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  • s_b
    s_b Posts: 4,464 Forumite
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    NeverAgain wrote: »
    ...£600 per sucker. not bad if you can pull the same stunt on ten suckers...

    So much for the special relationship.

    I would give the guy a bit of credit, well £50 of credit.

    If he's straight, which he probably is, he will have plenty of other bits and pieces to tidy up before he goes and will be looking just to get finished, not scam anybody.

    I would treat him the same as an English seller, so turn up for the test drive, weigh him up as closely as the car, and if happy with both, pay £50 as a deposit.

    His suggested way of completing the transaction seems sensible enough, given his slightly unusual circumstances.

    Check how he wants to be paid, cash is simplest for £600, but sterling notes may not be much good to him if he's on the next plane home.

    I've only had a little to do with two Americans, both were dead straight.

    boy are you in for a fall sometime
    now about these invisible suits i have for sale.................
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