Strange way of selling on Pistonheads??

[Goldent147]

I enquired about a car that I was interested in via a PistonHeads advert.

I emailed the seller through their personal email address that was on the advert and got a reply earlier.

Apparently she is selling as she is out of the country and needs money to help fund her trip. She has stated that she will fund the delivery of the vehicle to me and that all queries and transactional details will need to be answered through PistonHeads as they are dealing with the sale.

I've never heard of this before, is it normal?!

[SBN]

Sounds like a scam to me

[RRS_Staffs]

you need to ask?

[Urban Sports]

S C A M

[v8will]

Sounds like a scam. Plenty of other cars out there, avoid I'd say.

[Efbe]

hahaha, do you even have to ask? report it asap

[wessexrfc]

Efbe said:

hahaha, do you even have to ask? report it asap

+1 and +2 joker!!

[ZOLLAR]

It sounds fine to me, if you're worried it might be a scam OP transfer your money into my account and I'll deal with them for you ...

[kieranjholland]

Sounds Crap, Avoid Mate

(did anyone see what I did there )

[Goldent147]

Thanks for those non-sarcastic remarks! Never a bad thing to check

[Daggers89]

kieranjholland said:

Sounds Crap, Avoid Mate

(did anyone see what I did there )

Smoooooth ;-)

[Rubin215]

Nah, it's kosher.

I'll pop round tomorrow to pick the money up, then I'll be back by lunchtime with the item.

Honest.

[spitfire-ian]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Oggs]

spitfire-ian said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

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