Felix.

Just sold a car to a Polish bloke with a zero feedback

He states that he is coming over with cash in May to collect the car - along with several others on a transporter

Now I've seen a few adverts where they state "no zero feedbackers to bid" but what are the pitfalls if he is coming over with cash in hand to take it away

Rescue Dude

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He may not come at all.

Make sure you take a decent non-refundable deposit.

danwel

As above really, he may well be genuine but as a general rule if it smells like a scam then it usually is

Jer

I sold my BMW M5 to a guy on ebay who came over from Amsterdam. He paid a deposit by Paypal and I picked him up from the airport and he got a ferry home with the car. Cars are much cheaper in the UK so the guy has made a business out of it and re-shells or breaks the cars he gets.

CREWJ

I'd be on my guard.

fastmike

iTrader: (4)

Hmmmm ... so this guy now has your address ? I,de chain it to your leg mate

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

My uncle sold his Harley to a German bloke who turned up in a truck, he had bought a load of them and was touring the country picking them up and paying cash.

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

Bloody Polish, coming over here taking our cars

millsy3

iTrader: (1)

and jobs

bugeyejohn

iTrader: (11)

+1 The oldest trick in the book lucky theres not many polskis over here he might know who can pinch it. What about a deposit ?

every1sgottablue1

Not many polskis over here???????? I think your mistaken!

bugeyejohn

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We have one or two here as well

Leslie

If he arrives with unforged cash in his hand, I don't see how you can lose.

Les

hux309

Not many polish hah south west is crawling with poles/latvians/estonians/ukraine and the rest.

Poles i find fine, it's the slovaks i find dodgy and a bit disrespectful of other folks property.

Aaron1978

iTrader: (12)

I agree. I once employed a Polish cleaner and when he got to the hoovering it used to take him ages, turned out he was a Slovak.

danwel

Brilliant

Jamescsti

My mum sold a mobility scooter on Ebay on behalf of a charity she works for, a polish guy bought it and payed with paypal, they eventually collected it about a month later, were going round the country picking loads up to take back to poland, no issues at all apart from waiting for someone to collect

Will

hux309

Very good

bugeyejohn

iTrader: (11)

Sad but true.

LC Geezer

Had the same thing happen to me. 0 feedback Latvian buyer won the acution. Turned up a week later, paid the cash, had a cuppa with me, loaded it up on the transporter, and away it went. Perfect.

SRSport

and the benefits...oh no wait thats all the English and Asians.

kingofturds

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CrisPDuk

The £ is on it's @rse at the moment when compared to the european currencies, when you add this to the fact that our second-hand car market isn't to clever either, it means it makes sense for european car dealers to buy up UK motors and take them back home. I'd be very surprised if you have a problem with the transaction

We have three Polish guys working on the shop floor at work, talk about bloody hard workers
Plus, if it wasn't for them, our company 6-a-side football team would be even sh!tter than it already is

Felix.

Thanks for the replies

He siad he hasn't got a PayPal account to pay a deposit - but if he turns up with cash, so long as its stirling, then i can't lose (as it says above)

There should also be no come back for all the little niggles the car has - he can't exactly bring it back.....?

vallumlj

Most likely be fine i have just sold a bike to someone in Malta and someone in Belguim both paid fine

Caged "R"

iTrader: (4)

Sold a few to the Polskis - they're usually ok & buy a couple at a time but they will try & chip some off the price..

They usually drive a long way & turn up about 10pm & get upset if the car isn't taxed but generally they're good for their word.

Felix.

They will be no tax on this in May - but i wouldn't have thought it a problem if its going to Poland

A Polish bloke bought some wheels off my uncle a while ago. He came over in a transit which was full to the roof of wheels. He said he could make 4 times as much in Poland for them - its probably the same with cars then i suppose.

scoobyd00999

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I would at least try to get a deposit.If he wants it, he wont mind paying it.
When he does turn up just make sure ALL the notes are real as it used to be commen to mix in a couple of hundred fake ones in