Is this guy dodgy? (help)
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My friend shall (hopefully) be buying a new car on Wednesday. http://www4.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201... if anyone is interested.
We went and inspected the car (though I insisted on a MK1 but he wouldn't listen) and all with the car was well. Dodgy area in Birmingham but the man seemed decent until we started to talk about money.
We could only agree on the £2600 and we left a £200 deposit.
The seller was insisting on a bank transfer and said we can just transfer when ever and the just collect the car. That rang my alarm bells.
I advised my mate to say no as he could just accept the money and then move. We settled on cash and he wants to take my mate to the bank at 0900 to put the £2500 in the sellers account to make sure the money is 'okay' as he worded it. Now I've never heard this before, I've bought 3 used cars and never has the seller taken me to the bank to make sure the money will go in.
I'm a obviously very suspicious of this whole situation and would like to know if anyone has heard of anything like this before? But it was the bit that he kept wanted to have a direct bank transfer that made me think. I did tell my mate how suspect this guy seemed when discussing money he just agreed but by then left deposit...
We went and inspected the car (though I insisted on a MK1 but he wouldn't listen) and all with the car was well. Dodgy area in Birmingham but the man seemed decent until we started to talk about money.
We could only agree on the £2600 and we left a £200 deposit.
The seller was insisting on a bank transfer and said we can just transfer when ever and the just collect the car. That rang my alarm bells.
I advised my mate to say no as he could just accept the money and then move. We settled on cash and he wants to take my mate to the bank at 0900 to put the £2500 in the sellers account to make sure the money is 'okay' as he worded it. Now I've never heard this before, I've bought 3 used cars and never has the seller taken me to the bank to make sure the money will go in.
I'm a obviously very suspicious of this whole situation and would like to know if anyone has heard of anything like this before? But it was the bit that he kept wanted to have a direct bank transfer that made me think. I did tell my mate how suspect this guy seemed when discussing money he just agreed but by then left deposit...
seeby said:
If you say you done a deal at £2,600 and left a £200 deposit ,your mate only needs to put £2,400 in the sellers account.If I were you Iwould go with your mate along with the seller to the bank in case he (or someone he knows). ,might turn your mate over and nick his cash.IE knowing your mate is carrying nearly 2and a half grand.Specially as you say its in a dodgy area.
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