UK motorhomebuyers.co.uk wants to buy my van

, DEAN LANE, MEOPHAM, GRAVESEND, KENT, DA13 0BS

Just done a search on Google earth. Looks like they have plenty of money prices around Meopham are very expensive. I thought it might be a gypsy encampment
 
sadly you have to be suspicious of this sort of buyer/seller. There are several about and are usually traveller families and they try all the tricks to get money off when buying and often the trading name disappears owing money and is replaced with a different one

seller/buyer beware
 
I sold my last van to a large dealer in Scotland for £47k. I arranged to drop it off with Jan following in a car.
When I got there no bank transfer or cheque, the owner was away for the weekend. I left my van there and sweated all weekend, on Monday I got the cheque and put in in the bank faster then Seb Coe. It cleared and they went bust months later, cash flow problems. Never again. :Eeek:
 
Borderland said:
CHAPS payment is supposed to be secure
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When I bought my present van privately the RBS said even Chaps isn’t secure and they (The Bank) are under no obligation to reimburse you if the money disappears. Due diligence is on your part not the bank. Is there a safe way?
 
Dan and Jan said:
When I bought my present van privately the RBS said even Chaps isn’t secure and they (The Bank) are under no obligation to reimburse you if the money disappears. Due diligence is on your part not the bank. Is there a safe way?
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According to the Bank of England

"CHAPS is one of the largest high-value payment systems in the world, providing efficient, settlement risk-free and irrevocable payments "

I would assume this to mean if the money is in your account via a CHAPS payment then it can't be claimed back by the payer.
 
If it’s linked with 4front Motorhomes I think it’s the same company that has a YouTube channel under the name of 'We buy any Motorcaravan'.
The’ve been putting a lot of blogs on lately.
Just don’t hand over anything until you can see the full amount of money in your account. Other than that I don’t see a problem if you are happy with the price and it would save you from a lot of tyre kickers !
 
Unlike cash or cheques, Bacs Direct Credit payments cannot be lost, stolen or delayed in the post. Your money arrives automatically into your account on the day it is expected.

All BACS and Faster payment credits are cleared funds on the day of crediting the account. They can be used straight away and can't be recalled.

Safe and secure provided that any payment arrives in the bank prior to handing over the keys and the receipt clearly states "Sold as seen".
 
dryad said:
it just did for me..(y) and also for Jim
you're going to scare miss welsh girl to death, am sure it will all be ok, if not we'll have to send the heavies round.. :boxing:

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Put your reg in then and see what happens.

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Caution. There will be loads of scamners and dodgy buyers coming out of the woodwork. Its a prime time to make a lot if money easily. People want to sell and these people can see a massive mark up as demand to buy is very high.
 
When I sold the MOHO I put on the receipt "the motorhome remains the property of Mr Ex-Gasman until full payment is received by the seller"
 
Dan and Jan said:
I sold my last van to a large dealer in Scotland for £47k. I arranged to drop it off with Jan following in a car.
When I got there no bank transfer or cheque, the owner was away for the weekend. I left my van there and sweated all weekend, on Monday I got the cheque and put in in the bank faster then Seb Coe. It cleared and they went bust months later, cash flow problems. Never again. :Eeek:
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You left it there :Eeek: :Eeek: :Eeek: :Eeek: :Eeek:
 
Hellski said:
Hmmmm, companies house doesn't list the trading name Uk Motorhome Buyers and the address shown is a private residence.
A better detective then me might be able to find something but personally, I would be asking them more direct commercial questions before proceeding (y)
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Cant see LTD on the post,,BUSBY.

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Their offer to buy is based strictly on your description
They will barter untill you cave in and their final offer will bitterly disappoint you
Personally I wouldn't waste my time.
 
Geo said:
Their offer to buy is based strictly on your description
They will barter untill you cave in and their final offer will bitterly disappoint you
Personally I wouldn't waste my time.
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That is my view as well, the deposit is just to draw you in, so you are stuck with them, until they have been and seen the van and made a proper offer I wouldn't touch them.
 
Be clear as to what the deposit terms are i.e. non refundable even if the sale doesn't complete.

Never accept a cheque. If may technically be fraud if it bounces, but do you really want to have to pursue it from someone who has your asset and yet is probably not credit worthy? You don't want cash either, for such a sum, far too easy for there to be dodgy notes in there, but it's also a good way to be on the wrong end of some money laundering scam. At least BACS means they have to operate a legitimate bank account. BACS doesn't give them authority to debit your account - just make sure they don't learn enough other things about you that they might be able to impersonate you, so particularly you'll never divulge your passwords and passcodes (making sure that is something secure). Once the BACS funds are cleared into your account it's yours and they'd have to do what you would have had to do to them with a bounced cheque. Just be sure funds have cleared, if need be phone your bank rather than rely on an online system.

And same process for the final sale - BACS with confirmation of cleared funds before you part with the keys.

Oh and when you do sell make sure the correct parts of the Vehicle Registration is filled out and sent off by you. Don't accept they will do it. You don't want all those driving offences to be laid at your door when your ex-van hits the headlines for being the latest Breaking Bad druggies den.
 
chaser said:
Put your reg in then and see what happens.
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I went on the their site and to get a quote but you have to first enter your contact details - and we all know what that will lead to. I didn't proceed and you could put false contact details but if they say they'll text or email the quote to you you'd never receive it.

