Rikochet

Been doing the usual trawling of the internet for 'cars I like the idea of buying but probably never will' tonight and it's highlighted something I've noticed before but which is increasing almost weekly. I wonder if any of you have come across it too?

The buyer advertises the car for sale/swap, but elsewhere in the advert mentions the reason for selling said car is because a) Have bought another car and can't afford to keep 2 b) Mrs is having a baby or c) It's too powerful for her. Fair enough.

But then they go on to say 'swap for WRX, RS, Turbo, WHY something fast!'

Isn't that just putting them back at square one?

If they can't even type 10 lines on a screen without contradicting themselves then there is no chance I'm buying a car from them! They'd be as well saying;

'I've ragged the shit out of this one and can't afford to fix everything I've broken, but maybe one of you tossers will give me a swap for your pride and joy so I can rag that too?'

I also hate people who can't spell the name of the car they're trying to sell and especially people who can't even be arsed washing it or removing rubbish before they take pictures!!!

Anyone else?

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

agreed mate; most of the time i will disregard a car by the way the advert is written.

steve4i

and the "brought" the car last year for ex amounts of pounds not bought it the brought it that pisses me off

Psycho Warren

iTrader: (5)

or the retards who just stick on the window of the car "for sale" and a number.

no info, no price just a number.

sorry but how arrogant must those mongs be to think thier car is that special that someone would like it that much to bother to ring up to ask without even knowing the price.

same as adverts with no price but "offers" on them. Whats the fucking point??

more often its on a shitter or plain car too

matts1

Nah, the biggest bug for me is 'offers' why? everyone knows what they want for their car, nobody is ever going to go in high on an offer, and the seller always gets upperty at a low offer.

Just fucking state what you would like in the first place so people can see if it is genuine or if you are a fookin dreamer.

matts1

Warren, you gone beat me to it lol!

Rikochet

Awww I fucking hate that too!

Rikochet

Ha ha ha

I think some people do it just to show off their piece of shit motors with no intention of actually selling them too??

"Just gauging interest" is another of my personal favourites. Interested in a car you might decide not to sell me? Naaahh!!

Rikochet

"spent 100's on car in lst 6 mnths, new wheels and sub etc etc etc etc"

WELL WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TAKE IT TO A BODYSHOP AND GET THAT BENT RUSTY DOOR FIXED INSTEAD OF BUYING 18" WHEELS FROM FUCKING HALFORDS??!!!

matts1

got to love the excuses aswell, misfire due to spark plug hence £500 reduction lol!!

Cause it's the spark plug!

Psycho Warren

iTrader: (5)

so if they dont get enough phone calls they feel all insecure and think they should spend more money on it??

extention of the fucking EMO brigade if thats the case.

Ive never understood attention seeking behaviour when used as a means to boost your own low self esteem. very fucked up.

Red16

Shitty quotes like,

"first to see will buy"
"you wont find better"
"a bargain at only £xxx"
"never driven hard or thrashed" <- yeah right, list of mods as long as your arm!
"one lady owner" <- wheels are kerbed to fuck and car has been poorly maintained
"pocket rocket or flying machine"

Mr RS500

iTrader: (6)

I get this with just about every person who rings me trying to sell me there car

they go on and on about the car then i ask , " how much do you want " ?

I dont know is what i get every time

then we go back and forth with , " well you must know what you want " , " no mate make me an offer "

does my fucking head in as they know exactly what they want but think i may be daft enough to offer them 3k more than its worth

If your selling somthing you DO know what you want so just say and save a load of hassle

JRG1

all of the above drives me fucking insane!! whats worse is when u get there an the list of other faults start as soon as u step out the car,things that werent mentioned on the fone etc!! they think that coz ur there ul buy it anyway!!

STeve

iTrader: (11)

the worst for me is first to see will buy, what a load of cobblers as some right fooking sharks out there, should say first to see will call me a liar

rallycross

People who say 'leathers' when describing their car having leather seats. WTF did leathers come from?

Also people who say things like, completely standard - Apart from window tints, exhaust, lowered etc. Its either standard or its not.

