Shitty Buyers Trick

[Sheefag]

New to me this one, anyone else heard of this kind of scam?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3870254/Gumtree-scammers-poured-used-engine-oil-coolant-second-hand-BMW-test-drive-asked-knock-price-sounded-faulty.html

 

 

[Tamworthbay]

I had similar last year when some guys turned up (Welsh, from the next town to where my Dad was born) and one kept me talking while another pulled the lead of the alternator and tried to claim is was fooked. They tried to knock me down on the price from the eBay auction, it didn't work and they had it in the end. The funny thing is I was going to drop the price £150 anyway as the clutch had started slipping but as they were arseholes I didn't even mention it and they were too busy trying to scam me for £50 they didn't notice. I hate selling cars at the best of times and every eBay experience has been bad but have ended up with a couple of really good buyers after the dickheads have backed out.

[Bobthebeard]

Hmmmm.... Daily Mail Half assed story shocker?

[colino]

There is nothing new under the sun, but in a market place where buyers are liars and their, "opponents" are stealers, what do you expect?  Fortunately and growingly, such is the fear of car disposal the professional, polite cash-buying of good quality, second-hand cars from members of the public is on the up again.

[Jim Bell]

Something something something brexit.

[fatharris]

I've heard this one a couple of times, I'm sure you could imagine my "joy" when four Bulgarians came to view the MG.

 

Thankfully, I had MrsH with me to keep an eye on things, because one of them was a dickhead through and through. Tested the clutch by doing a rolling burnout on a military base car park, the twat.

[panhard65]

Nowt new with this trick. Back in the 80's a mate of mine stuck his mk 2 Escort through the auctions. It was a decent car and ran perfectly when we took it in. By the time it went across the block it was running like shit on 2 cylinders. Some "helpful" viewer had swapped the plug leads round. Luckily he had a reserve on it and we soon found the fault and sold it a week later for good money back then.

[sierraman]

I was really lucky recently when I sold Fatha Sierras Mondeo to AMC Rebel - decent chap that turned up as he said he would.

 

I'd happily sell a car on here but to be honest I wouldn't entertain selling on Bumtree. For the sake of a hundred quid or so I'd just as soon deal with the breakers and have it scrapped. Less hassle.

[Dave_Q]

£1750 for an E39?

 

I agree, its criminal.

[Split_Pin]

I'm telling you, trade in or scrap!!

 

Alternatively....

 

Thank flip for this place, where an actual functioning person can buy/sell a motor car!

[320touring]

I'm telling you, trade in or scrap!!

 

Alternatively....

 

Thank flip for this place, where an actual functioning person can buy/sell a motor car!

awa lad your ebay purchase has worked oot awrite:)

[AMC Rebel]

I was really lucky recently when I sold Fatha Sierras Mondeo to AMC Rebel - decent chap that turned up as he said he would.

 

I'd happily sell a car on here but to be honest I wouldn't entertain selling on Bumtree. For the sake of a hundred quid or so I'd just as soon deal with the breakers and have it scrapped. Less hassle.

Good seller would buy again - ace collection from railway station etc

[omegod]

Came across someone who thought pouring a bit of water in the passenger footwell was enough to say the matrix had bust, funny when it was clear when i dabbed it with a paper towel and the coolant was bright pink   Fucked him right off and he'd come a distance so wasn't happy

[tooSavvy]

I'm telling you, trade in or scrap!!

Alternatively....

Thank flip for this place, where an actual functioning person can buy/sell a motor car!

.... 4,000,000% agreed

 

Bigg Upp MrStation M8

 

 

TS

[mercrocker]

Plug lead swapping not confined to auctions.....I went to look at a 280E in a tidy little village garage years ago.   The garage owner told me somebody had just been to see it but had no money on him, could he please have it reserved while he went off to get funds.    The garage fella said it was still up for sale, unsurprisingly as he probably encountered these dickheads on a daily basis.   Apparently the bloke got quite crochety about it and said he'd have to have "another look" at it and went off to the cashpoint, way out on the by-pass.

 

When I went for my test drive it ran like a bag of shit.   I almost knew before I opened the bonnet and sure enough two HT leads were well out of the neat orderliness expected on a straight six Merc.   I happily paid up the full asking (£425!) and like to think I passed the other prick somewhere out on the road.....

[RoadworkUK]

Not that I have to deal with news stories on the internet for a living or owt, but the 2nd paragraph here is already way below the Mail's usual low standards.

 

"John Woodcock advertised a BMW E39 for sale at £1,750 on Gumtree when three men claiming to be Bulgarian arranged to view the car at his home."

