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[bigegg]

I recently listed my wife's car on the 'bay - put my mobile on advert for questions

Ended monday evening.
Email from buyer asking for phone number and collection details Monday night,
to which I replied.
Phone call Tuesday morning "hi, I won the car on ebay - I want to collect this morning.
can I have the registration number so I can insure it"

They turn up, pay cash, drive away.

Email through ebay "I want to collect Thursday, can I have reg. number"

So basically, someone has pretended to be buyer rather than bid.

[Plomien]

Bar stewards

[Kevin Wood]

Did the first buyer not contact you through Ebay, then?

[Elite Pete]

I would give the Ebay buyer the scam buyers address off the V5C and let him deal with it

[Dishevelled Den]

Did the first buyer not contact you through Ebay, then?

Yes, a valid point.

[bigegg]

Sorry yes.
First, "official ebay" buyer emailed through ebay - she's legit.
2nd, "cash buyer" only contacted through telephone.

The cash is in the bank, so I haven't lost out.
Unless I get a neg... 

[D]

Had you left a tel no on the advert. That would be the only way the scam buyers could have contacted you. Or otherwise the actual buyer's account has been hacked. Although if it was an omega you sold, you have to question why someone would go to those lengths for something as plain as an omega?

[Kevin Wood]

I would have asked for an Ebay reciept from the buyer before releasing the car, TBH. OK, won't stop a scammer who has hacked their account, but that would be a matter for Ebay to chase. If you'd put a phone number on the ad. then it's easy to see how a disgruntled bidder who didn't win the item might have tried his luck.

[omegod]

I don't condone this but do kind of admire the barefaced audacity of it

[bigegg]

Had you left a tel no on the advert. That would be the only way the scam buyers could have contacted you.

Yes. i put my mobile number on the advert

Or otherwise the actual buyer's account has been hacked.

don't think so.
 

Although if it was an omega you sold, you have to question why someone would go to those lengths for something as plain as an omega?

A £400, 2.0 petrol, 11 year old, renault scenic 4x4 
even less desirable than a mig

[STMO123]

Had you left a tel no on the advert. That would be the only way the scam buyers could have contacted you.

Yes. i put my mobile number on the advert

Or otherwise the actual buyer's account has been hacked.

don't think so.
 

Although if it was an omega you sold, you have to question why someone would go to those lengths for something as plain as an omega?

A £400, 2.0 petrol, 11 year old, renault scenic 4x4 
even less desirable than a mig

 

[waspy]

Had you left a tel no on the advert. That would be the only way the scam buyers could have contacted you.

Yes. i put my mobile number on the advert

Or otherwise the actual buyer's account has been hacked.

don't think so.
 

Although if it was an omega you sold, you have to question why someone would go to those lengths for something as plain as an omega?

A £400, 2.0 petrol, 11 year old, renault scenic 4x4 
even less desirable than a mig

 

That's coming from someone that drives a car with a very big arse

[STMO123]

Had you left a tel no on the advert. That would be the only way the scam buyers could have contacted you.

Yes. i put my mobile number on the advert

Or otherwise the actual buyer's account has been hacked.

don't think so.
 

Although if it was an omega you sold, you have to question why someone would go to those lengths for something as plain as an omega?

A £400, 2.0 petrol, 11 year old, renault scenic 4x4 
even less desirable than a mig

 

That's coming from someone that drives a car with a very big arse

No, Pete, you're confused again. My wife has a big arse and I drive a zafira.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

A £400, 2.0 petrol, 11 year old, renault scenic 4x4 
even less desirable than a mig

I'd forgotten they existed. Now added to the "possible winter shed" list...

[bigegg]

It was actually a REALLY good car.
If you're looking for one, tho, look out for the rear CV joints.
They leak oil, then the diffs overheat. Then you end up with a standard FWD.

Petrol consumption about the same as the 3.0MV6, but without the performance.
80mph max on m/way private airfield.
Useful for muddy fields at the car boot sale.

And they are no fun, AT ALL in the snow.
Sure footed, no sliding. Completed boring.