Giving personal details to a potential buyer.

[ChocolateFrog]

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[r1ch]

I'm sure someone will come along with experience of this, I'd ask to perhaps liaise with the AA direct if he gives you the contact details.

[ChocolateFrog]

r1ch said:

I'm sure someone will come along with experience of this, I'd ask to perhaps liaise with the AA direct if he gives you the contact details.

Yes that was my thinking too.

Will see what the consensus is.

[loskie]

Jeesus christ these details are hardly top secret. Do you want to sell your car or live life in a paranoid fear?

[sunbeam alpine]

TBH I'm struggling to see why you're worrying. You'd have to give the buyer your address if they wanted to come and see the car.

I can understand someone who either doesn't have much knowledge or lives further aay getting the car checked over.

[ChocolateFrog]

loskie said:

Jeesus christ these details are hardly top secret. Do you want to sell your car or live life in a paranoid fear?

I'm not particularly paranoid no but having never dealt with this situation, thought I'd check first.

Rather a little paranoid and a 2hr delay now than regretting it when I wake up tomorrow.

[bigandclever]

Dear Mr Bananahammock, This is the AA here, we're running a bit late. We hope this letter finds you well, since we couldn't phone you. Mind you, you didn't tell us where you live either, so we'll do the Noel Edmond's cosmic ordering thing and rip this missive up and hope the universe finds a way. Love, the AA.

[ChocolateFrog]

bigandclever said:

Dear Mr Bananahammock, This is the AA here, we're running a bit late. We hope this letter finds you well, since we couldn't phone you. Mind you, you didn't tell us where you live either, so we'll do the Noel Edmond's cosmic ordering thing and rip this missive up and hope the universe finds a way. Love, the AA.

Thanks, useful.

Seems this thread has already run its course.

Cheers to the genuine contributors.

[donkmeister]

I didn't see the OP, but I'm assuming it was unease about an AA inspection on a car he was selling.

Having had someone ask for an RAC inspection of a car we were selling I realised it would be an excellent scam to pinch cars.

1) Someone shows up and is so interested in the car they are willing to spend £200 on having it inspected.

2) Next day someone else shows up, flashes an RAC ID card and is given the keys to do the extended solo test-drive.

3) By the time you realise they're not coming back it could be in a shipping container on the way to a port.


So, I rang the RAC and they gave me a number to call to confirm the ID when the bloke arrived. He was happy, I was happy, no problems.