A bit suss?

[Steviec]

The winner of my cab got intouch with me but as I thought, a time waster.
For starters its a singapore mailing addy, they will pay by cheque and send a 'reputable' shipping company to collect the car, I dont think so!


This is how the emails are going:

FROM THEM:
>
> >From: equipmenttechnologystores2 equipmenttechnologystores2
> >
> >To: stiloracer@sweetcollect.co.uk
> >Subject: Re: You Won eBay Item: 1989 BMW/payment information!!!!
> >Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:52:57 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Good day,
> > Thanks for the urgent respose regading my purchase.i am okay with the
> >price of £2,500.00.i will make contact with my accountant to make a
> >CASHIER cheque of £2,500.00 to you.i will want you to contact me with this
> >details for urgent payment.
> >FULL NAME ON CHEQUE.....
> >FULL ADDRESS................
> >CONTACT PHONE NUMBER.........
> >As soon as i get this payment will be made out to you as soon as possible.
> >looking forward to read from you.
> >Regards


FROM ME:
>
> Clarke <steve_clarke100@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Before we continue, can you tell me how you will collect the car as surely
>cash would be simpler? Also, if this is an international cashiers cheque
>there will be a 10 week wait for the funds to clear as my bank suggests it
>can take this long to clarify them.
>The car will not be released untill funds are approved by my bank manager.
>

FROM THEM:

>From: equipmenttechnologystores2 equipmenttechnologystores2 <equipmenttechnologystores2@yahoo.com>
>To: Stephen Clarke <steve_clarke100@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: You Won eBay Item: 1989 BMW/payment information!!!!
>Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 14:33:32 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>Hello,
> Stephen Thanks for the message.i want you to know that my cheque do not take more than 3 working days before its clears.don't worry i have a reputable shipping company that will becoming for teh pick-up at your location.
> let me know from you.
> thanks


FROM ME:
Well as stated, if you wish to pay by cheque, there will be a 10 week wait until my bank manager approves it. This is due to alot of fraud going on which consists of a buyer paying by cheque or bankers draft and then getting a 'reputable' shipping company to collect the car. 8 weeks later the sellers bank realises the check is fraudulant and takes the money back from the seller.

If you are not willing to obide by my rules, the sale will not go through and I am more than willing to advise ebay of my reasons for cancelling the sale.



Im quite happy to waste their time, dont have much else to do at the moment. I will be passing this info onto ebay so they will hopefully ban this member.



If anyone else has a 'buyer' like this then I would advise you NOT to deal with them, just have a bit of fun and tell them to f*ck off!

[Gouki]

my mate had a lot of calls regarding his car when he put it on autotrader from overseas traders. Had one guy saying he'd send a cheque over to him from australia and that he'd pay for the shipping costs and would get someone down to collect it, my simple answer was, why doesnt the person coming to collect give the cash to you in the first place???? Its a scam mate, I dont know the exact ins and outs of it but its dodgy, so you are right to feel its suss.