgent with him making sure he didn't give them any personal details as i spoke to Autotrader and the guy said they were nasty bastards who would "rub you out" no problem.
When things like this come along, that seem to good to be true, they are just that. Steer clear and be very very careful.
Most definitely a scam and if you trawl through ebay you will find a great deal of these, badly worded with silly low buy it now prices. I do not know what ebay are doing to combat this.
A friend of mine saw a Honda S2000 and was a bit wary of the low price and lack of info on such things as servicing so asked a few questions. Got a standard issue reply skirting around the questions and the car was in Hungary too! Usually the scammer has zero points and has set up an account yesterday. I reckon the best way is to ask for their phone number so you can speak to them direct. I think a foreign scammer will find it hard to sound like a Mr Barnes or a Margaret Jones and will not reply. There must be some right thickos on ebay who do pay up though.
A friend of mine saw a Honda S2000 and was a bit wary of the low price and lack of info on such things as servicing so asked a few questions. Got a standard issue reply skirting around the questions and the car was in Hungary too! Usually the scammer has zero points and has set up an account yesterday. I reckon the best way is to ask for their phone number so you can speak to them direct. I think a foreign scammer will find it hard to sound like a Mr Barnes or a Margaret Jones and will not reply. There must be some right thickos on ebay who do pay up though.
KANEIT said:
Most definitely a scam and if you trawl through ebay you will find a great deal of these, badly worded with silly low buy it now prices. I do not know what ebay are doing to combat this.
I'm very suspicious, but the wording actually sounds spot-on, all very TVR and Cerbera specific; such as the Clutch + cylinders, Nitrons, de-cats, loud sports exhaust, wax-oiling etc, unless it's a copy of someone else's advert?
Edited by invercerb on Thursday 3rd May 07:44
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