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Vauxhall Corsa- URGENT HELP!!

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  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Only one picture of the car in the link posted by DaveTrousers - taken in the middle of a field on top of a hill somewhere.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • INT1
    INT1 Posts: 1,257 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    That email looks a bit suss to me, would stay clear of that!
  • Premier_2
    Premier_2 Posts: 15,141 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    davetrousers wrote: »
    ...There's an email address if any MSErs want to 'enquire' ;)

    I wonder if 71 is the number the seller has done it to so far? :eek:
    "Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 2010
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The telephone number shown on the advert is dead.

    With the email address being so prominent on the photo, and a throwaway yahoo address, this is a classic case of a scam. I reckon closer the price of this car should be £6-7k.
    The man without a signature.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    What's the email address? I can't see it in that Autotrader ad.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • vikingaero
    vikingaero Posts: 10,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The email address is on the photo.
    The man without a signature.
  • BarginHunter1985
    BarginHunter1985 Posts: 136 Forumite
    edited 30 November 2009 at 2:36PM
    Oh wow, yea that is the car. Sorry to reply late, but was on my lunch break.

    How I can definitely check it if it is bogus? What does a HPI check mean?

    Btw thank you all for your comments :-)

    Cheers
  • emmell
    emmell Posts: 1,228 Forumite
    It's one of those typical half price car scams, the photo probably belongs to someone else.
    Avoid it like the plague! You just don't get bargains like this in reality. SCAM!
    ML.
    He who has four and spends five, needs neither purse nor pocket
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    If it looks too good to be true etc. etc.

    Avoid, move on.
  • Lemonade_Pockets
    Lemonade_Pockets Posts: 1,162 Forumite
    Well there will definately be one idiot involved in the sale of this Corsa.

    I reckon its more likely to end up being the buyer than the seller.

    Steer clear. Far to cheap...no such thing as free lunch (metaphorically before a hoard of MSE's send me links).
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