Scams to be aware of.

[Cavcraft]

Couple of scams have been floating round recently and think it's worth mentioning them.Firstly some local papers (well, mine at least!) have seen adverts for cars at about 1/3rd of their value and 'cannot answer the phone, e-mail me at: (e-mail address). This is part of the age old scam telling you the cars are over seas but shipping is inculded to any U.K port. Now probably all of you are aware of this scam but I think it's worth a heads up as it previously it was pretty much confined to eBay and AutoTrader. Goes without saying if you can't view first then don't buy.Secondly the latest scam I've seen about is people advertising stuff in papers and on the net and someone mails offering to pay by Paypal. They ask for your Paypal address then send you what is a very convincing e-mail supposedly from Paypal saying you have funds. You then send the item abroad and subsequently find out the e-mail was a fake.If you do get offered Paypal payment always ensure it's gone through first by logging into Paypal via eBay or giving them a call.

[Father Ted]

Paypal - work of the DevilIf I cant scratch a window with it, I wont accept it as payment.

[carlo]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

[CortinaDave]

Yep I agree, there's no way I'll touch paypal when selling a motor.. It's too easy to get stung, and the fees are frankly ridiculous.

[FredTransit]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

[Station]

Obviously has time machine, or is very, very difficult and demands 1960 - 1980's currency.

[Milford Cubicle]

My granny always seems to find pound notes somewhere, she gives us the money equivalent of our ages for birthdays and it's always in notes.

[whitevanman]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

up here in Scotland Fred ..........an they is like real an all toooo

[pogweasel]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

up here in Scotland Fred ..........an they is like real an all toooo

Scottish money is not real. I always finish up coming home with loads of funny money, and only realising when I come to try and spend it. Currently got about £60 in my wallet, which will have to wait there until my next trip to the land of grey, drab towns full of fat, pasty-faced salad-dodgers.

[Richard]

Salad dodger is a strange term. How often do you see a thin person eating salad?

[whitevanman]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

up here in Scotland Fred ..........an they is like real an all toooo

Scottish money is not real. I always finish up coming home with loads of funny money, and only realising when I come to try and spend it. Currently got about £60 in my wallet, which will have to wait there until my next trip to the land of grey, drab towns full of fat, pasty-faced salad-dodgers.

Nor is English money...its all what they call " accepted tender"...I have never had an issue using Scottish money down Souff. its as real as the English stuff..........having said that......if you dont want it shove it in the bank, then you wont have to treat it like its foreign or summit.or just give it back to us...I'll take it off your hands at the same conversion rate some places down Souff try

[garbaldy]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

up here in Scotland Fred ..........an they is like real an all toooo

Scottish money is not real. I always finish up coming home with loads of funny money, and only realising when I come to try and spend it. Currently got about £60 in my wallet, which will have to wait there until my next trip to the land of grey, drab towns full of fat, pasty-faced salad-dodgers.

i hear what your saying as some of those southern jessy shops down sherriff off notingham way wouldnt accept our notes when we where last down hell theres even a bank off scotland in said town bloody racist BNP voters

[whitevanman]

Screw paypal, the only way I'd ever let a car go through ebay is pound notes in my hand.

Where do you get pound notes form these days?

up here in Scotland Fred ..........an they is like real an all toooo

Scottish money is not real. I always finish up coming home with loads of funny money, and only realising when I come to try and spend it. Currently got about £60 in my wallet, which will have to wait there until my next trip to the land of grey, drab towns full of fat, pasty-faced salad-dodgers.

Hang on a mo..............just re-read the post..............now I'll give you, fat and pasty-faced.......but not salad dodging and do you really believe our slums are less attractive than your ..????

[pogweasel]

[whitevanman]

TWAT..............

[Cavcraft]

Coming soon on Autoshite TV: Scotland Vs England

[whitevanman]

On the subject of scams..........and in keeping with the new thrust of this topic..go into a motorway services down Sowwffff and purchase a 89p bag of crisps, hand over a pound note...........and receive change for a fiver, smirk say thank you and leave with a smile on your face works 9 out of 10 times

[Richard]

I can't remember the last time I saw a pound note in circulation.

[whitevanman]

saw some yesterday.....and strangly enough there is an online company that will buy them for £1.10 each but can you get enough off them to make a decent profit out of it though??

[Rocket88]

Still got 'em in the Channel Islands......although we've only just stopped using groats..........