r.welfare Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I actually think Herr Bo11ox is cock-on with his assessment; there's a lot of dreamers/timewasters on the RR selling subforum but a bit of nous usually weeds them out. However - if you turn buyers away for something because an individual calls "first dibs", only to be let down, that's annoying. Particularly if it happens several times in succession.Selling a car - regardless of what it is - just seems like a massive pain in the arse at the moment.Glad to hear the 525i lives on, Reverend. We all know that it's easier and (more and more) lucrative to frag something old, but if it still has life in it, that's a good result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Agreed but I'd hold a car for a short while for one of the regulars. It's a trust thing I suppose and I can sort of try and get an idea if the person is likely to be genuine or not. Can't be right 100%b of the time but I wouldn't hold something for weeks on end waiting. Seven days tops (unless I'm desperate) then they've had plenty of time.I did let one of the lads on there down (Brian Damaged I think) to my eternal shame, but generally if I'm going to buy something I buy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Glad to hear the 525i lives on, Reverend. We all know that it's easier and (more and more) lucrative to frag something old, but if it still has life in it, that's a good result.I don't think I would have fragged in in all honesty. It still ran and drove fine, I didn't need the space or the money. It would have just sat around and been used occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross_K Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm not a believer in that 'first dibs' shit at all to be honest.First man (or woman) to my front door with a bunch of cash gets the keys.People who hum and haw over a deal for an eternity like that Chris fucker need a good kick in the stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I think it's more the fact that his modus operandi seems to be: jump straight in, crow on that he has secured the car, then a few days later the seller comes back on to say it's available for sale again, 9 times out of 10 he (Chris) says nothing.TBH if you look at the amount of stuff "spazdaguy" says he's going to have as well, it's a similar amount*.* In fairness I sold my 323 to him, nice enough fella, but I'd say he has champagne ideas on beer money (which my 323 definitely was) Pete-M: Your username seems familiar from uk.rec.cars.adverts - does that group still exist? One of their number - "SteveH" aka Twinspark - was on here a year or so ago until he threw his toys out of the pram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I agree with the above, I sold my Volvo to Torsten last year through Retro rides. One phone call, no trouble, even offered to give me the full asking price up front.Why people can't do deals like that is beyond me, i mean, why post up the whole soap opera for everyone to see. Whats so difficult about the following process... You see the car for sale, you call the seller, you go see it, you say yes or no, you buy it or you don't. Simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_E23 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 why post up the whole soap opera for everyone to see. Whats so difficult about the following process......but that wouldn't demonstate that 'you da man', which is very important on the internet. It's a bit like people who post 'you have pm' with the intended meaning 'see how I am a decisive man of business' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 It's a bit like people who post 'you have pm' with the intended meaning 'see how I am a decisive man of business' I must admit i'm guilty of the "you have PM" post, however, I nearly missed a buyer of a car I was selling, as i dont normally 'log in' everytime to check for private messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead_E23 Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Will let you off - but ONLY if you're not also guilty of replying to 'Best xyz?' threads by just naming an example of xyz without saying what's good about it (with the intended meaning: 'admire the macho/clever/exclusive tastes of my net.persona! I have no experience of xyz') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 TBH I always see posting the message 'you have a PM' as purely a means to make sure that person is aware. Although I have set mine to display a pop up message should somebody 'PM' me so that I'm instantly aware of it but it is a tick box you have to select if you want to have that, so plenty of people probably haven't bothered!Of course that is not to say that plenty of people don't see typing 'you have a PM' in that way or do it for that reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I do the 'you have pm' thing, usually if I'm interested in something for sale. This is because I've pm'd people before who haven't seen it before someone gets in and also because some people either don't know how to use pms or don't check them.Luckily my faith in hanging on if I get a gut instinct the potential buyer is genuine seems to have paid off. Just had a call from one of the RR crew who is coming tomorrow to look at my car.Going back to what someone else said about turning up, paying cash and getting off I bought a Vectra estate from a lad on RR a couple of weekend ago. Train up to Donny, he met me at the station, I test drove the car (was very happy with it) and paid cash on the spot and drove home again. Shoom shoom, dosh dosh everyone was happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrogeezer Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 That Vectra estate was cheap wasn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 That Vectra estate was cheap wasn't it!Very, and he offered it to me even cheaper than the asking price. Drove it back at 80 odd all the way home and never missed a beat. In fact it drove like a 6 month old car.He even picked me up from the railway station on his birthday after just having come off nights. Cracking fella and the car was seriously under