Help needed with a my sale of my .:R32 via ebay, anyone offer advice?

[VC]

right then my blue MK4 R32 has just been won with the buy it now option on ebay for £12500.00

it had been getting bids steadily during the week and just log in in now i get an email saying someone has bought it, happy days

should be good news but my paranoid mind is awake as per usual

the email i read is as follows:

Dear very.cherry,

Hello,
I'm Mark and I just bought the Golf trough ebay. It's a present for my wife's birthday but I will not pick up the car until Tuesday and I was wondeing if you can send me a scanned copy of the V5 DOCUMENT for a HPI check.My email address is hmarkxxxx@gmail.com and my phone no. 02032-xxxxxx.


Best Regards,
Mark xxxxxx

theyve not seen the car and have asked no questions.

to me it seems like good news the car has sold.....but my fear is someone is either trying to clone the car or something and then i hand over the address of where it is too (in case by some miracle the winner is reading this the car has plenty of stealth security so dont even think about it).

they can hpi with just the reg surely? too much info being requested? its alot of money to spend on something youve never seen

all advice, thoughts gratefully appreciated guys

what would you do?

what should i say back to him?

anyone want to wash my car?

cheers

VC

 

am i paranoid

[182_blue]

the Reg should be enough, whats his ebay feedback like , i can check his name etc for you if you have the full name and address ?

[Greeners]

If they are genuine they will understand you are not about to hand over that kind of info. Have they paid a deposit?

[JPC]

yep, the reg is more than enough, sounds to me like someone is trying to clone the car

[VC]

the Reg should be enough, whats his ebay feedback like , i can check his name etc for you if you have the full name and address ?

his details are:

invidiascooters ( 37) 
Positive Feedback (last 12 months): 100%

 
Member since: 20-Nov-05 in United Kingdom

thats all i have from ebay until i invoice him i guess, but not sure what to do next, email him?

If they are genuine they will understand you are not about to hand over that kind of info. Have they paid a deposit?

no, no deposit as yet, i think that will be down to me to request one first, do you think i should secure money and hand over only the reg number for the time being?

yep, the reg is more than enough, sounds to me like someone is trying to clone the car

i want the sale but glad i'm not the only one thinking this

[VC]

now this:

Dear very.cherry,

Hello Mate

I have no idea what is going on here but I did not buy this item. For some reason I seem to have bought 4 cars in the past couple of hours

Shane


- invidiascooters

so i lose all my current bidders and listing fee's then?

[Greeners]

Again if he's genuine he'll be happy to hand over a deposit to secure the car.

[Greeners]

now this:

Dear very.cherry,

Hello Mate

I have no idea what is going on here but I did not buy this item. For some reason I seem to have bought 4 cars in the past couple of hours

Shane


- invidiascooters

so i lose all my current bidders and listing fee's then?

Arse!!

No E-bay should re-fund your listing fees once this fella complains that his account has been hacked. Unlucky mate, I was hoping that would be a genuine sale for you 

[182_blue]

now this:

Dear very.cherry,

Hello Mate

I have no idea what is going on here but I did not buy this item. For some reason I seem to have bought 4 cars in the past couple of hours

Shane


- invidiascooters

so i lose all my current bidders and listing fee's then?

nope, ebay will reimburse the costs

[JPC]

oh my lord. there are some real real arses out there trying to fook over honest people alll day long! its sad, the lengths they go to!!!

[182_blue]

sorry mate not good news, i was about to tell you his name was Shane not Mark too,   time to spam his inbox  

[VC]

OFFS

had some good interest in it too

gunna take me all night to work out how to get this relisted without paying relist fee's

well if its someones account getting hacked then theres a car cloner on the prowl, maybe i should publish his email and phone number as on the original email

[VC]

sorry mate not good news, i was about to tell you his name was Shane not Mark too,   time to spam his inbox  

"My email address is hmark1977@gmail.com and my phone no. 02032-878872

Best Regards,
Mark Hughes"

[VC]

i have to wait ages to open a resolution and i need the car relisted sooner than that, this prick just cost me £16.00 

[VC]

well ebay wont be rufunding me, the concept of 'buy it now' is not familiar with them!

Dear very cherry,

We're writing to let you know that any recent bids by may have been placed by someone who was not authorized to use that account. We're currently restoring the account to its true owner and have canceled all recent bids.

These are the items that have had bids removed:



As a result of the bid cancellation, there is a possibility that the current high bidder has changed. You can always view the current status of any item by going to the individual item page. (Please be sure to refresh or reload the page to view the most up-to-date information.)

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,

eBay Trust and Safety

odd are always in favour of the bad guy these days