Hello everyone. I've just joined the forum and this is my first post. I've been in the market to get an s2k for a while now, and recently I just came across this ad for a cheap one. I will post the email of the seller and please if someone can give me some advice on this.

"Thank you for your interest in my 2005 Honda S2000. The car come with 24 months or 33,684 miles remaining warranty and has 2,319 miles on it right now. It's in excellent condition with clear US title. The reason why I am selling the car so cheap for $2800 is that I've recently moved to London, UK. The car is here with me but as you must have guessed it is a US specs and was manufactured for the US market. Since I am in London, UK and the car doesn't meet the emission standards, I can't use it nor sell it here. So, because I must get rid of it, I am practically giving it away only because I have no other choice. If we come to an agreement the car will be shipped by using Global Shipping Express via Air Freight. If you are interested in viewing some pictures or if you have other questions, please reply me.
I will appreciate a fast honest answer from your side."

Now I don't know anything about UK emission standard so can anyone call BS on this or can this be pursued? If its good then would anyone in London would like to help out a new member? And yes the price is what it is. Not a typo. Thanks.

-John

 

It is a scam that is fairly common. Run away as fast as you can.

You send them money (via wire or money order), and they disappear.

Craig

 

$2800.00, huh????
Have you not heard of the "Nigerian" scam? If you're that niave, give it a go.

 

Too late. I already wired him the 2800 bucks.

Funny though, I haven't heard back from him again......

 

$2800? Geez, what a deal.

Now, if this is a typo and it's really $28,000, well, still, he's planning to SHIP A CAR BY EXPRESS AIR??? There goes the $28K, or a lot of it.

If it looks like a dead fish and smells like a dead fish, well, it sure ain't no lobster. HPH

 

If you are going to wire the money to him, I guess you could take that amount and put it into your tax deduction afterwards as a "theft" item ...

 

no, its not a scam. 3000$ for a 30k car is NOT a scam.

 

This would only be a good deal if you actually gained possestion of the car and to do that would require that you be physically present in London. $600-$800 round trip air fare, a London lawyer who specialises in this type of transaction $???, trans of title and documents $??, and not to mention the money required to transport the car to the U.S. which wouldn't be cheap. Way too many question marks.
The thing that really seems suspicious is that there are plenty of Americans in London who should have been the primary target for this sale if it were legitimate.
Too late now since you've wired the money. You should have made the trip with a cashiers check in your pocket. At the very least you would have got a trip to London.

 

Sounds good. Thanks for the help as that would have been a messy matter. I haven't wired anything. All I've done was emailing the guy to see whats up, because I was going through the internet ads of all the s2k and it all has around $22K or so and heres this one with 2800 so I thought it couldn't hurt to ask, but I guess its back to perusing the ads again.

 

WAKE UP, LAD!!!! The guy who posted that was NOT the original poster and HE WAS JOKING!!!!