described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I'm still watching a thread unfold on RR where it's starting to get a bit, erm, 'tetchy'. Haha, I posted on that thread.......he seemed to take offence at my tongue in cheek replies...even with a smiley.Totally went about that the wrong way though didn't he, should have just said 'bought this cheap to sell on' and actually had the car!It's weird, having located the thread in question....http://retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=FSW&action=display&thread=43206There doesn't seem to be an actual originating post made by the 'so called vendor', the beginning of the thread starts with a reply to the subject......surely you can't create a topic without making an actual post?? The replying posts have to be replying to the original post, which is missing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 The author can erase the original message. If there are no replies, the thread will also disappear. In this case, as there were several replies, the original post has gone, butwhat comes after stays. I assume this was an (unsuccessful) attempt by the OP to remove the whole debacle from the records... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I assume this was an (unsuccessful) attempt by the OP to remove the whole debacle from the records...OP being? The author? I'm guessing that mods can remove the whole thing if deemed necessary....in fact I know they can, it's been done on here before, just once or twice! I was thinking along the lines that there must have been a post there originally (as it doesn't make sense without one) but for some reason had been removed. I was thinking surely not for reasons that it was deemed unsuitable by anyone as it was the originating post so highly unlikely to contain any foul mouthed or stinging remarks or comebacks about something or someone (which RR filters out anyway!). Must be when vickytlc decided that he was going to pull the plug on it after the general response he was getting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 I think he just deleted the original post (OP), dunno when he did that like cos it was there last time I looked.TLC came out of that episode looking like a right cock spanner! I think the correct term for what happened is that his ass got PWN3D ALL OVER TEH INTERNETS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 The saga rumbles on over at RR Vtlc: I HAVE TEH V5Z FOR THIS CAR!Panda: O RLY COZ TEH V5Z WAS SENT BAK 2 PREVIOUS OWNER. PWNED!It's the unrelenting self-pwning that I am finding most entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Sure the bloke is a good egg (as Cavette has suggested), but anyone who brags he owns a 56-plate RR Sport and is simultaneously dicking around with cheapo BL tat immediately arouses my suspicions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I found that a little odd too, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hey ho, that's not to say you can't be minted and also love tat. There's a fella in Gloucestershire going by the username of "verytallbrad" on Rover forums that is seriously coined, but is still eccentric enough to have purchased an example of every single derivative of the Rover 800 ARG ever built. He reckons it's about 107 different cars. Apparently he's going to build a private museum to house 'em all - top work!Anyway, it's pretty clear that most members of RR will give vickytlc a wide berth in the buying/selling stakes, so I guess that's justice done, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hey i've seen that verytallbrad guy buying 800's on eBay. I'd love to see a 2.0 O-series 8v SU-carbed '820 hatchback' if he's got a mint one of those and would defo go to a muesum featuring such a vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I believe he has both a manual and automatic O-series engined Mk1 "820" in his collection, can you believe that?! He also loves XMs, what a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Sounds like the stuff legends are made of. Presumaby if he's well coined up he'l make a better job storage wise than that halfwitted Irish feller that bought up all the remaining Fiat 132's and left them to rot in his field, before dying from the stress of owning em and leaving them to get weighed in by his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross_K Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 LOLZ - this bloke you mean: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthre ... 2055271310I'd be pissed off if my life's passion killed me and my family sent my cars to the crusher so the Chinese could build a few more washing machines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I didn't know he owned an RR Sport to be honest, but he has a business or two in Manchester I think (not car related). Like anyone else I can only really go on my dealings with him and he's been very fair, honest and straightforward.The V5 could easily be a mistake by our Welsh chums at DVLA. Over recent years they seem to be spectaculary shite at paperwork and I've got at least two log books for the same car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 funnily enough 'our welsh chums' just sent me a none 'sorn' fine for a Fiat 126 deville i owned when i was 14 (i'm now 32). The car met its maker in Greece in 1991. guess there finally putting all the old V5's into a database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 As far as I know vehicles that were last taxed before 1997 don't need to be SORNed. I had a Honda CJ250 that ran out of tax in mid '97 and I've never been offered the opportunity to SORN it.I trust you will be telling them to GTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Panda: PWNED!It's the unrelenting self-pwning that I am finding most entertainingWhat does that mean exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross_K Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 Panda: PWNED!It's the unrelenting self-pwning that I am finding most entertainingWhat does that mean exactly? Somebody who digs a hole for oneself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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