http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/ Just another irishtimes.com weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:15:44 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3197 anonymoose Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:54:54 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3197 Yer man probably told that student that it had a good chip... (I'll get my coat) Yer man probably told that student that it had a good chip… (I’ll get my coat)

]]> http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3190 Michael Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:54:27 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3190 It is so easy to be wise after the event. These mails, ad's, details etc. are so professional. We too are victims or a car sale/internet scam, down condsiderable funds to a shipping company based in Spain. Would be very interested if anyone out their has some sound advice or experiance of actually securing the return of some of the funds. Thanks to a very helpful Irish Fraud Office and local Guards we have managed to get our file to Spanish Interpol within 7 days of realising we were scammed. But how do we chase from here? Valid advice much appreciated. Don't beat us up we have already done that ourselves! It is so easy to be wise after the event. These mails, ad’s, details etc. are so professional. We too are victims or a car sale/internet scam, down condsiderable funds to a shipping company based in Spain. Would be very interested if anyone out their has some sound advice or experiance of actually securing the return of some of the funds. Thanks to a very helpful Irish Fraud Office and local Guards we have managed to get our file to Spanish Interpol within 7 days of realising we were scammed. But how do we chase from here? Valid advice much appreciated. Don’t beat us up we have already done that ourselves!

]]> http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3185 Paul Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:23:25 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/pricewatch/2008/04/15/just-too-good-to-be-true/#comment-3185 Conor, there is no-one so gullible as he who is willing to be conned. Put it this way: if a 2006 Audi car were on a garage forecourt at €7K with a 'low mileage' banner on top we'd all reckon it was dodgy, wouldn't we. Yet people are agog with wonder and excitement if they see the same 'deal' on the internet. For crying out loud, wake up people! Conor, there is no-one so gullible as he who is willing to be conned.
Put it this way: if a 2006 Audi car were on a garage forecourt at €7K with a ‘low mileage’ banner on top we’d all reckon it was dodgy, wouldn’t we.
Yet people are agog with wonder and excitement if they see the same ‘deal’ on the internet.
For crying out loud, wake up people!

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