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Old 18 August 2017, 09:24   #1
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Who to avoid buying from

I am always looking at boats and am after a second hand RIB. I see on here people keep mentioning by inference a seller to avoid. I have no idea who this is or might be can someone please enlighten me. If not by posting perhaps by PM

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Old 18 August 2017, 09:42   #2
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Old 18 August 2017, 13:19   #3
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Old 18 August 2017, 17:58   #4
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Old 18 August 2017, 18:53   #5
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Scary really, how do these scumbags get away with it. Checked on his eBay shop and has 99.4% positive feedback (3900 odd sales) - so no alarm bells for the unsuspecting buyer.
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Old 19 August 2017, 15:02   #6
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In fairness I purchased a regulator from him, was badly stuck and in a hurry for it, it arrived the next day, all was good with it.
Don't know the guy and it was my first dealing with him, maybe I was just lucky
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Old 24 February 2020, 12:34   #7
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Search the forum for Ben or Dan Cooper & outboards 12 soham
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Old 24 February 2020, 17:50   #8
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On a slight tangent it's worth looking out for multiple rib ebay listings from a single (private) seller. I've reported around ten of these scams to ebay, over the past year, and they are pretty quick to pull the ads.
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Old 24 February 2020, 22:40   #9
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