Well, it’s either the most elaborate scam that I’ve ever come across or I’ve managed to snag the best mini-excavator deal ever. I think it’s the latter but I’ll not know until I’m told that the machine is ready to be cleared through customs at Marseilles.
In either case this morning I jumped right in and transferred an initial 30% deposit into an account in Luxemburg in order to trigger production and now it will just be a waiting game.
I received another picture of the machine I’ve ordered which I’ve posted below and it’s a handsome little brute (if you like this kind of thing).
It’s not a toy. Far from it. It’s a commercial grade machine that if I was a contractor I’d be buying to use on small contracts – for digging trenches and foundations on site, for light landscape work, for general light work on farms and so on. To say that it’ll do what I want it to is a considerable understatement.
Production should take 20-30 days after which I’ll be set up to do a video inspection. I’ll then be asked to pay the remaining 70% of the agreed purchase price and then it’ll be packed up and taken to the port to be shipped, which should take up to 50 days.
So I should get the machine in around the middle of October and only then will I know that everything has gone according to plan. I’ve done all the due diligence that I can and I’m pretty confident things will work out 😉
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