Dodgy?

terrydel

Seems incredibly cheap even if you add vrt onto that price.

http://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=837607&r=s.php%3Fm%3D7%26o%3D42%26d%3D2000%26e%3D10000%26nx%3D8%26nn%3D7%26dr%3D3%26yn%3D2004%26yx%3D2008%26g%3D0

What you reckon?

dgt

Yes. Miles are low enough to command a much higher price

partyatmygaff

dgt wrote: »

Yes. Miles are low enough to command a much higher price

The usual scam. Lack of a phone number is a giveaway.

terrydel

partyatmygaff wrote: »

The usual scam. Lack of a phone number is a giveaway.

Not that I've any interest in it, but what specifically is the scam?
Amazes me the sites let these ads go up.

SniperSight

Dodgy in the sense the car pictured isn't the car for sale in the details.
Pics look like a genuine S3, I've never seen any other A3 that looks that close to an S3.

Kenny Logins

terrydel wrote: »

Not that I've any interest in it, but what specifically is the scam?
Amazes me the sites let these ads go up.

Deposit, or payment, up front. It's cheap enough to envoke enough stupidity in some people to send cash in advance in order to secure the deal

terrydel

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Deposit, or payment, up front. It's cheap enough to envoke enough stupidity in some people to send cash in advance in order to secure the deal

It astonishes me the way greed gets the better of people in situations like this.
One of the biggest weaknesses of the human condition.

bazz26

No way it's a scam, 2006 Audi A3s are selling for €4k all the time.

terrydel

bazz26 wrote: »

No way it's a scam, 2006 Audi A3s are selling for €4k all the time.

partyatmygaff

An '06 high spec A3 with tiny mileage is worth at the very, very least €8k if not more.

dodderangler

Mileage is low but probably had **** drove out of it

colm_mcm

Car is an an FSI SE model going by cartell. Dunno about engine size

Now, ad says price includes vrt

The VRT on one of thee is €2009

terrydel

colm_mcm wrote: »

Car is an an FSI SE model going by cartell. Dunno about engine size

Now, ad says price includes vrt

The VRT on one of thee is €2009

Even 6k would be incredibly cheap. The pic has an s3 badge.

terrydel

And lo, the ad is now gone!

Kenny Logins

dodderangler wrote: »

Mileage is low but probably had **** drove out of it

You do know this isn't a genuine advert, right?

terrydel

OSI wrote: »

What are they supposed to do, have someone manually read through and verify every single advert before it hit's the site? That's just not viable, not even on a small scale site.

I see your point, its probably impractical.
But simple validation on entering an ad, such as phone num being mandatory, would have ruled this one out.

bazz26

terrydel wrote: »

I see your point, its probably impractical.
But simple validation on entering an ad, such as phone num being mandatory, would have ruled this one out.

The website is only hosting the advert, it is still impractical for them to vet every advert prior to allowing it on the site. They do however investigate and act on reported adverts from viewers about particular adverts.

At the end of the day the person viewing the advert needs to be vigilent and use their common sense. If something is for sale stupidly cheaper than similar items then common sense should dictate that something might not be right. Instead people get blinded by cheap asking prices in search of a bargin, this is how these scams work.

terrydel

bazz26 wrote: »

The website is only hosting the advert, it is still impractical for them to vet every advert prior to allowing it on the site. They do however investigate and act on reported adverts from viewers about particular adverts.

At the end of the day the person viewing the advert needs to be vigilent and use their common sense. If something is for sale stupidly cheaper than similar items then common sense should dictate that something might not be right. Instead people get blinded by cheap asking prices in search of a bargin, this is how these scams work.

Agree with all of that, but mandatory entry of a valid phone number would go some way to preventing dodgy ads appearing, and would take the site developer all of 10 mins to implement.
You would at least then be forcing them to enter a number in the correct format(s) if nothing else.

Anan1

terrydel wrote: »

Agree with all of that, but mandatory entry of a valid phone number would go some way to preventing dodgy ads appearing, and would take the site developer all of 10 mins to implement.
You would at least then be forcing them to enter a number in the correct format(s) if nothing else.

How would that help?

terrydel

Anan1 wrote: »

How would that help?

Well people unwilling to enter a number would be ****ed, if they entered a dodgy one it would surface pretty quickly and see the advert removed.

bazz26

They just enter fake numbers which is what they have been doing also, an interested buyer rings it, they cannot get through so drop the seller an email instead. The seller gives a BS excuse that their phone is dead and then continues the scam via email.