What will happen, is he will claim that the paypal payment won't go through for whatever reason (Or pay it with a stolen credit card that will be recalled or something similar). They will send you 5 or 6 grand extra, to cover shipping.
They will then tell you that someone will come and collect it after all, and if you could return the 5k, that would be fine. You send it back to them and then hear nothing for a few weeks. "Ohhh, who cares!" says you "I have the 10 grand from the car, AND the car". Until the bank call and say that the cheque / postal draft / paypal deposit was fraudulent and that they are withdrawing it from your account.
It's quite similar to the whole "Ohhh hello, I am a Nigerian banker, and a long lost relative has died and left you eleventy million euro!" or the "You have won a lotto you have not entered, so please take our monies!" scams.
If anyone is interested, they actually date back to the 18th century. They were known as the Spanish Prisoner con.
Before I lived here, any time I needed a hotel in Cork I stayed in Jury's Inn. It works out between 80 and 100 euro depending on the time of year, including breakfast. Nice place, with a residents bar.
I need concrete numbers, might be easiest if anyone who wants me to enquire sends me in a message stating "Enquire for me please" in the subject. I will ring around at the end of next week then.
The Victoria is closed down. It has been for a few months now.
Any of the hotels that are in the city center are within walking distance of SoHo, any time I have stayed in Cork (Before I lived here) I stayed in Jury's Inn, which is about 15 min walk away from SoHo, and comes in at around 80 - 100 euro for a Saturday night.
Lads, do you want to let me know how many of you are definitely coming and will be requiring hotel rooms? I can call up a few of the decent more central ones and see if I can arrange a group deal. The booking will be your responsibility, I will just make the initial inquiries.
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RE: Cider? Help
Cidre, the new one from Stella is really nice. Tesco is about the only place that carries it.Some other brands are devils bit, scrumpy jack, and kopperberg.