Agreed to sell car to aggressive buyer

N9eav

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

They could always look at the harassment act. :whistle:

I agree. But first the OP needs to tell the buyer its no longer for sale and please do not contact me any more about the matter.


If the 'course of conduct' continues, the harassment is easier to deal with

bod1467

N9eav wrote: »

I agree. But first the OP needs to tell the buyer its no longer for sale and please do not contact me any more about the matter.


If the 'course of conduct' continues, the harassment is easier to deal with prove

That edit is probably more accurate.

marleyboy

daytona0 wrote: »

You doubt it?! So the OP mentioned that the prospective buyer had bought a train ticket and on that basis you doubt the legitimacy of it?? Also, we are taking a huge leap of faith in assuming that the OP is vulnerable to the point whereby they aren't physically able to look after themselves and be unable to sell a car properly.

Aaah, so we are to doubt the OPs authenticity when it comes to their own posts re vulnerability, but at the same time NOT doubt that of the aggressive buyer (who in all sense and purposes, OP has never met), merely because he claims he has bought a train ticket ?

Sounds a bit one sided to me.

OP, no deal is made until cash has passed hands, just as the buyer could turn up and have the right to say they have decided not to buy, you are equally within your rights not to sell. Regardless of any one sided posts about pre-travel costs.

hoggy52uk

Thanks so much for all the advice. Didnt mentioned that he contacted me via eBay where advert was and was literally bullied into taking advert off and going along with him. I know it sounds crazy. I always used to wonder how people went along with computer scams and financial scams, but this was a scam and I got totally caught by it. A mix of aggression on his behalf, followed up with implications that he was actually doing me a favour sucked me right in.

UPDATE: I told him in an e-mail this morning what I felt had happened yesterday and that I was not going to sell him the car.

He has responded with 17 voicemails and 27 texts. He is threatening to come and find me, threatening physical violence, saying he has my picture from eBay and my address so he knows who to get. He is threatening me legally and insisting he is going to come and take the car anyway as I have agreed to him doing this.

This to me is proof that he really was trying to con me, and is basically now going crazy.

I have spoken to the police and texted him on their advice to ask him to stop his harassment, but to no effect. As the threats are now getting physical, the police are now on their way to take a statement as he says he will be on my doorstep in the morning.

He has bought train tickets. I will refund him these- that perhaps only seems fair, but whilst he is in such a rage, and until I have seen the police, I feel it is unwise to contact him.

I did wonder if it was just me, but todays madness by this man confirm my gut feelings that I was clearly being set up. This is no rare sports-car, it is an oldish landrover and the situation is crazy.

I will never now respond by phone to anyone when selling an item on ebay and will only go through their messaging systems- perhaps good advice to all.

Thanks to you all for what I feel has been some real support when I needed it!

Marktheshark

Refund him nothing, it might all be a Con trick.

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Spicy_McHaggis

bod1467 wrote: »

That edit is probably more accurate.

Without a course of conduct there is no offence.

Spicy_McHaggis

hoggy52uk wrote: »

Thanks so much for all the advice. Didnt mentioned that he contacted me via eBay where advert was and was literally bullied into taking advert off and going along with him. I know it sounds crazy. I always used to wonder how people went along with computer scams and financial scams, but this was a scam and I got totally caught by it. A mix of aggression on his behalf, followed up with implications that he was actually doing me a favour sucked me right in.

UPDATE: I told him in an e-mail this morning what I felt had happened yesterday and that I was not going to sell him the car.

He has responded with 17 voicemails and 27 texts. He is threatening to come and find me, threatening physical violence, saying he has my picture from eBay and my address so he knows who to get. He is threatening me legally and insisting he is going to come and take the car anyway as I have agreed to him doing this.

This to me is proof that he really was trying to con me, and is basically now going crazy.

I have spoken to the police and texted him on their advice to ask him to stop his harassment, but to no effect. As the threats are now getting physical, the police are now on their way to take a statement as he says he will be on my doorstep in the morning.

He has bought train tickets. I will refund him these- that perhaps only seems fair, but whilst he is in such a rage, and until I have seen the police, I feel it is unwise to contact him.

I did wonder if it was just me, but todays madness by this man confirm my gut feelings that I was clearly being set up. This is no rare sports-car, it is an oldish landrover and the situation is crazy.

I will never now respond by phone to anyone when selling an item on ebay and will only go through their messaging systems- perhaps good advice to all.

Thanks to you all for what I feel has been some real support when I needed it!

Bad advice from the police to text him back. It's their job to issue the warnings not yours.

He will use that as a defence saying you're texting him. Stop all contact now.

JReacher1

I would park the car somewhere else for a few days! He sounds like a right nut job and you don't want him to come round and smash it up

rustyboy21

Just hide the car, don't answer the door if he turns up and don't reply to any emails/texts/calls.


He will get fed up in the end and leave you alone.


Amazes me why people sell expensive products on Ebay. Different if it was a £10 product.

Marktheshark

The police can not act until you have asked them to stop harassment, once they ignore your request then its a police matter.