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

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Andy:
if you except banker s draft  make sure it clears first before you let him have the car,as this happened to a mate of mine when he sold his atra gti-he got payed by bankers cheque & let the guy have the car & documents thinking that bankers drafts are fool proof,took it to the bank & it was  forged & as every body else has mentioned make sure they are insured..sorry to be adding more to your worries

albertz33:
Mate i was in your position last week selling my MK5 GTI, the only acceptable methods of payement are:

Bankers draft ( but pay this into your bank before you hand over the keys, the bank will know straight away if its a forgery, and can tell you if you can draw funds against it immediatley

Cash: cash is king, but again do the transaction in a bank, pay it in before you hand over the keys, that way the bank will spot genuine fakes etc, and once its in, theres no comebacks ( this is how i sold mine for 10K ) but phone your bank and ask if cash is okay because of money laundering laws, and bring ID with you.

Telephone transfer:  can take from one hour to 3 days, check with your bank, they will tell you how long it takes to clear.

Cheque: if the guy insists on paying by cheque - he gets the car 6 working days later when the cheque has cleared.


Best places to advertise i found were autotrader ( still the most viewed ) and pistonheads ( got alot of enquiries via site )

I was also nervous about it, and was sure i was being scammed, but it was genuine, and i sold my car successfully, good luck.

VC:
thanks for all the advice guys, its genuinely appreciated  :happy2:


--- Quote from: albertz33 on January 24, 2009, 12:42:01 pm ---Mate i was in your position last week selling my MK5 GTI, the only acceptable methods of payement are:

Bankers draft ( but pay this into your bank before you hand over the keys, the bank will know straight away if its a forgery, and can tell you if you can draw funds against it immediatley

Cash: cash is king, but again do the transaction in a bank, pay it in before you hand over the keys, that way the bank will spot genuine fakes etc, and once its in, theres no comebacks ( this is how i sold mine for 10K ) but phone your bank and ask if cash is okay because of money laundering laws, and bring ID with you.

Telephone transfer:  can take from one hour to 3 days, check with your bank, they will tell you how long it takes to clear.

Cheque: if the guy insists on paying by cheque - he gets the car 6 working days later when the cheque has cleared.


Best places to advertise i found were autotrader ( still the most viewed ) and pistonheads ( got alot of enquiries via site )

I was also nervous about it, and was sure i was being scammed, but it was genuine, and i sold my car successfully, good luck.

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fantastic, thanks for taking the time to write that.

i've now contacted the guy to say that i'm not comfortable with him driving and hope it doesnt put him off and he's fine with it which is good news

lets see what tomorrow brings

Moschops:
Good Luck VC, hope all goes well.  :driver:

VC:

--- Quote from: Moschops on January 25, 2009, 12:10:27 pm ---Good Luck VC, hope all goes well.  :driver:

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cheers mate, he should be here any minute. just been out for a drive in it and forgot just how good it really is, so different to the MK5

heres hoping

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