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silly_rarebit · 2026-05-30T10:00:33.532000Z

Someone has offered me an amount on my Classified Ad listing which meets my best offer minimum price. If everything is genuine then I'd accept the fee offered. I just have an awful feeling that this is not genuine at all & that somewhere along the line there's going to be some timewasting. Either I wont hear from them again, they'll say they'll turn up but then don't, they'll turn up & offer less than the fee hoping that I'll accept because they're there in person. SOMETHING. Initially I thought by accepting this then that ends the listing and then when they don't turn up I've basically lost £19.99 but on reading a bit more am I correct in that the listing is still active until this person puts money in my hand/bank? So it wouldn't matter if they're a timewaster in a way? As I have a bad feeling about them and I'm not sure from which angle they're likely to be bad news, one concern is that they'll pay via bank transfer & then try to claim that money back as the car "isn't as described" or whatever other lie they'd try ...... so I'm thinking cash in hand. But there's been a big increase in fake notes around here recently. A relative of mine has sold numerous car parts lately & this is the only way they've handled cash - and a good number of these actually turned out to be fake.Will any old UV light do for checking bank notes? As I'm thinking maybe cash in hand is better than a bank transfer (as they wont be able to claw it back) but I'd obviously want to know the notes are legit. Well aware it sounds paranoid but when you're selling something over £1000 and the number of shady people out there, you can't be too trusting of people you don't know.

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