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Hello once again Stu,
I believe that making the payment as I told you is the best way of getting me assured of both buyer's serious intentions and availability of money.
It takes no more than 5 minutes, your friend or wife just has to fill in a short form at any Western Union office with your name as Receiver Name and Bournemouth as Receiver Location, then pay the sum plus payment fees (which I will pay back when we meet). Then you just have to send me a scan/photo of the payment receipt by email as an attachment so I can see that it has been made.
When we will meet in Bournemouth you will cash the money and give it to me in hand after we test drive the car and of course only if you decide to purchase it.
After I have a confirmation of the payment, we can discuss all the details of the deal. I will be able to fly to U.K. in max. 2 days depending on availability of plane tickets.
Once again, there are some payment charges that your wife/friend will have to pay at the Western Union office - around 50 GBP, that I will refund to you when we meet. Or you can substract those from the start and tell your wife/friend to send 1450 GBP instead of 1500 GBP
And, as an added tip, I have worked with Western Union before and you might not want to mention anything about paying for a car because they will extra charge you for this kind of transaction (for making commerce). The person that sends the money to your name can state that he/she is sending the funds to a relative or a friend since personal transfers are the cheapest.
So, let me know when payment is ready so I can arrange my flight to UK