Have you ever refused to sell a car to someone?

[bezzabsa]

do the "immigrants" still do the mob handed oil in water scam???

[Jazoli]

4 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

do the "immigrants" still do the mob handed oil in water scam???

Yes it is still happening there is a long running thread on Pistonheads on it, it happened to me once but I was wise to the cunts when they turned up so made sure the missus was stood with me watching the fuckers, needless to say the fucked off sharpish when they realised I was on to them.

[bezzabsa]

1 minute ago, Jazoli said:

Yes it is still happening there is a long running thread on Pistonheads on it, it happened to me once but I was wise to the cunts when they turned up so made sure the missus was stood with me watching the fuckers, needless to say the fucked off sharpish when they realised I was on to them.

ought to band together buy summat thats on its last legs, then when they do that trick, Knock hundred quid off... then 20 mins later when they complain just shrug and say 'well u know it was knackered...u pointed it out'

 

[sierraman]

4 minutes ago, bezzabsa said:

ought to band together buy summat thats on its last legs, then when they do that trick, Knock hundred quid off... then 20 mins later when they complain just shrug and say 'well u know it was knackered...u pointed it out'

 

Even they’re not that daft…

[New POD]

9 hours ago, bezzabsa said:

do the "immigrants" still do the mob handed oil in water scam???

I was living in Rednal in Birmingham. 3 Indian?  lads came to view a Fiat 126 I had for sale. 

A bloke from Worcester was also due to come and view on his way home from work. 

They were nice enough, wanted me to take them for a test drive.  I made the mistake of driving up the back of the Lickey Hills via Rubery and the car struggled with 4 people to get up in second, so I was doing the last 300 yards in first at about 10 mph. One of the lads said the car was very slow and there must be something wrong with the engine. And way I got to the top of Rose Hill. For people who know the story of the Austin Seven, the specification from Lord Austin himself was that you should be able drive it up fully laden forward (and not have to resort to going up backwards) and more importantly you should be able to come back.down, and not suffer brake fade. So I decided to see how fast I could go before I bottled out and started to brake. Got to about 65 mph before one of the lads started screaming.  

Got back to the house and there was another car with a bloke waiting.  The lads are pointing out the dent, and kicking the tyres and I ask if they want the car, which only results in more grumbling, about how the car has no radio, has no fig lights, no sunroof.  The other bloke walks up and says.

" if these bloke don't buy it I'll give you the full asking price in cash now" 

I say "but you haven't driven it" 

He says "But it's clearly got the power to drive up the hill, so it'll be fine to get to work in" 

I say "give me five mins to see if these lads are serious" turn to the lads "Right, I know this is unusual, but so far you've taken 45 minutes of my life and you've not made an offer. This man wants to buy it if you don't, so you have five minutes to discuss between you whether you want to match his offer, or whether you are getting the bus home" 

I never got an offer, just pointing out that the tyres were not new etc. 

"Right. Your time is up. Do you want it?.........(they grumble about the colour.) ...right I'm.selling it to this man here. Do you have the cash.....shows me the cash......Right. Come into the house and we will do the paper work..." 

20 mins later the Indian lads are still arguing with each other in my front garden... The new owner moved the car on to the road (he came back six days later to actually take it away, but I'd been paid and written a sold as seen receipt and got him to.sign a copy for me, so I wasn't bothered) 

Then I went out and asked the Indian lads to leave, "But its not fair.." 

To which I replied "Did I not warn you more than once that he wanted the car and you had the time to decide. I have to go and bath the baby now so my wife can have a rest, so please leave quietly" 

And they went down the road arguing in a foreign language to each other. 

To be fair, I don't think they had a clue about cars, and they were probably medical students. 

[sierraman]

There’s absolutely no need for more than 2 people to view a car. Maximum, assuming the person buying it’s not too sure and wants a second pair of eyes.
 

Fortunately you can vet a lot of people from the get go, discounting all the ‘lowest you’ll take’ and ‘I’m travelling from Leeds etc so it needs to be £3.84’ or people whose demeanour you are generally not happy about. Then you’ll get the people that start with a preamble about their run of bad luck which is completely irrelevant, passing through the people that can’t even communicate at all and literally send ‘400’. On occasion you’ll get the nutcases that could recite the brochure backwards and meddle over minor details and frequently have no intention of buying it at all. Somewhere after dealing with these you might find someone normal that understands that you are not going to accept 50% of the price. The chances of you getting to these on a sub £3-4k car diminish as the price goes down. You might think to yourself is it worth another few hundred quid of my professional/personal time to waste and go with the suggested path and have a good scrapyard you deal with once it’s expired or WBAC.