Darylc.

iTrader: (1)

I dont like when they put "new car forces sale". Like I care why you're selling the car! Not so bad when it's on an eBay ad or the like, but in ad's in mags with limited number of words, I just feel they're trying to fill the space rather than talk about the car because it's crap

D16PJM

but on the other end when selling a car i hate the idiots that say how much for cash, what else were they thinking of to pay for it, and no matter how you price a car at the moment people want to offer 3k less as its a "buyers market" apparently.

Elwood

"No Offers" - and thats exactly what they'll get.

"First to see will buy" - Oh really?

"Mint Condition" - So it will really be like new? Oh...thought not.

rsturbolee

its far from a buyers market at the mo cars certainly are not cheap

Matt Baxter

iTrader: (37)

I took with my brother to Hastings (2 hrs from me) to but a discovery the ad said no major faults rust etc, many new parts fitted blah blah,
then as soon as we got there I found a hole in the sill about the size of a fag packet huge hole in the floor and it was pissing oil from the sump
well the new parts fitted were removed from the car for the sale, wtf

when we asked the seller he said it was nothing to worry about then got all arsey when we chipped him £200 or chuck in the extras he was offering us for a £200 wth its the same thing you mong

its all fixed now and as i had the metal and a welder all it cost was a new sump gasket and a bit of time

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

^ laughing at all of them

the other one i hate is when they list the prices next to the things its had done to it

AJC

iTrader: (6)

I hate that.

To the fact I feel like e-mailing the people

Fil

the cunts on autotrader, who put there car on for £500, then when you open the add it says price really £2000 etc, and some have the cheek to put no time wasters in the add too!

Next one i click on that has that will get a phone call about there car at 3am when im at work

Eigdoog

All true!

Funny to read!

Rikochet

I don't even bother looking at Autotrader nowadays. The car I want is either sold, Cat C/D, twice the price or they don't answer their bloody phone!!

Rikochet

Read the description. It's like he read this and then posted the ad.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000-W-CIT...#ht_1344wt_882

"When i brought the car it had a toggle switch to operate the wipers as the main stork for the wipers did not work"

Darylc.

iTrader: (1)

another thing that winds me up with ads, the "not" titles! Like:

Ford Sierra NOT Cosworth
Ford Escort NOT RS Turbo
BMW 3-series NOT Alpina
Mercedes CLK NOT Brabus

I know why they did it; So more people see the ad. But dont these people realise that if someone is looking for a Sierra Cosworth then they aren't going to be interested in your rusty GLX?

Shifty Disco

Ads that don't include the essential information like MOT, tax and mileage etc. Anything written in pigeon english/text speak/obviously written by a mong I don't bother with either.

Rikochet

I'm not a fan of buyers txting me. In fact I hate it unless they make contact via phone/E-mail first so I can make sure they aren't a tit.

Mr RS500

iTrader: (6)

so your telling me that if you found a car for sale you wanted and it had been for sale for a while you wouldnt try that then ?

sorry to tell you the truth but it is very much a buyers market and there are some serious bargains to be had , you may not need a sale but a lot of people do and they know its tough and expect to take a hit if they want a quick sale

onionlover

People that are selling a 3 or 4 grand car and try and sell it with no tax. Ffs just spend the money on six months tax so i can drive the car away.

fuzzy

first to see will buy annoys me.

arch

The single most annoying one is " If it don't sell, I will just keep it, it's worth this all day long". If you dont wanna sell it, don't advertise it!!!!!!!

howie1989

or i'm selling this with much regret. yer right your selling your rusty polo with regret

fuzzy

"genuine reason for sale" is another that annoys.

12340987

People who buy for a example, a car , for £1000 , spend, £1000 on modifications, and then expect it to sell for £2500 and then grumble when they get £1500 offers, you never or rarely get your money back on bolt on modications, wheels, lights, tinted windows, you either remove the modifications and return to standard or accept no matter what you do to a £1000 car end of the day the bare bones of it is its a £1000 car.. lol

Chaz888

yer love that one ! ,Which means thats its battered , ranted to fuck , dumps more oil than a torpedoed tanker ,maintained by a gibbon and is as rusty as the titanic.

Mr RS500

iTrader: (6)

And what exactly is a " none gen reason for sale "

Rikochet

Just got a company unicorn?