reply from S3 advert

[voorhees]

this is the email I received for a recent advert for a cheap low miler S3,and even in the subject heading it had RE: 'Audi S3 Quattro 2.0 TFSI' at PistonHeads.com but the herbert must of had his wires crossed when writing the email

Hello,
The car is located in Munich,Germany and so am I. We've recently moved to Germany and brought it with us.It's in showroom condition, no scratches, no dents, accident-free.
2008 DEFENDER 110 COUNTY STATION WAGON,UK registered.RHD, UK supplied (NOT AN IMPORT)21000 Miles.
The price I'm after is 11,495 pounds sterling including delivery to your home address and full insurance during shipping.
Please let me know if you're interested so I can provide you with further details.
Thanks for your interest

 

[Christer]

Looks like a scam to me!

 

[rickyquicky]

Looks like a scam to me!

Yeah its a common scam, been going for years.

Surprised auto trader and the like dont make people more aware of what to look out for, or even check their own ads.

 

[Finally Got An A3]

The things derkheads will try nowadays

 

[PaulAr]

I had the `German scam`carry on a couple of years ago. Except the clown was trying to purchase from me.

Who falls for this nonsense?

 

[voorhees]

must be some who do or they'd not bother

 

[N8]

Who falls for this nonsense?

+1

 

[S3RYE]

yeh you say this but then sometimes they are for real, my mates just had a guy fly over from germany and buy his mk1 TT quattro sport... CASH!! just gotta be clever...

 

[paddy]

Who falls for this nonsense?

Its an easy mistake to make Paul....Land rover/S3......S3/Land rover

 

[PaulAr]

Maybe he needed the Landie to transport pallets of hard currency he inherited from his long lost uncle Bob Zabala who happened to be the late King of the African principality of Umbongo and he wants to share his wealth etc....etc.....ZZzzzzzz.

 

[Sarah's A3]

You get loads of these in Auto Trader too!