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Huge claims, huge bhp, apparent trophy 172, gumtree special
I'm sure Lt Columbo can dig a little deeper. Probably have his facebook by this time tomorrow.
hes aware of this thread! You should keep your plans a secret from now on if you want him to believe you
Pfft, like he'll put two and two together.
UPDATE:
Matthew from KTEC has just sent me this message..
Unfortunately despite our best efforts he has managed to con some poor person who purchased it on Monday and called us up a few miles down the road from where he bought it as the car died and wanted us to honour the “warrented” engine.
I was gutted for the guy as we’d managed to get the original add taken off Gumtree but he’d posted it up again and we had another couple of people check the invoice with us like yourself but this person didn’t.
Sound like you had a lucky escape
Matthew from KTEC has just sent me this message..
Unfortunately despite our best efforts he has managed to con some poor person who purchased it on Monday and called us up a few miles down the road from where he bought it as the car died and wanted us to honour the “warrented” engine.
I was gutted for the guy as we’d managed to get the original add taken off Gumtree but he’d posted it up again and we had another couple of people check the invoice with us like yourself but this person didn’t.
Sound like you had a lucky escape
I have a feeling his trying to sell a cat c/d TT without being completely honest, his pictures show an iPhonne snap of a text check, however he appears to have deleted the message that would appear between the first reply and third, the second message they send you is the one thats states whether the car has been recorded as an insurance loss.
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...ready-for-the-summer/1049440592#photo-content
http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-...ready-for-the-summer/1049440592#photo-content
Aye if hes sold a car with a false invoice, and he clearly knows its false, surely the police could do something with him?
Possibly feel sorry for the guy that bought it because unlike all of us on here, he might not be that into the clios and might not have known!
Possibly feel sorry for the guy that bought it because unlike all of us on here, he might not be that into the clios and might not have known!
Exactly this!
Now I may be getting to much into this, but I presume with the turnover that K Tec does, that it's a VAT registered company?
If so, I would have asked for the VAT invoice. At the least, I'd expect them to show the company number and VAT number on the invoice as this usually is included in the header (haven't dealt with the motor industry and VAT before so maybe different to others).
A good fraudster would usually put on a random 9 digit number to mimic a VAT number - but this can easily be checked to see if it's real. You'd at least expect to see an invoice number and date on there. I doubt they'd write on it in pen either unless they've taken a photocopy. Plus..... THE BLOODY THING ISN'T SIGNED!
Would like to feel for the guy who bought it, but I really can't. Shame as it'll probably put people off buying cars on Gumtree - but the majority are legitimate sellers.
If so, I would have asked for the VAT invoice. At the least, I'd expect them to show the company number and VAT number on the invoice as this usually is included in the header (haven't dealt with the motor industry and VAT before so maybe different to others).
A good fraudster would usually put on a random 9 digit number to mimic a VAT number - but this can easily be checked to see if it's real. You'd at least expect to see an invoice number and date on there. I doubt they'd write on it in pen either unless they've taken a photocopy. Plus..... THE BLOODY THING ISN'T SIGNED!
Would like to feel for the guy who bought it, but I really can't. Shame as it'll probably put people off buying cars on Gumtree - but the majority are legitimate sellers.
You are getting too far into it, because anyone with half an understand of the price of parts will know that the invoice isnt right irrelevant of any company data just because the amounts make no sense.
If I showed you an invoice that said
"Brand new clio, supplied with warranty" - 3,000 pounds
would you need to contact companies house to realise it was nonsense or just the fact it was about a fifth as much as it should be given it away?
Agreed, if it is a private sale then there is no implied warranty BUT the seller IS liable if they havent described the car honestly.
So personally if I had bought that (although no fecking way would I buy a car for strong money off a chav from swansea on gumtree while I still have a hole in my arse) it would be going straight back and if he wasnt forth coming with the money I would be seeing him in court!
