Dodgy car

[Windsor220]

Ok now does this car seem a bit dodgy to you?

carsales
I rang the number but no answer. Notice the number isnt even a west australian number unless its a mobile but its still odd.

[Mont5.0]

I reacon its a miss print and should read 19,999?

[XR8 Uterous]

Scam. Just look the price, its just way to cheap to be genuine.

[Mont5.0]

Originally Posted by MrXhUteMan

I reacon its a miss print and should read 19,999?

More like 29,999

[DBourne]

the phone number looks fine? (to me?)
maybe its a pi55ed off wife who has the car in her name

[Tha Jack]

The add says 6spd Manual yet its got a pic of an Auto shifter?

[Donny]

first impression...whats wrong with it???
its 10 to 20k too cheap.
second I doubt its a scam, to advertise on carpoint and carsales it costs you $30 upfront before your ad goes online with them.
if theres no answer, its probly sold and they arent taking any more calls.
maybe its got a shagged motor/trans or diff. is out of rego or encumbered or somthing silly like that. maybe she is a flood damaged car and has issues. who knows, but I would be suss about the price.

[Kryton]

who knows, it may be genuine.

a Family friend once bought a 1 year old Merc for $2000 (yes, $2000) - about 10 years ago.
he was doing some building work at their mansion when the woman found out her husband was cheating on her.
it was his car but it was in her name and she wasnt really impressed so as payback she sold his Merc to him for $2000.
i think that one really hurt too as the mansion was on the market soon after.

[Donny]

owch. thats a nasty one. he shoulda kept it in his pants or been betta at hiding it.

[mopog]

gotta be a scam, u see them on e.bay as well. as xagt coupe said $30 to post add, small price to pay to rip someone for 10g. go to the bottom of carsale add and contact them and ask if they can check it out for you.

[Windsor220]

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

the phone number looks fine? (to me?)

WA has a 08 area code not 07
and WA phone numbers begin with 9 not 4.
Mobile numbers begin with 04 as far as I know.

The 3rd picture isnt even the car for sale. Its an auto and different colour.

Would be a good buy if its a genuine disgruntled wife

[Kryton]

Originally Posted by Torxteer

Mobile numbers begin with 04 as far as I know.

yes, ALL mobile phones in Australia start with 04

[DBourne]

fair enough torx, i know in NSW our numbers start with 9's 8s n 4s etc

[Josh L]

There's only a couple of things that seem a bit suss to me.

1. The ad lists a rego, but the car's rego plates are blanked out.

2. Air bags have been listed twice in options (which can indicate "seller" has gone troppo ticking the options list in carsales)

3. The format the number is written is a touch odd looks to be an international format minus prefixes.. 074 SPACE 6369852 instead of 07 SPACE 46369852 (and as Torxteer said, WA is 08, not 07)

4. Post code. 6000. That's the City of Perth post code right? Fair enough, pictures could have been taken at friend/family home. How many CITY dwellers need a heavyduty towbar and further more have room for a trailer?

Now either the ad has been written by a disgruntled wife who lives interstate, who just ticked a bunch of options on carsales, who loathes her husband

OR

A moron wrote it

OR

SCAM.

.... and they all lived happily ever after.

Josh.

[fmc351]

07 is Qld. Dunno what area 46 would be though, or if it exists.

[dom_105]

Punched the number plate into trusty Google, came up with this.

http://harriganford.com.au/usedcars/...01102_left.htm

Same car, same rego, advertised by Harrigan Ford in Yallah (Woolingong area).

Here's the kicker, that abovementioned listing has more km's on the clock than the Carsales ad. Assuming that Harrigan Ford is not dodgy, and unless he drove across the Nullarbor in reverse, it only really points to one thing. SCAM

[Falcon_Power_06]

why would people bother what a stupid thing to do and a waste of $30 to advertise it.

[Matty4]

Was going to also point out that the rego no. listed appears to be a NSW one, not WA

[JET-6]

I sent a message to the "seller", i got the normal response, "price includes car and all shipping costs, when can you pay? I can get the car shipped asap"

I have replied i want to come inspect it, im now awaiting a reply(ill doubt ill get one)

[Windsor220]

Carsales have removed the ad and are investigating it.

Damn scammers and here I was thinking I could pick up a cheap XR8 : :

[Foobar]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23478053-2,00.html

I wonder if the yard mentioned was Harrigan Ford as linked to above... interesting stuff, everyone beware.

[seduced_xr]

also doms link has a listing as being 6 speed auto. wat a load of crap. uts a BA for 1 they didnt have a 6 speed and 2. if u look at the shifter u can clearly see its a 4 speed as the 6 speed has the ZF badge on it and the leather boot type piece on it

[Bobman]

Thing is.

What idiot would deposit the full amount without seeing/driving the car - Let alone communicating with the seller first up?

[dom_105]

Originally Posted by Bobman

Thing is.

What idiot would deposit the full amount without seeing/driving the car - Let alone communicating with the seller first up?

Plenty of idiots would, otherwise they wouldn't bother wasting the money listing the ad.

[Pinkbits]

Same old story,
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

[TadKa]

Why do people think that the scammer actually has paid $30 to list an add. Pretty good chance scammers have access to dodgy credit cards galore.