Word of warning, almost got conned.
two guys, seemed genuine but during the viewing switched my spare key for an alternative and I didn’t notice. They had insisted on seeing that I had both keys.
agreed a price then left but asked for my bank details and address in order to be comfortable sending a deposit.
I then parked the car securely in a location unknown to them and went out for dinner with my family.
I got a call saying - my wife wants to see the car, happy to look around the outside, no need for you to be there, can we see it??
“sorry, it’s locked away, no chance!”
only when I got home and noticed the key swap that I realised the plan - very lucky that the car is safe only due to circumstances and nothing else.
going to change the locks and order new key tomorrow.
just want to warn others as now people like this have a genuine S5 key to swap out. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
my approach to selling a car will never be the same again - I’ve been far too trusting for too long. Painful lesson but could have been much worse.
two guys, seemed genuine but during the viewing switched my spare key for an alternative and I didn’t notice. They had insisted on seeing that I had both keys.
agreed a price then left but asked for my bank details and address in order to be comfortable sending a deposit.
I then parked the car securely in a location unknown to them and went out for dinner with my family.
I got a call saying - my wife wants to see the car, happy to look around the outside, no need for you to be there, can we see it??
“sorry, it’s locked away, no chance!”
only when I got home and noticed the key swap that I realised the plan - very lucky that the car is safe only due to circumstances and nothing else.
going to change the locks and order new key tomorrow.
just want to warn others as now people like this have a genuine S5 key to swap out. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
my approach to selling a car will never be the same again - I’ve been far too trusting for too long. Painful lesson but could have been much worse.