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Cheap GU? Scam or not ?
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:09 pm
by tj81
Surely this cant be legit ?
Anyone have any info? wouldnt be anyone one here ?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nissan-Patrol-ST ... dZViewItem
Re: Cheap GU? Scam or not ?
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:16 pm
by TEAMRPM
all i can say is Lucky bugger! to who ever gets it, but i call BS!
its registered name is only today, and its like new. so happy for who ever does get it but sounds like a hoax. $10k ya lucky to find a mint TI these days..
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:03 pm
by RoldIT
Scam, scam, scam ... !!!
... either that or missed a 2 or 3 at the front of the $9600
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:05 pm
by tj81
RoldIT wrote:Scam, scam, scam ... !!!
... either that or missed a 2 or 3 at the front of the $9600
I hope its the missed 2 or 3, hmmmm, ponders...buy it now ???
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:09 pm
by CWBYUP
that e-mail address is very familiar with a car dealer we deal with at work,
I will try to find out tommorrow and let you know.
Nick
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:15 pm
by danman-gq
too good to be true - recently while working at a mechanical shop a new customer rolled in a gu 4.8l it looked very tidy - duel fuel - 30000 k's and paid not much for it. All he would say was he got for a real good price. We had the car more than him as it had fault after fault. During the first repair it was easy to see the patrol had been involved in a major smash. It never was 100%
Just go carefully
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:57 pm
by RoldIT
It'll be a scam, info will be ripped from carsales.com.au or the like.
New ebay user with no feedback is a dead giveaway.
Hit the buy it now and tell him you will pick the car up with COD, I'll bet he wants the money in an account, wire transferred overseas "because he has moved over there for work on short notice", etc.
BE VEWY CAREFOOL!!!
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:11 pm
by Wish I had coils
it has is a good chance of being a scan......... But the father in law bought a spa off e-bay for $250 but it now, It was meant to be start bid $250 and buy it now $2500 so he got a bargin, stranger things have happened he might have stuff the price up
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:46 pm
by Ezookiel
He lists COD as payment method, so do it COD and get the car inspected before purchase.
Like it says on the ebay page, don't wire or transfer the funds. And definitely not if he's overseas. For a saving like that it's worth a trip to Sydney to look at it, and if he won't agree to that, then walk away, actually run away.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:28 pm
by PGS 4WD
We bought a 4.5 6 months ago for $13000, not well maintained but Ok, another customer paid $9500 for a 4.5 GU with a filthy interior, I just bought a blown up 2.8 TD for $3000 thats getting a L76 next year. If you don't mind the work there are cheapies out there.
Joel
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:00 am
by CWBYUP
Its a scam
Just spoke to the owner of the car and yes it is for sale but for $42K
Cheers Nick
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:06 am
by rOd
someone send him a virus!
I hate I'm gayer than aids! like this!
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:40 am
by GUJohnno
CWBYUP wrote:Its a scam
Just spoke to the owner of the car and yes it is for sale but for $42K
Cheers Nick
This is the email we reieved from him
> Hello,
Thank you for contacting me about the Nissan Patrol.The total price is
9,600 $ AU.
The car is in excelent condition as you can see in the pics.
It is located in BERLIN,GERMANY and I will ship it from here.
It has a CLEAN TITLE a great history and mechanically without any
problems ever safety check and pre-delivery inspection along with a
fresh servicing before
I ship or deliver the vehicle.I always kept it in my garage,away from
bad weather and it looks gorgeous.
The problem is that in the meanwhile I had to move with my family in
Germany.
Unfortunately I am forced to let it go.You see, due to my job I had to
move and I just found a great house offer.
The thing is that I have to make a deposit so I can be sure that I won't
loose this great offer.
On the other hand, I hope I will find someone who will treat this baby
like I did.
Shipping will be done whit DAS(airfreight) and it will take no more then
3 days.
I have a friend there who will manage me a low price shipping and I
assumed that it is my duty to pay for shipping it.It will be delivered
directly to your address.
Anyway, I have to let you know that I want a fast deal so if you are
really interested in buying it,
please reply with the following
information's:
-Your full name ;
-FULL address(with zip code);
I will look for your email,so that we can move forward
mcgrath.lander@yahoo.com
Let me know,
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:20 am
by RN
Ask him for some recent pictures of it ( as these ones on ebay have QLD plates and must be old) . Pictures of it taken on the autobahn or outside his current house on the scamthebastardsstrasse would be nice.
I think yahoo maybe interested in his addy.
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:55 pm
by love ke70
well the ad has been pulled, and 9600 wouldnt cover the airfreight. its about $2500 for a 900kg rwd corolla from that area by sea...