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24/3/2015 at 10:51pm
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Hi, I was looking to buy a motorhome and came across an ad. I have emailed and got the following reply:
The van will come with full service history,it was last serviced in February including a damp test( damp free - certificate present) As I wrote in the previous mail, the van is located in Netherlands but if you are interested to buy it we will drive it to Southport and get there on Saturday 28th March.is this ok with you?We hope you are a serious buyer because we had a bad experience with a buyer a month ago. He said he'll buy our van and we'll have a meeting in Surrey.We made all arrangements for travel,we bought tickets for the ferry and went to Surrey. When we got there,it was just an address of a shop, it was not the address where the buyer live, we tried to call him but the phone was not in use.We were very disappointed, we were very tired and lost a lot of money. We could not believe the people are so ruthless.After this experience we hope you understand that we need a guarantee before we came. We thought that the best solution for us is to use www.escrow.com. This service is the safest service and protects both buyer and seller. It is recommended by ebay, autotrader and most important auction sites . We read that they have launched a new service to their customers employing brokers in all countries in Europe to offer faster transactions. If you agree to use the service, our transaction will be managed by an UK broker.
If you agree to the terms above please reply.
Has anyone come across this? Is it a scam?
Thanks for any help
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24/3/2015 at 11:13pm
Location: Devon
Outfit: Dreamer(Rapido) D.55 select Plus
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Just sounds very 'scammy' to me!
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25/3/2015 at 7:27am
Location: North Essex
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I'm somehow guessing this motorhome was priced at a fraction of its true value, yes? So next question, why did you even bother to waste the effort sending the email?
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25/3/2015 at 12:02pm
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Any motorhome for sale that requires payment upfront before seeing vehicle is a scam. The low price is to attract the curious.
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25/3/2015 at 1:10pm
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When I was selling our Holtkamper trailer tent, many of the enquiries were from the continent, and it was eventually sold to someone from the Netherlands.
I had always made it explicit that the unit was available for inspection in Essex. Two prospective German buyers and the Dutchman took the effort to come over to view.
If I had charged a guarantee deposit, then I would probably only had a reply from that nice Nigerian general that keeps e-mailing me.
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25/3/2015 at 10:37pm
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Unfortunately the CC site has had more than one of these 'scams' lately. They are always those 'too good to be true' sales. Often they appear a bargain but are never able to be seen 'at home'.
If this is the case then stay clear.
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