Just got shafted over £100 by Scoobynet member
18 March 2010, 06:03 PM
#61
Shafted for not wanting to sell a car? Thats a bit harsh!
You go to see a car, find stuff wrong with it and instead of walking away use it as a means of bargaining. The seller has a right not to budge or change their mind, just as much as a buyer does (and they do that so regularly).
I've had tyre kickers come to view my cars in the past, pull it to pieces and make various offers. Sometimes I haggle if I need to get rid, and sometimes if I'm not desperate to sell I tell them to go away. It seems so many people seem to think the seller is a car dealer and treats them with the same contempt/attitude, thinking they have the time in the world and is always obliged to sell. Fact is it goes both ways. If I decide I'm not selling to this person, then so be it.
I did that with my NSX - got sick of the chancers and jokers wasting my time so decided to take it off the market and keep it.
If I take a disliking to the buyer, I'll happily tell them to go away, despite them waving wads of cash under my nose. Taking into consideration as a seller; do I trust this buyer-to-be? Is he and his alledged accomplice going to rob me of my car? give me forged notes? recall the bankers draft? Or crash the car on the test drive? Or comes back several days/weeks later claiming the engine (or whatever) has blown up, says its my fault and he wants compensation?
If you want dealership services (customer service, cars as displayed, warranty, always forsale until sold etc.) go to a dealer. Don't expect the same in a private transaction - a dealer HAS to sell their cars; a private seller may not need to, nor want to; its their choice.
That's life and thats my 2 pence.
You go to see a car, find stuff wrong with it and instead of walking away use it as a means of bargaining. The seller has a right not to budge or change their mind, just as much as a buyer does (and they do that so regularly).
I've had tyre kickers come to view my cars in the past, pull it to pieces and make various offers. Sometimes I haggle if I need to get rid, and sometimes if I'm not desperate to sell I tell them to go away. It seems so many people seem to think the seller is a car dealer and treats them with the same contempt/attitude, thinking they have the time in the world and is always obliged to sell. Fact is it goes both ways. If I decide I'm not selling to this person, then so be it.
I did that with my NSX - got sick of the chancers and jokers wasting my time so decided to take it off the market and keep it.
If I take a disliking to the buyer, I'll happily tell them to go away, despite them waving wads of cash under my nose. Taking into consideration as a seller; do I trust this buyer-to-be? Is he and his alledged accomplice going to rob me of my car? give me forged notes? recall the bankers draft? Or crash the car on the test drive? Or comes back several days/weeks later claiming the engine (or whatever) has blown up, says its my fault and he wants compensation?
If you want dealership services (customer service, cars as displayed, warranty, always forsale until sold etc.) go to a dealer. Don't expect the same in a private transaction - a dealer HAS to sell their cars; a private seller may not need to, nor want to; its their choice.
That's life and thats my 2 pence.
i do hate selling cars, withthe fear of something like this happening again. I sold an engine once that was in perfect working order when removed from the car. The buyer fitted it told me how happy he was the next day..........then six months later rings me up saying a coil pack had gone and as he took it to a dealer and it cost him 400 quid i was liable for the bill!!
As you can imagine he was told to **** off and not darken my door again
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