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Criminals are using eBay to sell stolen and cloned cars, a BBC investigation has revealed.
The vehicles were being sold in Greater Manchester via at least three accounts after having their details switched with legitimate cars.
Among the victims was a retired police officer who lost £17,000 buying a Mercedes from a seller in Rochdale.
He said he reported the incident to the police, but no action was taken. Police said the decision is being reviewed.
Former police officer Graham Murray lost his money after buying a Mercedes C-class in Rochdale two months ago, leaving him "devastated".
He said he reported the case to police and has questioned why the fraudulent eBay sellers have not yet been caught.
It's safer to buy used Yugos.
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(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday May 09 2017, @05:09PM
For those who don't know UK culture we're dueling some pretty esoteric memes here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casual_(subculture) [wikipedia.org]
No I'm not in Casuals United although I'd buy them a beer at the bar. Translated into UK speak that line is something like "Argh minted todah so gon drink plonk till legless or pavement pizza or subject to her majesties pleasure" or some BS like that. (insert insensitive American tourist voice) Why can't you people all speak like a goddamn James Bond movie because at least we can understand him, also our chicks think he's hot, but the drunken slang accent not so much, sounds like a pack of large bellowing hounds. "Bar bar ar barbar ba argh ba argh!" WTF was that, are you buying me a beer or was I just propositioned or are you talking about soccer, or all of the above? At least drunken Americans have the common decency to slink into a corner and pee or vomit into a potted plant while staying out of the way. If you're gonna get drunk and spout Klingon proverbs at least learn Klingon language first you can't just make that shit up on the fly. (end insensitive American tourist voice)