Hi folk.
Seller had the above car advertised but only one picture. Sussex based.
I enquired and was told if its a quick sale he'll sell for £4700 and received more pictures to my email address, at this point it becomes clear the car is far superior for my budget and also car was now in Scotland due to work commitments. Im thinking is this my good luck or a con.
Seller wanting to sell through Ebay protected vehicle thing with protected 5 day money return. Sounded promising but gut feeling something is off. Even included a link which looked genuine until I looked for the same page on my own ebay page and it was different.
Buyer sends me pictures of his log book, mot and passport. Who does this? So at this point Im thinking maybe it is genuine.
The pictures had no identifying info attached such as date taken etc which is odd and needs deliberate removal.
HPI check is clear and vin number matches.
Rang mot garage who say they havent motd an old mini for 10yrs.
I suggested I get the car independently inspected at my cost, I asked for a picture of the sills and back seat (as these werent included) seller has now ghosted me for 4 days.
Googling the reg it was a magazine feature and such a sorted modified car it would be £10-15k Im guessing.
So I have been given pictures of mot, log book, passport, hpi and vin and offer to buy through a protected program. I think a lot of people would fall for this. My wife said she would (she isnt a car person).
Im 100% if Id passed over almost 5k, thatd be the last I would have seen of it.
Anyway, who ever owns the real genuine car - beautiful!
