Evening all I need your advice. My car is currently for sale as a few of you might know and I have just received an email from a person in Germany who wants to come and see my car on Saturday as he's in the uk and if it's ok he will buy it. Never really dealt with eBay much but what are your thoughts on this is it a scam do you think or no? Guy has 100% feedback and no negative comments but what do you all think? Thanks in advance.

 

Don't meet at your house go somewhere neutral.

 

Can be legit but yeah let him come to you. My boss has sold his last 3 cars to buyers from france, germany and ireland.

 

I have a Ebay shop and a few weeks ago sold a rally kit to a lad from Gremany, sent the invoice with postage and he asked if he could collect
Anyway he had paid so I said yes no problems, that weekend he called to collect after talking to him he came over to collect a car from Manchester so was passing my area, he comes over 2/3 times a month to pick up motors so I would have no problems with it myself... there are some good guy's out there not all scammers

 

Sounds legit enough to me from what youve said, i cant see anyway he can scam you if hes there in person and pays with cash, as long as its not forged money that is

 

I just sold my car to a chap from Holland, as long as they come to you and you only except cash in hand then what's the problem?

 

Always wondered what the most secure type of payment would be for selling a car. I hate taking cash with all the forged money about, I don't handle enough cash to probably notice a good forgery. I have paid for my last car by bank transfer to a private owner, is this the most secure way to go nowadays? Obviously I would want the funds in the bank before letting the car go if I was selling.

 

Cash in hand is fine for me. Matters how paranoid you are. Get them to produce a receipt when taking the money from a bank for proof.

 

If you're that bothered then take them to the bank and pop it in your account whist they're with you, then get them to give you a lift home in their new car

 

noticing previous posts - there seem to be quite a few come over from germany.

i sold my honda type r to a french guy who was working over here for a few weeks - he drove it back - no problems at all

 

There are pictures of the arches but no mention of the blistering in the advert, so £2500is a bit pricey in my opinion for a UK Turbo knocking on the door of 100k.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Imp...item2336aec1eb

If the buyer is unfamiliar with the issues then they are in for a surprise just round the corner.

 

I do mention the bubbling on my rear arches in that add you have posted and all my adds and I would not try to decieve anyone or let anyone but the car without telling them.

 

Very sorry but I missed that on the first pass .

But anyone who is familiar with the problem knows that the blisters hid bigger issues and at £2.5k it's a big ask with a potential £1k bill on top. This may be even more on the European Mainland where Scoobs are not as common.

 

No worries fella just didn't want anyone getting the wrong idea about me lol. The price maybe a bit steep to some but I think it's worth that all day long especially with the arches and with the mods there is a little movement on my car and the quotes I seem to be getting are around the £600 mark to sort the arches so it's not all bad lol, but hopefully I will get someone who wants a quick reliable classic.