Alright guys, need some advice/thoughts...
Won this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=011
Last night on eBay. I appreciate it's a high price, but I need the airbag and figure I can sell the steering wheel on to help recoup some costs...
Now, the guy has no feedback yet - fair enough, as we all have to start somewhere. He appears to be breaking an Astra VXR and is also offering car recovery services, if you look under the 'view all items for sale' and select 'completed listings' too. I was happy enough to go along with it for the chance to get the airbag, as I've needed one for a while and they don't come up that often.
Then I got this e-mail from him...
Hi thanks for bidding and winning, i accept the following payments, cash,cheque,bankers drafts,postal orders, my chesham address is my old address my new address is 31 bath road,calcot,reading,berkshire,rg317qh
please make all payments and letters addressed to mark ciappi as hes my step brother and they are his items,i will be dealing with posting the items out though as its my account ,oh and please can you put your name and address inside the enbelope as it makes things a bitter easier for me thanks, collection is welcome just send me an email and we can sought a day/time out to suit thanks again.
send cash(must be recorded)/ cheque/postal order/bankers draft to please note cheques will take 5 days to clear as its a basic account
mark ciappi
31 *********
calcot
reading
berkshire
rg** *qh
Now,I've always been good at spotting scams etc online and in e-mails, and this really makes me suspicious... If it wasn't so far away from me (Preston-Reading is a fair drive...) I'd go and collect myself to make sure, but I'm very wary of sending anythign through the post to him now. I'm considering waiting for a few days to see if any of the other items he's sold get positive feedback, and I've ran his e-mail and aBay username through google to see if he was a known scammer or not but nothing came up... Anyone in the Reading area know the place or the name...?
Any thoughts/suggestions...?
Anything appreciated guys...
Thanks
Martin
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