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Rayngie
10th February 2009, 02:47 PM
Does anyone else here look at Gumtree for cars?, I'm seeing some very odd prices, $16k for an 04 BMW X5?Seems fishy to me..
yeboants
10th February 2009, 05:36 PM
if it sounds to good to be true.... generally is. ;)

I would stay well clear of these. it's known scams where the seller responds with the car maybe in another country or in the shipping yard waiting to be released but needs some money to do so.. they demand some payment up front and that's the last you'll hear from them. gumtree has lots off them..
Xavie
10th February 2009, 06:05 PM
Yeah, I use Gumtree. Their are some heaps dodgy operators on there because the ads are free so it costs nothing to scam!
LandyAndy
11th February 2009, 06:36 PM
Scams,there are HEAPS of warnings when viewing WA Gumtree entrys.
Andrew
Rayngie
11th February 2009, 07:13 PM
I had a look around the site, they have a forum which has a load of posts re scammers, and generally bad service from Gumtree...problem answered, they are a load or rubbish it seems, and they are owned by Ebay worryingly!
LandyAndy
11th February 2009, 08:46 PM
Have a look in Gumtree personal ads.:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Never seen anything like it,but never looked for that sort of stuff.Its an eye opener!!!! I got there from a link added in a camping stuff for sale add:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: They were after camping buddies:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
Andrew
cmd13
23rd February 2009, 03:01 PM
:mad: I went looking for cars for sale today and came across some unbeleivable deals on gumtree, AND that was exactly what they were. I requested to view the vehicle and was told that the owner was in the UK and was staying there, but if I paid for it and it was released to me by the "shipping" agents and did not like it, I would get my money back.... Yea right!! another scam... Be careful out there!!