Robbed Last Night - Selling on DoneDeal

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 01:25PM #1

Just throwing this up as a warning to anyone selling online not to be as naive as me. Had a phone up on Done Deal for sale and arranged to meet a guy to sell it last night around the corner from where I live.

Went up to the car buyer in the passenger seat. Talked for a second then showed the phone to him through the window. He asked a couple of questions about it and then bang driver put the foot to the floor and the car was gone with my phone.

Rang the cops and after 20mins of no show had a look on Done Deal and seen another guy selling similar so rang him. Same guys were on the way over to meet him. Drove 20mins over to him and they were just after ringing him to say they were up the road from the pub he was in. He told them to come down and meet in the pub car park but they ended up a no show. Obviously knew they wouldn't be able to pull the same in a car park.

Rang the cops down there and they had a look around but didn't spot the car. I had got the reg but it had turned up nothing. Obviously fake plates.

Sticking to Adverts from now on!

stovelid · 10-09-2011 01:30PM

Wait a while and run another ad and then stab him when he turns up.

Yakult · 10-09-2011 01:32PM

Unlucky!

hondasam · 10-09-2011 01:34PM

Naive

ForzaSaints · 10-09-2011 01:36PM

Anyone wanna buy a phone?

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 01:37PM

stovelid wrote: »

Wait a while and run another ad and then stab him when he turns up.

If they'd turned up in that car park there was the other guy and about 6 of his mates ready to jump on them. Problem with ****ers like that though is they'd probably have you stabbed first. Sold a phone to guy last week who'd been mugged for his. Even robbed his chewing gum!

ItsAWindUp · 10-09-2011 01:38PM

discombobulate wrote: »

Just throwing this up as a warning to anyone selling online not to be as naive as me. Had a phone up on Done Deal for sale and arranged to meet a guy to sell it last night around the corner from where I live.

Went up to the car buyer in the passenger seat. Talked for a second then showed the phone to him through the window. He asked a couple of questions about it and then bang driver put the foot to the floor and the car was gone with my phone.

Rang the cops and after 20mins of no show had a look on Done Deal and seen another guy selling similar so rang him. Same guys were on the way over to meet him. Drove 20mins over to him and they were just after ringing him to say they were up the road from the pub he was in. He told them to come down and meet in the pub car park but they ended up a no show. Obviously knew they wouldn't be able to pull the same in a car park.

Rang the cops down there and they had a look around but didn't spot the car. I had got the reg but it had turned up nothing. Obviously fake plates.

Sticking to Adverts from now on!

Why are you blaming Done Deal for this?

stovelid · 10-09-2011 01:40PM

discombobulate wrote: »

If they'd turned up in that car park there was the other guy and about 6 of his mates ready to jump on them. !

Bring 10 mates.

maxxie · 10-09-2011 01:40PM

Put the phone number up!

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 01:42PM

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

Why are you blaming Done Deal for this?

Because you dont have a clue who your meeting with Done Deal. At least adverts people have a history on the site to see.

amdublin · 10-09-2011 01:46PM

Why would you hand a phone to someone through the window into a car

I'd be like, eh yeah, get out of the car willya

Ps. Commiserations

Easy for me to comment with hindsight

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 01:46PM

maxxie wrote: »

Put the phone number up!

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KeithM89_old · 10-09-2011 01:47PM

Do not post mobile numbers!

Dyr · 10-09-2011 01:51PM

Were they fordiners OP? Oh god, please tell me they were bleedin fordiners OP

*foams at mouth*

MagicSean · 10-09-2011 01:54PM

Where are you getting all these phones to sell?

phasers · 10-09-2011 01:56PM

Damn white guys, bloody thieves the lot of them.

maxxie · 10-09-2011 02:03PM

phasers wrote: »

Damn white guys, bloody thieves the lot of them.

Would ya shtop, everyone knows only black guys steal.

