Autotrader car interest - is this genuine?

miniyazz said:
the consultants I'm currently under (A&E) are Mr although they don't do surgery..
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I'm having a meeting with our A&E consultants (Poulson & Hewitt) soon to go over some educational material and they are Doctors :confused:.
It is confusing.

Have you done anything at the UHNS?
 
Some, I was under Mr Morgan for a few months (vascular surgery consultant) and Miss (?) Walsh helps run the Medical School side of things. I was under Dr Lim and Dr Haqqee as well, they're both medical consultants (respiratory/lung medicine).
Currently at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital A&E, with Mr Prescott and Mr Rysdale consultants. Mr Rysdale's door says Dr Rysdale, his badge says Mr, but it's all quite informal here so I just gave up and now call him Ed!

Most consultants don't seem to mind, from my experience. If they do mind, they correct me, I then remember it, and no harm done.
 
dmpoole said:
I'm having a meeting with our A&E consultants (Poulson & Hewitt) soon to go over some educational material and they are Doctors :confused:.
It is confusing.

Have you done anything at the UHNS?
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Be glad you aren't in Germany then, over there I could class myself as a Dr yet I do nothing medical at all!
 
miniyazz said:
Some, I was under Mr Morgan for a few months (vascular surgery consultant) and Miss (?) Walsh helps run the Medical School side of things. I was under Dr Lim and Dr Haqqee as well, they're both medical consultants (respiratory/lung medicine).
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Mr Morgan and Dr Lim help out with Work Experience.
Mind you most doctors are very helpful when it comes to education.
Did you come across Prof Spiteri in that department? - she's very funny.

Morba said:
Be glad you aren't in Germany then, over there I could class myself as a Dr yet I do nothing medical at all!
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Isn't it the same here?
My brother in law was a Dr of History but now he's a Professor at Liverpool Uni.
 
dmpoole said:
Mr Morgan and Dr Lim help out with Work Experience.
Mind you most doctors are very helpful when it comes to education.
Did you come across Prof Spiteri in that department? - she's very funny.

Isn't it the same here?
My brother in law was a Dr of History but now he's a Professor at Liverpool Uni.
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No, I only met the two consultants and some of the junior doctors on that rotation at the time - our exam period was in the middle of it so we didn't spend a huge amount of time on the ward those weeks! Yes, all the doctors I've talked to have been ready to give some teaching, and some positively go out of their way to do so - it's very encouraging! I presume you work with the Medical School a bit if you're involved with Careers?

dmpoole said:
I toured several Universities earlier this year because my daughter is doing Sports Science and everybody I came into contact with with was a Doctor of some sort (not medical).
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On regular Uni courses, you can do your basic 3yr BA/BSc, or you can spend an extra year and get a MA/MSc, and then you can do another year or three on top of that, get funding, do research, and write a thesis on something and get a doctorate (PhD). A PhD lets you call yourself doctor.
I always thought professor was more an honorary title given to you if you become a senior lecturer, that sort of thing, and I'd guess you can pick and choose which title you use.

So theoretically you could be a consultant surgeon, have done a doctorate in biomedical science or something, and run the teaching unit at a medical school, and then choose between Mr, Dr, and Prof, and it wouldn't matter. But you'd have a string of letters after your name - Prof Bloggs, BSc MSc PhD MBChB or whatever (not sure if that's quite what it would look like).
 
Just got back from A&E and hope I can clear up the whole Mr/Dr thing a bit.
You become a Mr after completing your MRCS exam (member of the royal college of surgeons), which you do before becoming a registrar in either surgery or orthopaedics. But you can choose to remain a Dr if you so desire; apparently most who do this are women (avoids Miss/Ms/Mrs hassle).
 
Thanks everybody for your input, I just received this email from Autotrader -

Dear Customer

Thank you for your email.
I am very sorry to hear that you think you have received email from scammers but we have contacted the buyer and he is genuine.

First of all, please may I reassure you that Auto Trader takes this matter very seriously and we constantly review the content of our safety and security centre and advice pages, to help our customers avoid contact from canvassers or scammers when selling or buying a vehicle. All information can be found on our home page and during the advert placement process there are links to an advice page.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/safety_and_security/

Auto Trader was the first to offer a Telesafe Service which substitute customers own phone numbers with 'Telesafe' numbers, to prevent advertisers being contacted by canvassers. We provide a facility to hide e-mail addresses but we are unable to control the people who e-mail customers through the link on your advert.

I apologise for the inconvenience this has caused.

I have reviewed your advert which is comprehensive; photographs are excellent and you are using our telesafe service. If you would like to opt for the Telesafe service and remove your e-mail address please can you contact me on 01925 294614.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards
 
How can they verify that the person is a serious buyer?
Ringing or emailing them will do what exactly?

be cautious if you decide to continue. I wouldnt bother though, its not like its a special car to warrant that sort of interest.
 
dmpoole said:
Thanks everybody for your input, I just received this email from Autotrader -

Dear Customer

Thank you for your email.
I am very sorry to hear that you think you have received email from scammers but we have contacted the buyer and he is genuine.
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How would Autotrader know? Would a company like Autotrader even stick it's neck on the line to say something so definitive?

Anyway, the idea of sending you money by wire, too much money, and you giving some to a shipping company is 100% classic scam. After a month or two the bank takes the money back because it was a stolen cheque or similar and your left with no car and out of pocket to a couple of k.

My advice would be instantly delete anything that doesn't start 'when can I come to view, I have cash'.
 
markyp23 said:
Can I add, from a previous discussion on the issue (I think it is interesting, in case people feel this is off topic):



Dmpoole, the notion that only "Mr"s can be consultants is, frankly, absurd. Only consultant surgeons would be called Mr. Consultant physicians all over the country are Dr or Professor. Many surgeons tend to be picky that they are Mr and not Dr, potentially because they seem to be held in higher regard socially than the lowly physicians.
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lol - i use Mr when talking to [lowly] physicians or at meetings, but use Dr with patients - its less confusing for them
MRCS is the most recent exam, prior to ~2002 it was FRCS so most established surgeons you would see now all have FRCS after their name.
 
I'd sell it. Auto Trader have apparently given you a written guarantee that the buyer is genuine although why they would do that I have no idea.
 
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