NEVER trust anybody where money is involved. I used to run a charity and bought several Sprinter minibuses over the years from the same company in South Yorkshire. The owner became a "friend" coming down to events I put on, buying flowers for my wife and taking us out for dinner etc. The last bus I ordered he unusually asked for a 10% deposit £3,400 which I sent, two weeks later he left his wife and went off to Spain with his secretary never to be seen again nor was my money.