so eventually yesterday put the sport on gumtree and preloved, got a text this morning asking me to email them which I did, got this in response,
Great! please consider it sold and remove the adverts online as i am willing to pay your asking price? because i need to buy it for my cousin asap as a surprise gift, i have read through the advert and i'm totally satisfied with it, sadly i would not be able to come personally to collect due to my hearing loss and I'm just recovering from heart surgery so I'm home-bound. can i earn your trust, hope i wont be disappointed? I have a courier agent that would help me to pick it up at your preferred location after you have received your money and cleared to your account and i'll pay you via PayPal today once you get back to me with your Paypal email and full name. Where is the pick up location so that i can inform the courier agent about it now? Await your response.
so replied, face to face and cash only.
then got this
I’m sorry i am disabled and i have limited access to cash and other payment methods..so i can only pay via PayPal. You can setup a PayPal account at www.paypal.co.uk it's very safe and secure. Also it's very easy to set up within few minutes.
so replied, no way was I going to open a paypal account and to send me a cheque, then when its cleared they can have the motor, as yet no reply