A Facebook marketplace sale turned ugly when the buyer and seller deliberately rammed each other in a Green Island carpark on Wednesday.
Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were called to the Fresh Choice carpark in Green Island at 3.47pm, after members of the public reported two drivers playing bumper cars at the carpark exit.
One of the cars stopped at the carpark exit and allegedly reversed into the car behind them.
A young man then exited the front vehicle and started to punch and kick the other car.
The incident was believed to have been sparked by a Facebook marketplace sale that went wrong.
A woman in one of the vehicles was selling an item that was being picked up by the occupants of the other car. However, the young men in the car allegedly knew the woman’s son, which caused a point of contention between the groups, police said.
Both vehicles left before police arrived.
One of the drivers was later spoken to by police and inquiries were ongoing.
