Ravenel Ford 6340 Savannah HwyRavenel, SC 29470 wasting my time and effort with that seller Ravenel South Carolina

We are not sure what to make of this customer.  We received a telephone call from a blocked cell phone number about a used Ford Taurus we had listed online from a man who spoke very poor English.  When we confirmed we had the car in stock, the man gave the telephone to someone he called his manager who told us that he was a car dealer from Indiana who wanted to buy the car.  We were immediately suspicious about the deal because this reported dealer was offering to pay retail price for a very average white Ford Taurus that was several hundred miles away.   Through the broken English we did communicate that we had the car would sell it with proper payment but at no time did we agree to hold the car while payment was arranged.  We sold the car to a local customer a few days later before we received received Fed Ex package from Saudi Arabia.  The only item in the package was a business check from a company named “DBA (((REDACTED))) SOLE PROP” from Hammond Indian for the car.  The check number was 1001 indicating it may have been the first check written from the account.  It took us several tries to contact someone about the deal as local information in Indiana did not have a record of the company and we got voice mail on the telephone number we had.   A Google search on the company led us to a web site that was advertising to import cars from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia.  Eventually we contacted someone associated with the company with an email address and told them the car had been sold.  We suggested if they were really a licensed dealer they could easily buy a similar car at wholesale auction for less money and less transportation costs but the customer was very upset he could not have our car.   While we have no solid evidence that this deal was any type of fraud we are happy our car is sold and paid for.  If this was a legitimate attempt to purchase our car from someone trying to export cars, we regret having to be involved with a customer who is unfamiliar with doing business in this country.