A bit like spam......

Yeah, but it was vamp...

Douglas

Schaut ganz okay dieses Ende.

It's becoming very common for people to have their eBay accounts hacked - usually by these fake sites asking you to confirm your details. They're then used by fraudsters. I agree though, it's obviously an honest sale.

Well, it's all in german, for one thing...

(Obtains quote that demonstrates the line wrap problem)

FWIW, I've had this on alloys where the sleeved nut shears off. If it is sticking out still, i.e. the head rather than the whole thing, then you can grind some flats onto the side through the thread and spanner it off. This is easier than drilling it out.

Should be someone else's problem by then, though.

Oh, obviously... it's the sheepskin jacket and pork pie hat that do it for me...

That aside, it's a bit different when the deal is for something as large as a van, rather than something they can mace you up with by not sending it through the post.

I was amazed a year or so ago - I sold one of my cars through eBay, and the bloke put all the money for it into my bank account (not even via something like Paypal), having not seen the car until I delivered it.

He was happy with it, but it just goes to show how the more unscrupulous could pull a fast one, if they really wanted to.

-- JackH

JackH ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Oh, well, that's proof positive he's not a scammer, then, isn't it?

You know Peter's "straight", I know it. We all do here. HOWEVER, there is a VERY good chance that at least one casual fleaBay browser will get enough of an iffy feeling that they won't bid - especially if there's another similar van with a V5. The £19 will probably be smaller than the difference in closing price...

I s'pose a better way of thinking of it is that you wouldn't try and flog something with a month's MOT on - and an MOT's twice the price of getting the paperwork in order.

Gotta be worth it, hasn't it?

The rest of the stuff I said with regards to his ID, which you snipped, almost certainly is...

-- JackH

JackH ( snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Excluding the possibility of a hijacked account, of course.

But we're getting away from my point - Getting that lack-of-v5 sorted is a cheap way to remove a big potential stumbling block to a sale.

Well of course, you read about things like this everyday with regards to vehicle sales on ebay, and wouldn't be collecting a vehicle for a persons home address, where they will of course show you other proof of ID related to said address, would you?

At least if you were thick with pots of money to burn, never mind ensuring the vehicle was as described, you wouldn't be...

If you have time, yes; depending on why you never had it in the first place, it can take weeks to come through.

-- JackH