be careful if you are selling your car!!

Post by ed » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:44 pm

you probably know this already but just in case:

Bankers drafts can be dodgy!

See here for more details.

gutted for them!

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:22 pm

When I sold the Liz i got the money direct into my bank account. Electronic payments don't cost much, and as far as i know, are much more secure.

Dominic

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:38 pm

I sold my Megablade last Wedneday. A nice man came up from Wales and trailered it away in exchange for 10k paid in ten big bundles of twenty pound notes. Being a trusting sort of guy (err... potential mug!!) I only conted the number of bundles. Obviously I must look more dodgy than he did cause when I paid it into the bank they didnt take my word for it and insisted on counting it!!

Jim

Bennicus · Post by **Bennicus** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:46 pm

Bankers drafts are ok if you go with the buyer to their bank when they get the draft written out, that's how I paid when I got my liz. The seller had to hang around a bit while the bank messed about checking IDs and phoning through for security checks, but at least he then knew it was a genuine draft.

Post by ed » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:51 pm

renmure wrote:I sold my Megablade last Wedneday. A nice man came up from Wales and trailered it away in exchange for 10k paid in ten big bundles of twenty pound notes. Being a trusting sort of guy (err... potential mug!!) I only conted the number of bundles. Obviously I must look more dodgy than he did cause when I paid it into the bank they didnt take my word for it and insisted on counting it!!

Jim

did they count it by hand, last time i paid in that much they did

took them bloody ages, not sure why they didnt us a machine

renmure · Post by **renmure** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:36 pm

did they count it by hand, last time i paid in that much they did
took them bloody ages, not sure why they didnt us a machine

No. In a counting machine. Only took few mins.
He did ask me how I was paying such a large amount of cash in... I jokingly said "I have been busking" and he said. "oh. ok"

Scottd · Post by **Scottd** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:43 am

You gotta hate banks for not explaining exactly how (in)secure all their methods really are, cost versus loss I guess. But why is it, it always us it ends up costing us!?!

He did ask me how I was paying such a large amount of cash in... I jokingly said "I have been busking" and he said. "oh. ok"

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:27 am

Blimey, i've taken a bankers draft as payment for a car, and i bought the elise with one.

didn't realise how insecure they are.

won't do that again...

The_Rossatron · Post by **The_Rossatron** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 9:47 am

Bennicus wrote:at least he then knew it was a genuine draft.