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Mercedes W124 Diesel Estate 7 Seater 54,00 miles Full Meredes History in Moray | Used Mercedes-Benz for sale | Gumtree.com This must be a scam, picture looks to be one from Nick Froomes site. What are they looking for? Email address', phone numbers or maybe a holding deposit sent by BACS to...

Having just returned home from four months working away, I've reviewed a number of letters from RSA insurance demanding payment for the automatic renewal of my car insurance and threatening to set the bailiffs on me if I don't cough up £90. I sold the car before the renewal, they obviously...

I have just sent the mail below to Avis Customer services. Not happy! Hello, I am a frequent traveller and have used Avis cars on my company contract. I made a private booking with Avis from Catania Airport, details as follows: Rental Agreement No. xxxxx Start: xx/4/12 End [7 days later]...

A thing hit me today... hpi offer some guarantee with their checks; so if anything goes wrong, they cover you for £30k or so. That said, if you buy the car for 30% less than "market value" the guarantee doesn't apply. The "market value" is their internal market value... which for the last...

I have a bush that needs replacing as it knocks over bumps but goes away for a few days when sprayed with silicon. The problem is Mercedes dont sell them, so what should be a few quid turns out to be £100 because I have to buy the whole bar. Why on earth have they done this for a part that...

I am selling my CLK500 Convertible. I have been contacted by a prospective purchaser based in Paris (France) via an advert on ebay. She has only concluded 2 transactions a while ago. She rang me and discussed the car and discussed coming to see it in 10 days time (obviously I am not going to...

Dear Forum members, This is a copy-paste of an email I received today. Since advertising my car, I have received two similar emails. If you receive an email requesting your details and/or payment, do not reply to it, report it to the Police. Hope this helps. "Thanks for the prompt...

I contacted the seller by email (no phone no given) about their 05 SLK priced at £8.1K (London). I asked about condition and got the following reply which I think is a little unusual and for a contact no. which was not given. What do you think? Thank you for your interest in purchasing my...

Hi, my brother in law has fallen for a scam something like this phone scam apart from the money they have taken off him it seems they got him to download some software to give them control of his PC.:eek::eek: I haven't had a chance to look at it yet but was after a bit of advise. They may...

I.ve had 3 friends phone me today saing they have had people ringing them saying there puters have problems and are offering to fix them:mad: They ask you to download a remote access programe. Its a scam that was about a few months ago and seems to have reared its head again.I.ve heard they...

Has anyone here been involved in an incident like this? BBC News - Crash scam figures at record high, insurers warn Surely, insurance companies should be on top of this by now.

I received this email this morning, trying to work out where the hit is if I continued? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Freeman Sent: 06 July 2010 08:39 Subject: Order Request. Good Day, Am John Freeman i want to know whether you carry(PULLEY WHEEL)...

With some irony (seeing as he's an FD!) a friend has just been caught by a scam involving 'Log Book Loans'. Despite being a very active car buyer for many years, and the masses of stuff I now find on Google about them, I'd never heard of them until today (- although I did find a previous post...

On VivaStreet there is a nearly new caravan for sale for not much money. I'm guessing this is too cheap and therefore a scam. Usually I would not be bothered but the phone number on the advertisement is my land line! I've tried contacting the vendor through the site, but to no response. The...

MERCEDES SL500 2002 CONVERTIBLE BLUE BARGAIN L@@K on eBay (end time 26-Mar-10 10:15:24 GMT) After initial contact through ebay the seller won't respond to emails asking questions about service history, condition, MOTs etc nor answer the phone nr which he provided. This is permanently switched...

:eek: W211 E CLASS 2007 320 CDI BREAKING on eBay (end time 25-Mar-10 10:46:53 GMT)

Hi guy's, Last night I was browsing Auto trader and came across a Mercedes Benz C class W204 (new shape) was a 2007 Model with Amg kit etc. The price was £3000, I for one was shocked so I decided to email the seller out of curiosity and I received a reply today from the seller and this is what...

Just came off the phone with an aging relative who got a new small car this week. Just before picking up the car she got a call saying it had metallic paint and that they wanted an extra £400. She went along with another relative and settled at a lower price (they won't tell me how much after I...

Not head of this one before. Friend phoned to say he had had a couple of phone calls from someone claims to be a MS accredited body, saying he had a polymorphic virus and they could talk them through the removal on the phone. Friend is savvy enough to tell them where to to go, but phoned me...