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A couple of years back one of the prototypes of webuyanycar.com had popped up on Watchdog.
Basically, they scoured the pages of Exchange of Mart and rung up people offering to sell their car for about half its value, take half as their cut, leaving the vendor with about a quarter of what they would have got had they made a legit sale.

For a couple of days I was getting calls asking about a van.

Each time, I would politely say "Sorry, you've got the wrong number. I don't have a van for sale". Obviously someone had placed an ad somewhere, and acidentally put my mobile number. Annoying, but not a huge problem.

Until... one of these shady companies phoned me.

Him: "Yes, bud, I'm ringing about your van"
Me: "You've got the wrong number mate"
Him: "Yeah, your van. If you've having trouble selling it, we'll take it off your hands" (the use of the word 'we'll' as oppossed to 'I'll' immediately made me realise what was going on)
Me: "No, you've got the wrong number. I don't have a van for sale."
Him: "You sure?"
Me: "Yes, I'm quite sure. I don't even drive."
HIM: "*thinks*... well have you got ANY cars for sale?"

*click*
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 14:51, 1 reply)

you absolute fucker
now I have that fucking song stuck in my head
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 15:13, closed)