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Clocked car - Seller caught out

Altarf
Altarf Posts: 2,916 Forumite
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in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Came across this elsewhere.

Audi for sale with 147k on the clock -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9835&item=4651166464

Same car now for sale by the buyer with 72k on the clock -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=010&item=200015867231

When buying something it is often worthwhile checking what the seller has been buying.
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  • Anthillmob
    Anthillmob Posts: 11,780 Forumite
    have you reported it?
    There's someone in my head, but it's not me
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    Lazy and stupid all the same photos no alternate ebay ID. What a muppet!
  • bleugh
    bleugh Posts: 1,796 Forumite
    they're only just 5 min down the road from me LOL

    have you considered that the previous auction may have been ended early due to a mistake?
    money saving my @rse.
    I've spent 10x as much as I would if I had never discovered this website :-)
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  • burbs_2
    burbs_2 Posts: 1,174 Forumite
    Has he not already pulled the auction?
  • manhattan
    manhattan Posts: 1,461 Forumite
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    looks like he pulled the auction because people were bidding like 10 million for it lol.

    even someone called clocked-car-see-"auction number"

    just click the bottom link,then click on bidders,it says 0 but you can see what they bid.
  • arnie&caseysma!
    arnie&caseysma! Posts: 1,822 Forumite
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    manhattan wrote:
    looks like he pulled the auction because people were bidding like 10 million for it lol.

    even someone called clocked-car-see-"auction number"

    just click the bottom link,then click on bidders,it says 0 but you can see what they bid.

    Brilliant - check out clocked-car-etc etc previous user names! He is well onto the ebay scammers!!!!
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  • mcwarre
    mcwarre Posts: 835 Forumite
    What a t*$$p*t! I hope he gets his just deserts.
    "Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed." Booker T. Washington

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  • apprentice_tycoon
    apprentice_tycoon Posts: 3,300 Forumite
    I've probably got this completely wrong but could it be a newer engine?
  • arnie&caseysma!
    arnie&caseysma! Posts: 1,822 Forumite
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    apprentice_tycoon wrote:
    I've probably got this completely wrong but could it be a newer engine?

    The engine doesn't alter the mileage does it? The rest of the components may have dont that mileage also. I know someone who's car has done over 200k and is still on the second engine and it has never been clocked.......

    I would urge everyone out there when they sell a car either privately or on a tradein to fill in the mileage part of the V5 so DVLA will have a record.

    The only other explanation would be if he had managed to do nearly 30k since he bought it and the 'one' at the start of the mileage reading is not visible. Somehow in his home area I dont think he is going to have done that in the two months since buying do you??????
    "Life may not always be the party you wish for, but whilst here you may aswell dance"!!!
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  • kit
    kit Posts: 1,678 Forumite
    The 'clocked-car-see-auction number' guy seems to change his name to match the auction he is bidding on - looks like he trys to catch scammers for a past time!

    Fair play to that guy!
    2012 wins approx £11,000 including 5k to spend on a holiday :j
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