When selling your Vespa with us, you are making your contact details accessible across the Internet so that potential buyers can enquire and hopefully buy from you. However, unfortunately we live in a world where there are sadly a number of people out there whose sole aim in life is to rip us off, so please have your wits about you at all time when someone contacts you.
Some of the typical things to be aware of include;
- When responding to a seller’s ad, always run through the description and price details with them to make sure they are accurate. You don’t want to travel 200 miles to collect a scooter when there has been a pricing error and you are expecting to pay £500 when the price has been incorrectly advertised at £1,500! So also use your common sense.
- As a seller it always makes sense to deal in cash only and take cash on delivery. Never accept cheques or part payment.
- When meeting buyers / sellers, always try to take someone with you so you are not alone and always make sure someone is aware of the address that you are going to. Always arrange to meet during daylight hours ideally in a public place.
- Always ask to see full documentation for the scooter before your hand over any cash / agree a deal and check its authenticity.
- Check the scooter has no obvious of hidden serious damage, or has serious welding of the chassis.
- As a seller, make sure you personally complete the log book transfer ownership section and post back to the DVLC immediately as this will then mean that the new owner is responsible for any speeding / parking fines. Do not let the new owner to do this!
- Please be wary of scammers who may enquire about purchasing your scooter with lengthy emails and broken English asking to make complex paypal and western union deposits! All transactions should be a straight forward cash exchange, if they aren't, be wary!
Please read the following articles and be aware of some of the typical scams but also use your common sense when someone approaches you via e-mail or telephone, if it sounds dodgy, and you are told a rather long winded story then it’s likely to be a scam.
If you have any further tips to add here or if someone has tried to scam you, please contact us and let us know so we can make others aware.
BEWARE OF SCAMMERS WHEN ADVERTISING YOUR VESPA FOR SALE.
http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/04072006/55/common-scams-export-scam-0.html
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/cashier.asp
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