Cheap 2012 Expanda!!!

[17triton]

Saw this in today's Herald Sun. They wouldn't answer their phone and a gmail account so I'm thinking it might almost be a scam . I bet he works on a oil rig too!!! Sorry about the pic quality.

 

[cruza driver]

Type the email into google search, very interesting what comes up 1st.

 

[davemc]

and here is the ad from caravan and camping they took the pic from
http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...13699+82&R=24524574+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au

 

[17triton]

Oh bother just sent him a grand to hold it for me.

 

[mccrlc]

This ad was also in a paper in Tasmania yesterday.

 

[macca]

Thought it was my van for a second. I remember that when it hit the market, they don't come up a lot (18.57-5) with slide outs.

 

[Bellbirdweb]

This is a common scam in the horse float market. They take a genuine ad and then replicate it to try and rip people off.

 

[davemc]

This is a common scam in the horse float market. They take a genuine ad and then replicate it to try and rip people off.

Yes although they been getting smarter and copy pictures from one description from another.
You will see some people with real ads just lazy and copy other peoples info and pics as well..

 

[crackacoldie]

That email has lots of other vans for sale, u der a business name. Could it just be a typo in the add as in $14 instead of $41??????

 

[brian wenham]

email takes you to newcastle in one of the ads and perth in another of the adds with the same email ,i smell a rat lol

 

[dagree]

As soon as you see a gmail address don't even bother.

Here is a link to a similar situation I had earlier this year when looking for a van. http://www.expandasdownunder.com/threads/whats-your-thought-scam.4614/ Some of the email replies are copied and pasted in the thread but I had fun sending and receiving a few more just to lead him/her on until my final email notifying him that I have also been sending them to ScamWatch No more replies after that!

 

[Smirke]

That ad was in last Sunday's paper. Someone at work rang the number out of interest.....no one answered.

 

[Bmhdg76]

As soon as you see a gmail address don't even bother.

I wouldn't say that... When my in-laws sell the motor homes that they make, they only ever list a gmail account. They don't want anyone to use or know their genuine email. This is to protect themselves from scam emails etc. You generally can't put anything online now without an email address so why would you use your everyday one?

Once they have discussed minimal details via email they will then only deal over the phone. Again to avoid the oil rig workers.

BJ

 

[Crusty181]

This is a common scam in the horse float market. They take a genuine ad and then replicate it to try and rip people off.

Are horse floats cheaper ...... could have bought one instead of the Jayco, and joined HorseFloatsDownunder. Didnt think of that

 

[Bellbirdweb]

Are horse floats cheaper ...... could have bought one instead of the Jayco, and joined HorseFloatsDownunder. Didnt think of that

The horse floats are cheaper, but not the things they carry around !

That's how we purchased our expanda, sold the float and the horse

 

[dagree]

Good point @Bmhdg76
Didn't think of it from that angle!!