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What is the deal with this ??

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  • Maybe it's like taking out an extremely high rate loan. Some people have no cash and live on credit.
  • Or money laundering...
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,974 Ambassador
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    It's rather like a riddle isn't it?

    100 UK pounds..doesn't say sterling /bank notes and it doesn't say that the picture relates to what you get. It is also in the voucher section.

    Maybe it is a £100 voucher off a holiday, I got a few of those when I bought something from a major department store last year but the terms and conditions made them almost unusable. Maybe it is 100 uk pounds in weight of something.

    Whatever way I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.
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  • smashed
    smashed Posts: 1,043 Forumite
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    I thought its just £100 cash, as per the pic.
    Just another of those stupid auctions, like a bag of air.
    He thinks he cant lose much, because somebody will pay £90 to make £10...and he will hope for a profit, as per a lot of these dumb auctons.

    Its not really a riddle..
    You are buying 100 UK pounds in cash delivered straight to your door

    He has said sold as seen, IMO, because he doesnt want the winner (if over £100) returning it and wiping out his profit.

    Just the same as lots of auctions are "sold as seen".

    You would win a paypal dispute if it wasnt what is in the pic after all.
    Be nice
  • jennyjelly
    jennyjelly Posts: 1,708 Forumite
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    Maybe he is hoping for foreign bidders who don't understand the value?

    My friend had about $50 US left after a holiday and just for a laugh (and to save a trip to town to change it back) put it on ebay - and was amazed when it sold for twice its face value.

    You never can tell!
    Oh dear, here we go again.
  • ben500
    ben500 Posts: 23,192 Forumite
    Took a best deal of £120
    Four guns yet only one trigger prepare for a volley.


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  • Zinger549
    Zinger549 Posts: 1,436 Forumite
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    soolin wrote: »
    Whatever way I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole.

    Who's got a bargepole :confused::D
    Come on you Irons
  • cardtart_2
    cardtart_2 Posts: 1,140 Forumite
    Zinger549 wrote: »
    Who's got a bargepole :confused::D
    don't know but it might end up being stuck in a painfull place if it is a scam !
    bye hoo
  • ben500
    ben500 Posts: 23,192 Forumite
    Zinger549 wrote: »
    Who's got a bargepole :confused::D

    I'd put my money on a bargee having one
    Four guns yet only one trigger prepare for a volley.


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  • Idiophreak
    Idiophreak Posts: 12,024 Forumite
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    Actually, might be a good buy if you live *that far* from an ATM :)
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