What's the point?
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JDH1

Original Poster:

1,017 posts

269 months

Friday 7th November 2008
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simoncooper

18 posts

237 months

Friday 7th November 2008
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how do you mean scam? this is not a real price for this car in my opinion. can u please look at my maser thread and give me your thoughts??

Davey S2

13,394 posts

284 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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simoncooper said:
how do you mean scam?
Err

'Front electric windows' - are the rear windows manual then?

'drivers airbag' - which they all have. Might as well say 'has 4 wheels'

Plus the fact its at least £40K underpriced.

Do you really think a year old e-gear spider with 1,750 miles on the clock is worth £61K when that car would have been about £150K new??

Look at the price of similar spec and age cars from reputable sources.


simoncooper

18 posts

237 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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my point exactly if you read my full reponse. do you know alot about cars? if so please have a look at my maser post and give me your valued thoughts.

CooperS

4,580 posts

249 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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simoncooper said:
my point exactly if you read my full reponse. do you know alot about cars? if so please have a look at my maser post and give me your valued thoughts.
I think rewriting your post would make it clearer.

Plus what do you mean by "if you know anything about cars please look at my maser post"?

Everyone on here has an opinion, whether they are to be truely valued is up to you?

Also i can not understand anyone who has got to the point of being able to spend 50k on a car (in this case a 4 seater) and still cant make up their own mind as to what car to buy?

Back to Op yer obviously a scam no one can be that desprate to sell.

JDH1

Original Poster:

1,017 posts

269 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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How does the scam work though? How does the guy profit from it?

UVB

557 posts

223 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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It could be that the phone diverts to a premium number in somewhere like Belize that you instantly get billed £15 for (apparently there's a courier "have a parcel for you but you were out" mailbox drop card scam that works like this doing the rounds at the moment).

Or it might be that anyone with £60k in the bank that emails their interest in the car would of course be of interest to the many email scammers out there.

guydw

1,651 posts

313 months

Saturday 8th November 2008
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A scam or a mistake....

You'd need to call the guy to make a judgement surely ?

The only scam would surely involve bashing a buyer over the head and taking their money - or some other way of getting the cash and not delivering the car. You'd think with this kind of sum such a scam would not be possible...