Marlin off to Italy
Discussion
kayos said:
Sold my Marlin to a dealer in Italy, was picked up on Sunday on a car transporter which had: E-Type, 2 Morgans and an Austin Healey on it - and space for 3 more.
Looks like a lot of British sports cars are off to Italy at the moment. Anyone else noticed this?.
Who was the dealer ?Looks like a lot of British sports cars are off to Italy at the moment. Anyone else noticed this?.
Paul Drawmer said:
Err...he didn't overpay you so that you could settle the transport did he?
kayos said:
What do you mean.
There is a common scam where someone buys something from you over the internet, they send you (accidentally) an overpayment, and ask you to send the difference. You send them the 'extra' money back and come to find out that the check or whatever they sent you bounced. They disappear with both your goods and your money.I guess there is another version where the 'overpayment' is for you to pay the shipping company with. Either way, the extra money they send is to build a sense of trust. By the time that you realize that they sent you vapor and not real money, it's too late.
I hope that's not the story here...
Edited by NAPiston on Wednesday 12th May 18:05
don´t be so sceptic if foreigners are interested in buying cars in UK.
what should happen if they pay by paypal in advance or cash in pound is handed over during pick-up...nothing!!
the pound is weak, the euro strong, thats the only reason why there are so many foreigners interested in purchasing british products.
in 10years its maybe vice versa and you are buying items in italy, france or germany. than you will be happy if sellers welcome you in a friendly and honest way.
what should happen if they pay by paypal in advance or cash in pound is handed over during pick-up...nothing!!
the pound is weak, the euro strong, thats the only reason why there are so many foreigners interested in purchasing british products.
in 10years its maybe vice versa and you are buying items in italy, france or germany. than you will be happy if sellers welcome you in a friendly and honest way.
Comadis said:
what should happen if they pay by paypal in advance or cash in pound is handed over during pick-up...nothing!!
Cash in hand is clearly safe, but that's not what the scam involves. PayPal on the other hand, is not so safe; if the buyer is scamming PayPal with a stolen or fraudulent credit card, when PayPal finds out they will try and take back the money that they paid into your account. PayPal User Agreement said:
Please note the following risks of using the PayPal Services:
Payments received in your PayPal account may be reversed at a later time for example, if such a payment is subject to a Chargeback, Reversal, Claim or otherwise invalidated. This means that for some of our Sellers, payments received into their Account may be returned to the sender or otherwise removed from their Account after they have been paid and/or delivered any goods or services sold.
This is not about trusting foreign transactions, it is about recognizing a scam when you see it. This can as easily be a domestic scam as a foreign one.Payments received in your PayPal account may be reversed at a later time for example, if such a payment is subject to a Chargeback, Reversal, Claim or otherwise invalidated. This means that for some of our Sellers, payments received into their Account may be returned to the sender or otherwise removed from their Account after they have been paid and/or delivered any goods or services sold.
nothing happens with paypal, except when you do not immediately transfer the incomming money to your banc account.
leave 1 pence on your account...if there are any claims against your paypal account, paypal will refund the remaining 1pence and proudly inform the receipient that "they" could fullfill his refund-demands....thats how paypal works in reality!!!
thats not a joke...1 recently paid an purchase via paypal, never received the item, the seller never replied and the paypal refund policy ended exactly how i described it above.
complains to paypal ended in endless discussions that they will take further incomming money from his paypal account...unfortunatley the seller opened another paypal account and no further money went over the "old" account.
conclusion: paypal is safe as long as you transfer the incomming money IMMEDIATELY to your banc account.
leave 1 pence on your account...if there are any claims against your paypal account, paypal will refund the remaining 1pence and proudly inform the receipient that "they" could fullfill his refund-demands....thats how paypal works in reality!!!
thats not a joke...1 recently paid an purchase via paypal, never received the item, the seller never replied and the paypal refund policy ended exactly how i described it above.
complains to paypal ended in endless discussions that they will take further incomming money from his paypal account...unfortunatley the seller opened another paypal account and no further money went over the "old" account.
conclusion: paypal is safe as long as you transfer the incomming money IMMEDIATELY to your banc account.
Edited by Comadis on Thursday 13th May 23:42
Paul Drawmer said:
Err...he didn't overpay you so that you could settle the transport did he?
With this question I was alluding to the scam where the buyer overpays so that the seller can settle the account with the transporter. Sometimes the overpayment includes an extra for the seller's trouble.The problem arises when the payment has been made to a non-existent escrow service, or is made by cheque or transfer that the bank accepts and looks OK but is rejected at clearance which can be several days later.
Seller ends up having paid for transport, and losing car.
@thescamper:
not so strong as before, but still. if greek would have solved its problems themsevles or cared about their financial situation before the exchange rate would be much better.
anyway, its postive for the british economy as orders of spareparts, also car sales to other european countries increased. unfortunately sales prices for kitcars have rised slightly, which isnt so good for british buyers.
not so strong as before, but still. if greek would have solved its problems themsevles or cared about their financial situation before the exchange rate would be much better.
anyway, its postive for the british economy as orders of spareparts, also car sales to other european countries increased. unfortunately sales prices for kitcars have rised slightly, which isnt so good for british buyers.
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