matchlesswdg3 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Lots of these around and this one is really obvious as the real advert is still on eBay!! Mind you, it IS a huge saving over the real owners asking of £30k! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980-Land-Rover-Lightweight/143802378326?hash=item217b4a2856:g:R-EAAOSwJiBfktHl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hall Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I can see it’s obviously some sort of scam but I can’t figure out how? Do they ask for a securing deposit? The seller had good feed back going back years. Do they really go to this level of preparation and effort? Or have the scammers hacked a genuine account and added their own details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I purchased the LRO Issue 4 , April this year for the 'feature' , first LRO I have purchased for many years - reading it was ludicrous and made me squirm, I didn't bother reading the other pages. The £30K is a bit optimistic. It was in service 'winterized' , the owner said he had the windscreen and side-screen demister nozzels but had not got around to fitting them. Other than the heat-exchanger , there are just a few oddments of it's past history extant. I suppose as 12 volt - it may have had a TUUAM box on the wing - more like glitter. The white paint overall , glam. blow-job has a very Waltish appeal to some I suppose. Actually - as far as I am able to establish , normally it would be 2/3 NATO Green 1/3rd matt black , entering a tree-line or rocks with snow , then the 2/3 NATO Green would be 1/2 painted with arctic white matt EMULSION , then entering full snow conditions - all external parts would be coated with the EMULSION. Be that as it may, it would take quite a few £££ to fully winterize as it should be , preferably without the white paint or emulsion. In the mag. the owner describes - QUOTE - We gave the chassis 20 coats of agricultural machinery paint to protect it. Certainly IMHO , any LWT that anyone paying half this asking price would automatically obtain a engineers report in respect of considerations as a 88" basic utility . Apparently prior to resto. it changed hands for £2700 , that says it all for the raw material. I cant understand why this LWT has been punted for most of this year at £30K asking , it is not obtainable . It may in a way be related to the supposed Ebay SCAM , possibly if £7000 is taken - then there is no SCAM - as the buyer will get what he has purchased . . My 'desktop' valuation would be well under £10K as/is , actually nearer £5K. The LWT presently on a thread about Cheffins auction(s) , regardless of it's condition & final bid price it achieves will be a far better vehicle for £ spent IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchlesswdg3 Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Agreed. Edited October 24, 2020 by matchlesswdg3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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