Anyone sold a bike privately?

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you must look dodgy

[Dave20046]

Just cause I don't have a massive dog to threaten them with....

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Originally Posted by Dave20046

Just cause I don't have a massive dog to threaten them with....

only thing he'd threaten is the fridge

[timwilky]

I had arranged some years ago to withdraw 6 grand in readies from Alliance and Leicester. they told me to bring in some ID with me when I collected it.

Major problem. For some reason their system said Trevor Wilkinson. I had only had the account with them for 30 years. My mortgage was with them. I had had a personal loan from them every bit of paper I ever had from them used my Sunday name of Timothy. This damm woman was insistent I could not have my money because the account was not mine.

I eventually had to fill in a form to change the name on my account. Then she let me have my money.

I've never had a problem with Lloyds, just turned up with my passport and took out £9k onec. £2k the other day, and it took about 10 minutes.

I did phone up the helpline first for the £9k and said I was going to do that, and the woman just said kinda patronisingly "well sir, it's your money, we're not going to keep it in the account if you want to take it out!"

I've always bought and sold with cash.

When i bought bike paid using online banking. Guy gave me his sort code and account number and i just transfered money from my account into his.

Originally Posted by vannus

Guy gave me his sort code and account number and i just transfered money from my account into his.

Yeh, its the bit where I give some bloke my account number and sort code that freaks me out...

Payment in cash, do the pens really work?

I know I can hold the documents until the cash is in the bank, but thats no guarantee either...

Well, I guess I'll have to march the buyer to the bank and pay it in while he waits...

Originally Posted by Philbo

Yeh, its the bit where I give some bloke my account number and sort code that freaks me out...

Payment in cash, do the pens really work?

I know I can hold the documents until the cash is in the bank, but thats no guarantee either...

Well, I guess I'll have to march the buyer to the bank and pay it in while he waits...

No different to paying by cheque as that would have all the same details on it. So if comfortable paying by cheque its virtually the same.

Originally Posted by vannus

No different to paying by cheque as that would have all the same details on it. So if comfortable paying by cheque its virtually the same.

Hmmm, never thought of it like that!

Originally Posted by vannus

No different to paying by cheque as that would have all the same details on it. So if comfortable paying by cheque its virtually the same.

Originally Posted by Philbo

Hmmm, never thought of it like that!

Yes paying by cheque gives the seller your details, but philbo expressed concern at giving a stranger his bank account details to receive payment not make it, slightly different.

sorry, pedant.

If you are really concerned, ask them to accompany you to your local bank whiile you pay it in, that way you are both covered.

I once had a guy come back and say when he tried to pay th cash into the bank it was confiscated as fake. So i asked him for a letter from the bank to confirm this and the crime reference number from the police, I never heard from him again