montezumola Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 This is really sickening news: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1232365,00.html Be careful out there guys and gals, lots of scum about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 He is not very smart. He should have met the guy in a public location. Also what is the deal with bringing his mum to hold the cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I can see a few more people doing this, must be an easy way to get large amounts of cash if your that sort of person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 And ebay are handing over details of the account holder... I wonder if they're genuine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 meet a total stranger with that much cash..?! that'll teach him... what an 'A' hole.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 And ebay are handing over details of the account holder... I wonder if they're genuine? Exactly! The useless bunch of muppets at ebay let you open an account without providing any details or ID of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 meet a total stranger with that much cash..?! that'll teach him... what an 'A' hole.... Thats a bit harsh....dont u think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Also what is the deal with bringing his mum to hold the cash Whats wrong with that? My mums always by my side when I'm dealing with gangsters. You should see the damage she makes with her handbag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooper-supra Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 stupid idiot when i was going to buy my other supra the guy said meet me at an industrial estate to view the car as he didnt want me to know where he lived so thought fair enough went there and he was all ligit and everything but still didnt buy the car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooper-supra Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Whats wrong with that? My mums always by my side when I'm dealing with gangsters. You should see the damage she makes with her handbag. lmao i just take the wife and the mother never can be too careful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 if i was buying a car i wouldnt meet anybody in an ind estate what is he hiding or thinks the buyer is going to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 feel sorry for the guy - such wankers out there always best to do deals in public places -for cars a busy petrol station is the way to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Obviously wasn't the brightest thing to do but he didn't deserve that to happen You should be able to meet someone in a neutral location safely but the world doesn't work like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Well what did the guy expect? Usually if the deal seems too good to be true it is! They play on people's greedy nature alot of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Well what did the guy expect? Probably not a gun pointed in his face. It wasn't a "you will receive £1,000,000,000,000 for giving me your bank details" type scam, the guy made an offer on a car for sale which was accepted by the seller. Ok so he was foolish to take that much cash to a place he didn't know, but it wasn't as if he went on his own. IMO he's the slightly naive victim of a very serious and pre-planned robbery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Probably not a gun pointed in his face. It wasn't a "you will receive £1,000,000,000,000 for giving me your bank details" type scam, the guy made an offer on a car for sale which was accepted by the seller. Ok so he was foolish to take that much cash to a place he didn't know, but it wasn't as if he went on his own. IMO he's the slightly naive victim of a very serious and pre-planned robbery. C180 kOMPRESSOR do not normally sell for £5500 in the real world hence my comments about deals too good to be true and greed. Was he naive or greedy and stupid? We can each have our opions on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamer Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Was he naive or greedy and stupid? I would say all three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoboblio Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Agreed, but personally I don't think it was greed. If I made you an offer of 5k for your car and you accepted I wouldn't consider myself greedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Agreed, but personally I don't think it was greed. If I made you an offer of 5k for your car and you accepted I wouldn't consider myself greedy. LOL! But if I offered it to you for £5k cash would you be surprised if I was trying to scam you in some way? Or would you just assume I was stupid?!! Would you not be very suspicious?! Or would you call yourself naive!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 there is too much going on with eBay, at one time it was ok and you didn't get many scams happening. i have been on ebay for many years, even before ebay.co.uk. the other big problem was/is Western Union, it's not safe, and people still get conned into paying for things with Western Union. i haven't tried recently, but it is dead easy to set up an account in the USA, even if you live in the UK and have no ties to America. i feel sorry for the guy in a way, he is probably just the trusting sort, and he did not deserve to be held at gunpoint. so much for New Labour and their gun initiative's, most gun crime is from illegal gun's anyway. i agree he should have gone to neutral territory, but somewhere that is public at the same time. if only this country was tough on crime, but i dont hold out hope with the lot in charge atm. personally i used to trust people a lot, but seem to have got more cynical as years have gone on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soop Dogg Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 so much for New Labour and their gun initiative's, most gun crime is from illegal gun's anyway. Agreed. And so much for their claim to be "Tough on crime - toungh on the causes of crime". I heard on the radio the other day something about a new 'fixed penalty" scheme for a first offence of theft. Providing it was theft of goods under something like £180 the offender can get a fixed penalty notice that costs him £80. But get this - they DON'T get a criminal record!! WTF is this place coming to??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Thats a bit harsh....dont u think. no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Makes you think, I've just been up to a pikey / chav estate in Leeds to collect an eBay purchase (saved £15 p&p), I paid with Paypal first though to avoid any chance of this happening. Luckily the person who answered the door was a very attractive young blonde lady rather than a gun carrying gangster, oddly they threw in a first aid kit with the purchase though, perhaps it's going to injure me when I switch it on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 One said 'I'll count to three and if you don't hand over the money I'm going to do something' Do something? Well that was well thought out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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