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Weird reply from potential buyer...

  • 08-11-2012 4:28pm
    #1
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭


    My car is up on done deal.
    I received an email enquiring about it, service history and price etc.
    I replied.

    His next response is worrying me!
    He said he'll take the car and to remove it from the site. But he lives in England, and that he has someone to ship the car over to England from Dublin. He will come after payment has been made which would be through PayPal.

    It's a scam of some sort surely??
    Should I contact done deal about this?


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  • #2
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Slattsy wrote: »
    My car is up on done deal.
    I received an email enquiring about it, service history and price etc.
    I replied.

    His next response is worrying me!
    He said he'll take the car and to remove it from the site. But he lives in England, and that he has someone to ship the car over to England from Dublin. He will come after payment has been made which would be through PayPal.

    It's a scam of some sort surely??
    Should I contact done deal about this?

    search function...


  • #3
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    See similar thread here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056801964

    Unless it is something rare it is either a scam or an idiot who buys a car that he/she hasn't even seen.


  • #4
    gonzo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭gonzo1


    Scam most definitely!


  • #5
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 748 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    its a scam


  • #6
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    These scammers must have got tired of carzone and are now hanging out on donedeal.


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  • #7
    keithclancy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭keithclancy


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  • #8
    speak2julie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭speak2julie


    Slattsy wrote: »
    My car is up on done deal.
    I received an email enquiring about it, service history and price etc.
    I replied.

    His next response is worrying me!
    He said he'll take the car and to remove it from the site. But he lives in England, and that he has someone to ship the car over to England from Dublin. He will come after payment has been made which would be through PayPal.

    It's a scam of some sort surely??
    Should I contact done deal about this?
    It's a scam most definitely. I received the same this morning as I've a car on DoneDeal too. I called his bluff with a link to a scammers exposed web page. He didn't come back.


  • #9
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Didn't see that thread sorry lads.

    So should I contact DD?


  • #10
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Yes report it. If they are not made aware of it then they cannot do anything about it.


  • #11
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Yes report it. If they are not made aware of it then they cannot do anything about it.

    Not much they can do about it really. Its not like its a scam add on DD its a scam buyer.


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  • #12
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,793 ✭✭✭coolisin


    Funny these scam's seemed to stop for awhile and now are popping up again.
    Strange.


  • #13
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Disabling the email option and specifying no texts should go some way toward discouraging this type of nonsense.

    If a buyer's genuine, they'll be happy to pick up the phone to discuss your ad.


  • #14
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Yamanoto wrote: »

    If a buyer's genuine, they'll be happy to pick up the phone to discuss your ad.

    Er, no they won't.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #15
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,360 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    tin79 wrote: »
    Not much they can do about it really. Its not like its a scam add on DD its a scam buyer.

    They can put a notice up on their site for users to be aware of such scams.


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