 

No, I'm sure events unfolded in the exact opposite order.

 

And to think I've given them a free page view and am therefore contributing to the Mail's ongoing success.

[Pillock]

"Some men have come to view my car. I had better advertise it".

 

I just had to click through to the comments though didn't I. 66% of them have picked up on the mail's repeated mentioning of the non-whiteenglishness of the scammers. Gah.

[sierraman]

At what point did they introduce themselves as Bulgarian? 'Hi I'm Boris and I'm Bulgarian, I'd like to look at your BMW'

 

To be fair when I sold the last Focus two Polish chaps turned up, paid up and fucked off. There wasn't 3 hours of bartering and 'I give you best price' shit.

[Split_Pin]

awa lad your ebay purchase has worked oot awrite:)

Aye that's fair enough although getting a hold of the guy was a right old war!

[UltraWomble]

Sold the Burgman to a Polish guy, nice bloke. Looked at bike, agreed price.

 

Left money - took bike for a test ride, came back signed log book, buggered off.

 

If only all buyers could be like that

[DodgeRover]

I had a Polish Fella a Hungarian and a Czech turn up for my old Astra, bit of bartering no dramas, get a lot more grief from wanna be traders. My stock response of no I'll strip it and race it first apparently makes me hard to deal with, feck it for the money you're offering I'll have some fun first

[AMC Rebel]

At what point did they introduce themselves as Bulgarian? 'Hi I'm Boris and I'm Bulgarian, I'd like to look at your BMW'

 

To be fair when I sold the last Focus two Polish chaps turned up, paid up and fucked off. There wasn't 3 hours of bartering and 'I give you best price' shit.

Sold a bed to a Polish guy on ebay - he turned up on time, handed over cash, we loaded the bed into his very fancy looking nearly new pickup and everyone was happy - stick that in yer pipe Daily Mail.

[New POD]

Sold my Astra to a Spanish lady, with a Danish boyfriend in tow. They paid the asking price.

[sierraman]

You tend to find the Polish are realistic about the condition of the car and are prepared to do a bit of DIY etc.

 

It's often the English moronic archetypical chav I've no time for. Very often that's the face behind the texts you get at 11.25 offering '2pik up 2nite swoop for Laptop plus £10 cash' bollocks'

[Split_Pin]

My Mrs buys and sells furniture quite a lot and all of the chaps and girls who have bought stuff and happened to have had Eastern European accents have been no trouble whatsoever.

 

Same goes for the car bootsale, absolutely grand to deal with and no whining about wanting something for a pittance. Also the same story for the travellers who had pitched up in an a grassy area adjacent to the boot sale, they were my best customers.

[Captain Furious]

Yes, but just because some of them are decent, honest and genuine doesn't mean you can tar them all with the same...err...hang on

[Pillock]

 

 

I had a Polish Fella a Hungarian and a Czech turn up for my old Astra,

If they went into a bar on the way to yours, that's got the makings of a great joke.

[Split_Pin]

*based entirely on my own and Mrs experience. It's those canny Scots that are a headache to deal with!

[surprisingskoda]

A Polish man, a Hungarian man and a Slovakian man rang up about an Astra for sale on autoshite. They asked if it was OK to come round and Czech it over.

 

Will that do pillock?

[beko1987]

I tried my best to not look like a time waster when helping the colleague mentioned in another thread view a celica today. 3 of us turned up, as the guy buying knows sod all about cars, having ridden bikes exclusively for 4 years, and last drove a car properly in Portugal.

 

The guy (was a dealer job) gave us the keys and buggered off, so we went up the road and came back, he had vanished. Came back 15 minutes later having been on a test drive, he must be a trusting guy.

 

Car is £1995, we both said to Pedro to start at £1700, and try to end up at £1850/1900 so the rear brake discs and pads it desperately needs can be paid for within budget, and to ignore the very scabby alloys as the tyres were brand new, what more did he want.

 

No idea if he's going to buy it though, that balls in his court.

 

It was hard to not look like a cocky prick infront of the seller though when he wandered over as I was dipping fingers into all the fluids, pushing all the buttons and getting friend 2 to lightly Rev it whilst I had my head all over the engine bay listening for any issues.

 

I guess I felt responsibility to Pedro as he was about to sink 2 large into a car. I offered for him to drive the xantia back to the office to get his low benchmark in, he declined so I showed him it's party trick of total blackout from the rear. 'should it do that?' yea it's fine, but if that celica did that, we would have walked away there and then