Can pistonheads deal with a sale of a car?

[hewittinspain]

Ive found a car I like that is surprisingly cheap so I emailed the seller and she got back to me saying that the car was in good condition,hpi clear, FSH but said she was currently in Australia for 4 months hence selling the car and that pistonheads would deliver the car and give me the presigned V5 form and she would pay the expense.

Bear in mind this car would normally go for £8000 and she is selling it for £4500.

Is this fraud or do Pistonheads do this service?

[RDM]

[DanGPR]

No they don't offer this service. All they do is advertise the cars, there is no responsibility or affiliation with the seller of any kind

[majordad]

This should be good, I hope you get a happy ending.

[Magic919]

Has already been reported if it's the 911.

[Chr1sch]

Fraud...

[Kinky]

A different car to this one?

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

[rb5230]

RDM said:

indeed!

[mgtony]

Nearly half price No reason to be suspicious!!!!!!

[hewittinspain]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2310542.htm

Its this car

[j44esd]

hewittinspain said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2310542.htm

Its this car

It's a scam, do not contact the advertiser and report the advert.

HTH

[hewittinspain]

st i already contacted them and they sent an email back

[tim2100]

hewittinspain said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2310542.htm

Its this car

SCAM!!!!

[Kinky]

The PH fraud alert should help make things clear for all.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/fraudwarnings.asp

Please do take the time to read it.

[rb5230]

hewittinspain said:

st i already contacted them and they sent an email back

now they will be able to remortgage your house and fleece you for millions!

[hewittinspain]

How can they? They have no details of mine whatsoever

[rb5230]

hewittinspain said:

How can they? They have no details of mine whatsoever

wheres the whooosh?

it was only a joke mate, i am sure you will be fine.

[hewittinspain]

i know

[Kinky]

And just to make clear for anyone who may not be aware - PistonHeads hosts the classifieds and that's as far as their responsibility goes.

Of course there's dodgy folk out there, trying to fleece us at any opportunity - but if there's a £10k car up for sale only £2k; then you know there's something dodgy.

The PH fraud warnings goes some way to help highlight those.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/fraudwarnings.asp

And this latest one is like AutoTrader holding the cars somewhere centrally; and holding/selling them on behalf of sellers. The Haymarket car would be pretty stuffed with about 95k+ cars for sale

The same applies to PH holding money, or being a guarantor; or anything else .... they DON'T

[spanna123]

This has been done to death and people still need to ask. If it looks too good to be true it most certainly is, makes it even more clear if they are in another country and offer to cover costs for you.