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If it seems to good to be true.......

beetlebailey · 2010-03-10 16:05:39

I`m looking for around for a car and came across an `05 Audi A6 tdi. Its being sold privatly and the asking price is 7k less than the cheapest same spec model with similar milage on carzone! It`s nct`d, taxed, full leather etc....over 100k in the clock but that wouldn`t worry me. I`m very tempted to view but it seems too…

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I`m looking for around for a car and came across an `05 Audi A6 tdi.
Its being sold privatly and the asking price is 7k less than the cheapest same spec model with similar milage on carzone!
It`s nct`d, taxed, full leather etc....over 100k in the clock but that wouldn`t worry me.
I`m very tempted to view but it seems too cheap so my question is it too good to be true?

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#2 10-03-2010 5:09pm

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beetlebailey wrote: »

I`m looking for around for a car and came across an `05 Audi A6 tdi.
Its being sold privatly and the asking price is 7k less than the cheapest same spec model with similar milage on carzone!
It`s nct`d, taxed, full leather etc....over 100k in the clock but that wouldn`t worry me.
I`m very tempted to view but it seems too cheap so my question is it too good to be true?

1 of 3 things:

1. its not on Irish plates and you will have to pay VRT
2. scam of some sort with long story as to why its a bargain and you have to travel to the uk to view it/pay by western union...
3. Its a bargain..which I doubt very much but hope it to be the case

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#3 10-03-2010 5:09pm

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YES

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tick as appropriate

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#4 10-03-2010 5:09pm

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a link would be helpful if possible...

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#5 10-03-2010 5:19pm

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Google the phone number, to see if it pops up in other add's

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#6 10-03-2010 5:22pm

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Its on Irish plates, based in Dublin.
The add is as follows:
2005 Audi A6 (€6,500) S-LINE suspension 2.0 TDI 138 BHP , 6 Speed - Manual , Leather Seats and interior , Front and rear armrest , Parking Sensors , Rain sensor , Light sensor , full chrome pack , 17" wheels and full size spare wheel, ABS, ASR/ESP, Climate Control, Electric and heated mirrors, Electric all windows , Foglights , Power assisted steering , Remote locking , Immobiliser, Radio/Cd , Leather Steering Wheel , Automatic Air Conditioning , Multiple 6 Airbags , Car is looking like New , Driving Perfect , Timing Belt and Tensioners changed , New breake pads , new filters , NCT 06.2011 , 133,576 KM.

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#7 10-03-2010 5:24pm

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beetlebailey wrote: »

Its on Irish plates, based in Dublin.
The add is as follows:
2005 Audi A6 (€6,500) S-LINE suspension 2.0 TDI 138 BHP , 6 Speed - Manual , Leather Seats and interior , Front and rear armrest , Parking Sensors , Rain sensor , Light sensor , full chrome pack , 17" wheels and full size spare wheel, ABS, ASR/ESP, Climate Control, Electric and heated mirrors, Electric all windows , Foglights , Power assisted steering , Remote locking , Immobiliser, Radio/Cd , Leather Steering Wheel , Automatic Air Conditioning , Multiple 6 Airbags , Car is looking like New , Driving Perfect , Timing Belt and Tensioners changed , New breake pads , new filters , NCT 06.2011 , 133,576 KM.

Too cheap. Looks like a scam or else a typo. €16500 maybe?

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#8 10-03-2010 5:25pm

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beetlebailey wrote: »

Its on Irish plates, based in Dublin.
The add is as follows:
2005 Audi A6 (€6,500) S-LINE suspension 2.0 TDI 138 BHP , 6 Speed - Manual , Leather Seats and interior , Front and rear armrest , Parking Sensors , Rain sensor , Light sensor , full chrome pack , 17" wheels and full size spare wheel, ABS, ASR/ESP, Climate Control, Electric and heated mirrors, Electric all windows , Foglights , Power assisted steering , Remote locking , Immobiliser, Radio/Cd , Leather Steering Wheel , Automatic Air Conditioning , Multiple 6 Airbags , Car is looking like New , Driving Perfect , Timing Belt and Tensioners changed , New breake pads , new filters , NCT 06.2011 , 133,576 KM.

probably the old shape, but still a price that would make you wonder...

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#9 10-03-2010 5:27pm

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http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/72/55213272.html

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#10 10-03-2010 5:29pm

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With that plate is it an import?