A pal went on a similar Webuyanycar site. The quote was acceptable but the offer when he took his car there was derisory. The online 'quote' was just a 'come on'. Sadly he had to take the offer as he was emigrating to NZ two days later.

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Welsh girl said:

We Buy Any Campervan | We Pay Cash

We want to buy your motorhome! Cash paid, free home collection and top prices paid.
ukmotorhomebuyers.co.uk ukmotorhomebuyers.co.uk

Someone from this firm has arranged to buy my van and asked me for my bank details to pay a deposit.
Before doing that I want to check this is a real company.
Anyone help?
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If you really want to go down this route, have a look at this bloke, I have sold two vans through him and can vouch for him, he looks at your van and you tell him what you want for it and if it sounds right he sells your van for maybe 2 grand more than you want and takes his cut, all above board and he pays you your money when it sells.
Straight bloke.
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Ive done a quick deeper search, and the only company registered at the address (out in the sticks) on the website is a company called A S HEXTABLE formed in April 2011
Looks like a dormant company,never filed accounts
Interestingly, it had a director for 1 day in 2011 called Yomtov Jacobs, who has 18,000+ ‘footprints’ at companies house ( buys and sells Ltd companies names maybe??)

Too many loose ends for my liking...I smell rodent
 
Hi,

Probably am wrong BUT thought sometime ago there was a scam with bank transfer where the scammer transferred the cash, you handed over the goods and they recalled the transfer. (may be thinking of some other past con)

However

As an Executor last year in distributing the estate, needed to issue cheques. Alas haven't used a cheque book for many years. Went to the bank and said can I have cheques X,Y,Z made out to these people.

Yes no probs................ Walked with some bits of paper.

Put them in the post .

Couple of days later thought I'd check the account, WHAT, the account had already been debited by the cheque values, SO essentially the bank issued cheques were in essence bearer bonds.

No idea what proof you needed to cash them but looked to me like I'd just posted amounts of cash in simply a to be signed for envelope.

Had to contact people and advise they weren't ordinary cheques.

With that can they be forged?
 
RandallC said:
Hi,

Probably am wrong BUT thought sometime ago there was a scam with bank transfer where the scammer transferred the cash, you handed over the goods and they recalled the transfer. (may be thinking of some other past con)

However

As an Executor last year in distributing the estate, needed to issue cheques. Alas haven't used a cheque book for many years. Went to the bank and said can I have cheques X,Y,Z made out to these people.

Yes no probs................ Walked with some bits of paper.

Put them in the post .

Couple of days later thought I'd check the account, WHAT, the account had already been debited by the cheque values, SO essentially the bank issued cheques were in essence bearer bonds.

No idea what proof you needed to cash them but looked to me like I'd just posted amounts of cash in simply a to be signed for envelope.

Had to contact people and advise they weren't ordinary cheques.

With that can they be forged?
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A cashier cheque used to be like cash, many years ago, but that changed about 30years ago as forgeries started. Now they have to go through the banking system to be cashed. But as they are drawn on the banks own account, not your account, you get debited straight away.
 
Where's she gone, hope some of this advice has sunk in. If this bloke is offering her a price over the phone unseen it must be way undervalued.
 
Go in the bank and do the transaction there. No shady operator will want to be on their presumably sophisticated CCTV. I've done that a few times buying and selling cars. Once was dragged into the bank managers office to explain why such a large amount of money was being transfered. "Private vehicle sale" was immediately accepted as a rational explanation.
 
RandallC said:
Hi,

Probably am wrong BUT thought sometime ago there was a scam with bank transfer where the scammer transferred the cash, you handed over the goods and they recalled the transfer. (may be thinking of some other past con)

However

As an Executor last year in distributing the estate, needed to issue cheques. Alas haven't used a cheque book for many years. Went to the bank and said can I have cheques X,Y,Z made out to these people.

Yes no probs................ Walked with some bits of paper.

Put them in the post .

Couple of days later thought I'd check the account, WHAT, the account had already been debited by the cheque values, SO essentially the bank issued cheques were in essence bearer bonds.

No idea what proof you needed to cash them but looked to me like I'd just posted amounts of cash in simply a to be signed for envelope.

Had to contact people and advise they weren't ordinary cheques.

With that can they be forged?
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The scam you mentioned was based on eBay / PayPal.
 
A friend of ours did a similar deal all appears correct up front, deposit paid and handover bank transfer sorted and 4 hours before deal got an e mail stating had seen a similar van for £15,000 less than advertised and attached pictures of the *Said Van* Match the offer or not buying. It was not a sellers market and this person was the only one after six months of adverts to offer to buy. Her husband had died and that was the reason she was selling she was only too happy to get rid of the van , Not saying they are of the same stock but just stick to your guns and as others have said wait until cash is tangible in your accounts and transferred asap before letting go of the keys
 
I spld a vehicle on the web --agreed price --gave bank details (sort code/account number) checked 5 mins later it was in my account...totally secure and quick.

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