Does this look dodgy? PH detectives...

[dylan0451]

found this fairly good looking 328 on gumtree:

http://www.gumtree.com/london/81/66841781.html

was just about to call, then i noticed this:

http://www.gumtree.com/london/74/66170574.html

now, maybe i'm overly cautious, but if you were to drop your price, why would you bother taking different pictures?

and worse ones than the originals at that?

and, what looks like a different area?

maybe i'll call the first one and see if the guys name is Alex?!

[twazzock]

Ah, but the new ad has fog lights and all caps - guaranteed to get a sale!



Seriously though, perhaps the original has sold and the new owner is selling it on again. Does seem a bit fishy, give both numbers a call, take notes, report back.

[BlueMR2]

2 different numbers, listed in 2 different areas, listed 14 days apart.

Could very well be someone has bought it and wants rid.

Could be too costly for insurance/fuel or could be something wrong or some completely different reason.

Best ring the first advertiser to find out if its sold and if so how much for and if it had any problems at all.

[dylan0451]

called first add.

he (hadrian?) middle eastern sounding chap says the car's been in the family since new, hence the 2 owners i guess? 9 months mot, 5 or so tax he didn't seem sure exactly but sounded a tad 'scatty'

it's a very good car(!) it's the SE so gets leather heated seats etc. etc.

asked him if it's been up for sale for a while, he says yes. what i should have asked was how long has it been for sale i guess, but that's hardly going to trip him up...

called second add.

she (ursula?) middle eastern sounding also, tells me the mot is sometime next year, and it has 6 months tax. she is just the driver, she puts the petrol in the car, then drives the car

she says she's owned it for 8 months

fk knows where the contact name 'alex' comes from then...