AnonoBoy · 10-09-2011 02:08PM

We've learned a lesson today. Don't try to conduct business on the street through a car window.

My name is URL · 10-09-2011 02:09PM

Did you not find it suspicious that the guy who wanted to 'buy' the phone didn't even get out of the car? That'd set off alarm bells if it were me.

Sky King · 10-09-2011 03:06PM

Doesn't the phone handset have a unique code which identifies it? Can this be locked down?

Delancey · 10-09-2011 07:36PM

Selling on Adverts is awful - nobody wants to pay cash and all they do is constantly offer you swaps on shyte like old laptops , etc.
Timewasters paradise :mad:

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 07:41PM

Delancey wrote: »

Selling on Adverts is awful - nobody wants to pay cash and all they do is constantly offer you swaps on shyte like old laptops , etc.
Timewasters paradise :mad:

Agreed there. Has its fair share of scammers there too. Usually paypal, bank account scams and not sending. Was told theres a group of people that got done for 2k there by a guy selling and asking for money into bank account and not sending. Didnt get caught there as i'd never deal by post with a new user.

eBay it is so!

discombobulate · 10-09-2011 07:43PM

Bambi wrote: »

Were they fordiners OP? Oh god, please tell me they were bleedin fordiners OP

*foams at mouth*

Dubs. Makes it worse getting robbed by your own

Dubs · 10-09-2011 08:04PM

discombobulate wrote: »

Dubs. Makes it worse getting robbed by your own

That, good sir, is an outrageous accusation! :mad:

strobe · 10-09-2011 08:09PM

stovelid wrote: »

Wait a while and run another ad and then stab him when he turns up.

lol I like the cut of your gib my good man. No nonsense, just stab the bastards. Just fucking stab everyone.

Sunnyisland · 10-09-2011 08:12PM

discombobulate wrote: »

Dubs. Makes it worse getting robbed by your own

Are you sure they weren't Foreign dubs, not real dubs from Dublin,just dodgy Dubs not from Dublin as in foreign dubs.:D

ejmaztec · 10-09-2011 08:22PM

strobe wrote: »

lol I like the cut of your gib my good man. No nonsense, just stab the bastards. Just fucking stab everyone.

It's all very well unless they ask to look at the knife through the car window and then drive off with it.

stovelid · 10-09-2011 08:22PM

strobe wrote: »

lol I like the cut of your gib .

I approve of the fact you even used a colloquialism that is stabesque.

Solnskaya · 10-09-2011 08:42PM

had to deal with some skangers in my time. Top tip, make sure if they meet you in a car, you park across the front of theirs with your motor. First it sends out the message that you may well be dodgier than they are, and second it stops them cutting and running. Cuts out a lot of messing and sets the tone from the off. OP, you should have run after the car anyway, terminator style. You would be amazed just how not far a car can get with traffic in a city-they are always very stunned when you put the pasenger window in on top of them-that also sets the tone for what follows.

Wibbs · 10-09-2011 08:48PM

Solnskaya wrote: »

had to deal with some skangers in my time. Top tip, make sure if they meet you in a car, you park across the front of theirs with your motor.

Second if one refers to ones car as a "motor" that defo sets the scene.

michael999999 · 10-09-2011 08:56PM

I know its cutting edge technology but there is a number plate on the front and back of the motorised vehicle they drove off in.;)

Dumb dealer done on done deal!

DecentBee · 11-09-2011 02:16AM

Solnskaya wrote: »

had to deal with some skangers in my time. Top tip, make sure if they meet you in a car, you park across the front of theirs with your motor. First it sends out the message that you may well be dodgier than they are, and second it stops them cutting and running. Cuts out a lot of messing and sets the tone from the off. OP, you should have run after the car anyway, terminator style. You would be amazed just how not far a car can get with traffic in a city-they are always very stunned when you put the pasenger window in on top of them-that also sets the tone for what follows.

They...could reverse.

