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Yes I've heard of it before. This isnt much help but I've seen other threads on here about it and that its genuine. Apparently its much cheaper to buy them here and then pay to ship them out.

I'm sure someone will be along to point you to the thread that shows people who have sold this way as I dont know what to search under. Just wanted to give you some reassurance it isnt necessarily a scam. Do take precautions though obviously

Quote: Originally posted by FionaW1971 on 20/9/2012

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I would suggest that you insist on him coming with you to the bank to deposit his cash, explaining to him that you are wary and why - why not if this is something he does for clients regularly he will have come across this before Im sure.  If he does this then all seems fine to me.  We bought our van privately for well over £10k and it was a nerve wracking time for all concerned as there isn't a perfect way to complete the transaction.

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Hi, as others have said take precautions with the transaction, and it will not do any harm to take extra security precautions with your van in the unlikely event that buyer is not genuine. Good luck keep us informed.

I wonder why the man was dressed in a suit to inspect a van. We did sell some caravan equipment on ebay to a man from NZ who exports caravans and packs them full of equipment as its so expensive over there. He was definetly genuine.

We paid for our current van (going to its new home next week) in cash but insisted the seller paid it into his bank with us there.

The van before that we paid cash and the seller checked every note of the 10k with a machine that checks for fakes!

Aren't all caravan engineers dressed in suits? After all why would you want to get your overalls dirty getting under the caravan to check out the chassis, brakes, drainage etc. Notice that the OP did not mention any ID or name of company he works for so that that could be checked out. Maybe the business card was in his overalls. No mention of the New Zealand (alleged) buyers phoning up first to discuss the van and say that they were sending a local agent round to look at the van.

Maybe its just me but I wouldn't deal with him without proof of who he is and of his alleged clients.

Wonder if the bank notes he uses have white powder on them?

Phil

Quote: Originally posted by cwdc56768 on 21/9/2012

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Aren't all caravan engineers dressed in suits? After all why would you want to get your overalls dirty getting under the caravan to check out the chassis, brakes, drainage etc. Notice that the OP did not mention any ID or name of company he works for so that that could be checked out. Maybe the business card was in his overalls. No mention of the New Zealand (alleged) buyers phoning up first to discuss the van and say that they were sending a local agent round to look at the van.

Maybe its just me but I wouldn't deal with him without proof of who he is and of his alleged clients.

Wonder if the bank notes he uses have white powder on them?

Phil

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