Then the mileage in km?

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#11 10-03-2010 5:31pm

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Its the new shape.It does seem way too cheap,guess i`ll keep on looking.

3562439.jpg

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#12 10-03-2010 5:34pm

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cojomo2 wrote: »

probably the old shape, but still a price that would make you wonder...

The old shape didn't have the 2.0 TDi engine though.

OP, there is no mention of a phone number in the advert, only an email contact. Usually if it is a scam the number will be disconnected or fake and you will have to make contact with the scammer by e-mail. These scammers very rarely like direct contact with their potential victims.

This has all the hallmarks of a scam.

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#13 10-03-2010 5:36pm

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beetlebailey wrote: »

Its the new shape.It does seem way too cheap,guess i`ll keep on looking.

3562439.jpg

if i were you, I'd contact the seller to confirm its still for sale and that theres no stupid stories before you try to view it. If the seller confirms its available to view, then I would use cartell.ie or similar to get a full report on the car, if all still looks ok and the details match up with that of the seller/owner, then go view it....

no harm in asking why he is selling it so cheap either..

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#14 10-03-2010 5:38pm

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Yeah,not meaning to offend but the car seems a little out of place in its surroundings.

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#15 10-03-2010 5:50pm

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do a serch for an identical car on all the usual sites and see if a scammer has just robbed the pictures from somewhere

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#16 10-03-2010 5:51pm

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It seems a bit suspect,too cheap and no contact number. If you do decide to view it check the chassis number on the car matchs the book as well as doing a hpi check etc.

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#17 10-03-2010 5:57pm

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dirtydiesel wrote: »

It seems a bit suspect,too cheap and no contact number. If you do decide to view it check the chassis number on the car matchs the book as well as doing a hpi check etc.

Sent email to seller but tbh don`t think I`ll bother going any further.
I`m not comfortable with the price\location\no contact number, none of it looks right.I`m not even that big a fan of the car just liked the price!

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You will never know, mightt be a typo, no harm in e-mailing to see if price is correct.

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#19 10-03-2010 6:03pm

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beetlebailey wrote: »

Sent email to seller but tbh don`t think I`ll bother going any further.
I`m not comfortable with the price\location\no contact number, none of it looks right.I`m not even that big a fan of the car just liked the price!

I just emailed him aswell! Ive no intrest in the car I just enquired about the price.

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#20 10-03-2010 7:40pm

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I'm open to correction here but I'm 99% sure that the 2.0TDI in the A6 has twin exhaust pipes facing down and the petrol models have twin horizontal exhaust pipes... this car claims to be a diesel but has petrol exhausts...

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#21 10-03-2010 8:06pm

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I' reckon that the "seller" (and I use that term loosely) says he is abroad and wants you to pay a large deposit before he will fly home to meet you so you can view the car, or maybe he and the car are abroad and he wants you to pay for it, then he will ship it back to you.....or some other garbage.

Sure, if its a genuine car, genuinely for sale in Ireland, by an permanent Irish resident, I'll buy you the damn thing myself :P

Get real guys, who tries to sell a car without putting in a contact number :eek:

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#22 10-03-2010 9:50pm

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http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:OyaDu84-QDMJ:cars.rte.ie/usedcars/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Dcar%26carID%3D201002196510987+%226+Speed+-+Manual+,+Leather+Seats+and+interior+,+Front+and+rear+armrest+,+Parking+Sensors+,+Rain+sensor+,+Light+sensor+,+full+chrome+pack+,+17%22+wheels%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&client=firefox-a

Would that be the same car. Exact same car, description, mileage, nct up in same period. Mobile number given on the ad. Might be worth a ring.

Edit: and 50% deprecation in two months.

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#23 10-03-2010 10:26pm

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Cuddlesworth wrote: »

http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:OyaDu84-QDMJ:cars.rte.ie/usedcars/index.cfm%3Ffuseaction%3Dcar%26carID%3D201002196510987+%226+Speed+-+Manual+,+Leather+Seats+and+interior+,+Front+and+rear+armrest+,+Parking+Sensors+,+Rain+sensor+,+Light+sensor+,+full+chrome+pack+,+17%22+wheels%22&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&client=firefox-a.

Bah gum, that's clever.

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#24 10-03-2010 10:49pm

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