LighterGuy · 11-09-2011 02:28AM

Bad isnt it? Someone tries to sell something and gets a scumbag stealing from them.

What Burns said in the Simpsons is dead true :pac: ... "look with your eyes" ...

marcsignal · 11-09-2011 02:30AM

The website did exactly what it said on the tin.... Done Deal

no offence op, but, you STUPID boy :rolleyes:

punk77 · 11-09-2011 02:39AM

DecentBee wrote: »

They...could reverse.

......over you.

Reamer Fanny · 11-09-2011 03:06AM

discombobulate wrote: »

Just throwing this up as a warning to anyone selling online not to be as naive as me. Had a phone up on Done Deal for sale and arranged to meet a guy to sell it last night around the corner from where I live.

Went up to the car buyer in the passenger seat. Talked for a second then showed the phone to him through the window. He asked a couple of questions about it and then bang driver put the foot to the floor and the car was gone with my phone.

Rang the cops and after 20mins of no show had a look on Done Deal and seen another guy selling similar so rang him. Same guys were on the way over to meet him. Drove 20mins over to him and they were just after ringing him to say they were up the road from the pub he was in. He told them to come down and meet in the pub car park but they ended up a no show. Obviously knew they wouldn't be able to pull the same in a car park.

Rang the cops down there and they had a look around but didn't spot the car. I had got the reg but it had turned up nothing. Obviously fake plates.

Sticking to Adverts from now on!

What an absolute brazen scumbag I'd love to snap his neck

ejmaztec · 11-09-2011 09:09AM

discombobulate wrote: »

Rang the cops down there and they had a look around but didn't spot the car. I had got the reg but it had turned up nothing. Obviously fake plates.

michael999999 wrote: »

I know its cutting edge technology but there is a number plate on the front and back of the motorised vehicle they drove off in.;)

Dumb dealer done on done deal!

:P

Grindylow · 11-09-2011 09:18AM

Put an ad with his phone number on Done Deal selling an iPhone 4 for €300.. He'll well and truly regret it then

mick121 · 11-09-2011 09:25AM

if you call the phone company your registered with ie vodafone,02,they can block the phone and its useless.if you have the box look for the imei no.this locks the phone and its useless.sorry to hear about you getting ripped off op

ActingDanClark · 11-09-2011 09:30AM

If u still have the box, supply the imei number to the guards, then they could pair it when used again on an Irish network. This depends on the cooperation of the networks tho, which can be slow, or non existent in some cases

11-09-2011 09:49AM

Happened to a mate of mine. The scumbag ran off and sped off in a waiting car, my mate then tried to chase after them in his car and crashed!

dan185 · 11-09-2011 10:31AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Happened to a mate of mine. The scumbag ran off and sped off in a waiting car, my mate then tried to chase after them in his car and crashed!

I laughed

Cee-Jay-Cee · 11-09-2011 01:24PM

Did you not have your gun with you? I always carry my gun when selling things to people in cars, if they drive off i shoot their back windows...it sends out the message that you wont let them f**k with you next time!

Samich · 11-09-2011 01:28PM

discombobulate wrote: »

Just throwing this up as a warning to anyone selling online not to be as naive as me. Had a phone up on Done Deal for sale and arranged to meet a guy to sell it last night around the corner from where I live.

Went up to the car buyer in the passenger seat.

Thought he was buying a phone. :P

goat2 · 11-09-2011 01:31PM

did you get make and number plate of car, if not you have no hope, then again car may not be theirs, and you mention car buyer,

Poor Uncle Tom · 11-09-2011 01:49PM

I am will to play slave to your Pounding General,
I am a club of one ready to receive you as throbbing Member,
The more I protest, the more I want you,
If you are selling a mobile I'll come to meet you..;)
Find me first, 08xxxxxxxxxx.

Put this ad up inside the Blue Oyster, sit back and enjoy the notion that one scummer will not sit right for a good month......;)

Robbed Last Night - Selling on DoneDeal

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