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General => General discussion => Topic started by: tonysgti on 04 April 2012, 21:02
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i advertised my mk4 in autotrader the other day, nothing special, 2000 plate 90000 miles some aftermarket wheels from previous owner. so i valued it at around £1600, within a day i had an african guy phone up wanting to buy it, full value without even seeing it, straight away this rang out scam!!!!!!!! he also lived in bristol and i live in london but he said he had a fried living close. i played along with his call, and said i could not let him view for afew days as was busy, anyway today he phoned again said hes mate had the money waiting, so i thought what the heck and said come down. i was fully on my guard and a mate was with me. the guy turned up and gave me cash without even lookin really. asked him what he was gonna do with the car and he said he ships them to africa for £1000, then sells them out there, says that car is worth between £10/£15k!!!!!!!!!! i said no way! he said defo!!!! thats english sterling!!!!
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Did he take your bank account details?
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straight cash mate :shocked:
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Nice one!!
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surely cars cant be worth that much out there???
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Good result :afro:
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Yup, a friend in South Africa said my Passat V5 would sell for at least R70,000 but most likely more which equates to £6,000 as a minimum. Think I could make a very nice
little large profit :smug:
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surely cars cant be worth that much out there???
Don't know but there are plenty more £800 - £1000 sheds around he can have for the same price he gave you if he wants :laugh:
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surely cars cant be worth that much out there???
Don't know but there are plenty more £800 - £1000 sheds around he can have for the same price he gave you if he wants :laugh:
post his phone number :grin: :grin:
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**starts searching for mk4's and a way to ship them out there to sell** :grin: :grin:
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that is nuts man :grin:
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i have another mk4 bit of a dog so will phone him and see what he says and let u all know!
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i have another mk4 bit of a dog so will phone him and see what he says and let u all know!
tell im i have an audi a3 1.8t quattro he can have to :grin:
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i have another mk4 bit of a dog so will phone him and see what he says and let u all know!
tell im i have an audi a3 1.8t quattro he can have to :grin:
And a mk3 gti 16v :wink:
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i have another mk4 bit of a dog so will phone him and see what he says and let u all know!
tell im i have an audi a3 1.8t quattro he can have to :grin:
And a mk3 gti 16v :wink:
f**k it tell im he can have my golf 1.8t an her s3 awell if hes payin askin prices :grin: :grin:
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hello dere this is George Abuduwabadawingo i can double your monies.
facejacker :grin: :grin:
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if you think thats profitable, investigate shipping old skoda and ladas overseas :lipsrsealed:
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I am calling from your baank
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There is a pigeon in your account, I need your sort code, account number and password so we can let it out haha! I didn't realise you could make so much exporting cars out there!
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African scams again I see, I had a blackberry on eBay for £200. Some African man offered me £500 if could post immediately, knew it was scam so sent him my PayPal account name. got email from PayPal said he'd paid when look in PayPal no money. Just emailed him saying posted will receive in 5days.
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No scam here mate, the guy came and weighted me out straight cash!
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PM me his number, i've got a mk4 for sale.. Im on the IoW but can deliver for them prices :grin:
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No scam here mate, the guy came and weighted me out straight cash!
Counterfeit bills no less :wink:
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i can beleive it as they only got the mk3 a couple of years ago! wonder if it would be worth importing mk1s from there.
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So get £15k cash or what??
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Which part of Africa? Because Autotrader.co.za says bullsh!t.
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Which part of Africa? Because Autotrader.co.za says bullsh!t.
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What! Were these notes real?
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yes the notes are real mate,
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Why would the guy not save himself £13,400 and buy the car from you for the £1600 you wanted?
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from experience this is true..
I do house clearances, had a guy buy my collection of scrap crt telly's ( 15 of them ) for 30 quid a piece, with the sole intention of shipping them to Africa,
I dont know which part but he said he can make more than triple his money back in profit after shipping etc is taken out. Its all taken back on empty container ships..
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Insane.
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http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/volkswagen-golf-mk1-13-citi-south-african-import/100209592
be better if they brought the mk1 gtis from over there an took all our mk4s :grin: if there mk1s are this clean
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I was speaking with my sister who is over from South Africa for a holiday about this, they get ripped off on any car! A new Polo the same spec as her BF's, brand new 1.6TDI cost him £5k MORE over there to buy and a new Golf is about £10k more :shocked: She wants to get rid of her new BMW 320d for a Polo 1.6TDI like her BF's because it's better on fuel and looks nicer, good girl :cool: but can't because she has fines and can't sell the car until the fines are paid off :grin:
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http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/volkswagen-golf-mk1-13-citi-south-african-import/100209592
be better if they brought the mk1 gtis from over there an took all our mk4s :grin: if there mk1s are this clean
Hi Barry,
We have these citis all over in SA, It was the best selling "Budget Car" for many years. However the last one was built in 2010 and has now been discontinued.
Check the link out.
http://www.google.co.za/search?q=citigolf&rlz=1T4ADSA_enZA466ZA466&um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tab=wi
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It is very easy to import cars to the African countries and the pricing seems correct.
However, South Africa have very strict laws and regualtions regarding importing of vehicles. It is very difficult for us to get these cars legally imported into SA.
As to the pricing (Taken form my other Post)
The mk6 R20 costs around ZAR470K which equates to approximately GBP37000.
The mk5 R32 costs around ZAR280K which equates to approximately GBP22000.
Now the MK5 R32 in the UK can be purchased for half that price or even less. And imported to South Africa way cheaper than buying one here and it will have the uniqueness of being a 2 door.
We pay R200K to R120K for a mk5 GTI were as on your side its approx. 5000 pounds.
MK4 gti’s we pay anything from R50K to 120K
Mk3 gti’s we pay anything from R20K to R80K
Mk2 gtis if you can find a good example from 20K upwards.
Mk1 gtis cannot find any…
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That's it, we're setting up a company with you and my friend Matt who is also is Jozi :grin: :evil:
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I know a guy who used to buy trucks & ship them out to Africa made quite a bit of money till his african friend ripped him off :grin: