Facebook Marketplace seats for sale - could they be stolen?
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Saw a pair of brand-new seats advertised for a very good price, much cheaper than RRP, but there are a few warning signs:
- Seller says reason for sale is they were bought for but never fitted to a car that's now been sold. But cover photo shows three seats.
- Insists on cash only, no bank transfer.
- Only 2 friends on Facebook.
- Seller's name is quite distinctive but nothing shows up on a web search.
I'm scheduled to travel there tomorrow and could always walk away if it doesn't feel right. But it's a four-hour round trip.
Is there a market for stolen high-value car seats?
- Seller says reason for sale is they were bought for but never fitted to a car that's now been sold. But cover photo shows three seats.
- Insists on cash only, no bank transfer.
- Only 2 friends on Facebook.
- Seller's name is quite distinctive but nothing shows up on a web search.
I'm scheduled to travel there tomorrow and could always walk away if it doesn't feel right. But it's a four-hour round trip.
Is there a market for stolen high-value car seats?
Or maybe the country is in such a state because it's full of miserable, angry and distrustful fruitcakes who are triggered by the slightest thing.
If anyone has actual insight to offer on stolen goods. I'm all ears. These products would not be taken from a car - they would have to have been pilfered from a store or warehouse.
If anyone has actual insight to offer on stolen goods. I'm all ears. These products would not be taken from a car - they would have to have been pilfered from a store or warehouse.
I watched someone throw two black and red fixed corbeau bucket seats into the re cycling skip a couple of weeks ago , from what I could see they were near enough perfect without rips , guy said he’d tried to sell them but no interest.
I myself advertised a set of brand new in box lowering springs for a bmw that were wrongly supplied for free if someone collected them , when I posted I’d thrown them in the scrap skip I had loads of interest.
I myself advertised a set of brand new in box lowering springs for a bmw that were wrongly supplied for free if someone collected them , when I posted I’d thrown them in the scrap skip I had loads of interest.
Well, as no-one has posted up yet reporting a sophisticated network of criminals targeting expensive car-parts retailers, I'm going to head over today.
Fakes are not impossible, but they look legit enough in the photos including correct stickers with part numbers.
Even if I walk away, I'll get to satisfy my curiosity.
Fakes are not impossible, but they look legit enough in the photos including correct stickers with part numbers.
Even if I walk away, I'll get to satisfy my curiosity.
Overall D said:
It’s not Bride or Recaro is it? There was a proliferation of fake ones, a few years ago, some still for sale on ebay. They were quite detailed copies, with serial number stickers and all.
I guess you could argue, assuming you aren’t actually going racing/rallying, that other than the potential for being ripped off, which seems not to apply here as these are cheap, it doesn’t really matter even if they are (decent) fakes?plenty said:
Fakes are not impossible, but they look legit enough in the photos including correct stickers with part numbers.
Be very cautious and don’t take the presence of a label at face value.MSUK circulated and advisory to competitors a couple of years ago and the counterfeits were very convincing even down to the homologation labels. 5’the only tell was slight differences in the type face and the homologation numbers.
I can’t find the original article but see here.
https://www.motorsportuk.org/competitors/guidance-...
Be sure to check that the numbers are correct for that seat by cross referencing the manufacturer’s serial numbers and inspect for quality issues such as poor stitching etc.
Counterfeiting is a problem in motorsport given the high cost of the genuine safety items.
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