Being followed.
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This has been moved from General Gassing where I thought it more appropriate however here it is:
Odd situation.
Sold a car to a gentleman today, a 1980's British sports car. Until two days ago he was coming to collect it on the bus but a change of plan yesterday, he decided a local to him recovery company would collect which they did, this morning just before midday.
Recovery truck was unloading at his door which is about 10 miles down a very quiet country lane in the highlands of Scotland. A dead end when a car turns up and stops.
Visitor - Are you "*****"?
Yes, who are you?
Visitor - My name is John.
So what do you want?
Visitor - I'm looking for a project.
Who told you my name and that I was getting a car?
Visitor - The man in the shop.
Not for sale and off he went.
So how did he know the buyers name? And address? Only the buyer, his wife and I knew of the sale plus my wife.
The transport company would know.
And the folk who run the internet classifieds and auction house would know if they'd read the conversation on there.
The transport guy did take quite a while to do the journey, more than you'd expect but he said to me that he was stopping for lunch and a haircut along the way. Secure parking allegedly.
Has he spoken to someone? He would know it wasn't a project just looking at it.
Did the man in the shop, who my buyer doesn't really know say anything. Was that just a spur of the moment excuse?
Guess we may never know but it has put my buyer on guard about a possible theft.
Odd situation.
Sold a car to a gentleman today, a 1980's British sports car. Until two days ago he was coming to collect it on the bus but a change of plan yesterday, he decided a local to him recovery company would collect which they did, this morning just before midday.
Recovery truck was unloading at his door which is about 10 miles down a very quiet country lane in the highlands of Scotland. A dead end when a car turns up and stops.
Visitor - Are you "*****"?
Yes, who are you?
Visitor - My name is John.
So what do you want?
Visitor - I'm looking for a project.
Who told you my name and that I was getting a car?
Visitor - The man in the shop.
Not for sale and off he went.
So how did he know the buyers name? And address? Only the buyer, his wife and I knew of the sale plus my wife.
The transport company would know.
And the folk who run the internet classifieds and auction house would know if they'd read the conversation on there.
The transport guy did take quite a while to do the journey, more than you'd expect but he said to me that he was stopping for lunch and a haircut along the way. Secure parking allegedly.
Has he spoken to someone? He would know it wasn't a project just looking at it.
Did the man in the shop, who my buyer doesn't really know say anything. Was that just a spur of the moment excuse?
Guess we may never know but it has put my buyer on guard about a possible theft.
Edited by Skyedriver on Wednesday 17th June 18:49
Haircut mid journey? i transported cars for 20 years (mostly but not always 7/11 car loads of new and nearly new mass produced vehicles) and never heard of someone stopping for a haircut mid trip unless an overnighter at a large truckstop with a resident barber's shop...which are rarer than hens teeth.
You don't park up near typical High Streets and go to the shops for any reason with something 'interesting' on board, if something really tasty you get a covered transporter to shift it and choose your transporter by repute and competence not whose cheapest.
If i were the buyer i'd be making the new aquisition incredibly difficult to move/remove for the forseeable future.
You don't park up near typical High Streets and go to the shops for any reason with something 'interesting' on board, if something really tasty you get a covered transporter to shift it and choose your transporter by repute and competence not whose cheapest.
If i were the buyer i'd be making the new aquisition incredibly difficult to move/remove for the forseeable future.
Was the potential next buyer a local to the person you sold to?
In rural Scotland, nothing passes the local villagers by.
I arrived early on a very wet Thursday morning in car with a removals truck 5 mins behind, 300 miles north of the house we sold the day before. I walked to local shop to get milk and OH got kettle out to make everyone a brew before we unloaded.
Cashier "Are you the family from *insert south Yorkshire town* moving into Hilly Street?"
Before I could answer properly, the lady behind leaned in and used my first name to welcome me....
(Cashier was a neighbour, seen the car arrive and the removals truck with Yorkshire town address on, lady behind was our new landlords wife....By the end of the week everyone probably knew our household habits, colour of underwear and what was written in our will. If they did noy know for sure, they just guessed and made it up.)
In rural Scotland, nothing passes the local villagers by.
I arrived early on a very wet Thursday morning in car with a removals truck 5 mins behind, 300 miles north of the house we sold the day before. I walked to local shop to get milk and OH got kettle out to make everyone a brew before we unloaded.
Cashier "Are you the family from *insert south Yorkshire town* moving into Hilly Street?"
Before I could answer properly, the lady behind leaned in and used my first name to welcome me....
(Cashier was a neighbour, seen the car arrive and the removals truck with Yorkshire town address on, lady behind was our new landlords wife....By the end of the week everyone probably knew our household habits, colour of underwear and what was written in our will. If they did noy know for sure, they just guessed and made it up.)
Skyedriver said:
So how did he know the buyers name? And address? Only the buyer, his wife and I knew of the sale plus my wife.
The transport company would know.
The transport guy did take quite a while to do the journey, more than you'd expect but he said to me that he was stopping for lunch and a haircut along the way. Secure parking allegedly.
Has he spoken to someone?
Did the man in the shop, who my buyer doesn't really know say anything.
My guess is some combination of the above.The transport company would know.
The transport guy did take quite a while to do the journey, more than you'd expect but he said to me that he was stopping for lunch and a haircut along the way. Secure parking allegedly.
Has he spoken to someone?
Did the man in the shop, who my buyer doesn't really know say anything.
Coversation from driver either nefariously or accidentally intercepted by the "follower".
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