Dodgy car sales or legit?

[JimiG]

Whilst browsing the classifieds online the other day I stumbled across this website:



A quick scan through revealed some ridiculously low prices (2004 M3 CSL with 30,000 miles for under £14k! anyone!!). What's the catch I ask?

More digging reveals that the cars are "repossessions and are being sold at realistic prices." You chose the car you want, click reserve and then pay your money. The car is then delivered to you and you have 3 days to decide if you wish to keep the car or get a full refund.

Now tempting as this seems, alarm bells are ringing in my head, if it's too good to be true it normally is. A quick check of companies house shows the company is active though it is filing dormant company accounts.

I want this site to be legit, but I know if I part with some hard earned it will become a nightmare.

My questions are, 1) has anyone or anyone you know had experience with this dealer; 2) has anybody bought from a similar site?; 3) is it a scam and 4) do I pull the trigger?

All comments, thoughts and derogatory comments welcome, however if you browse some of the exotica on the site you can see why my juices are flowing.

Edited by JimiG on Wednesday 8th February 20:16

ETA

Suspect link removed.

Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 8th February 21:39

[DuraAce]

You pay money.

Car is never delivered.

You lose.

[JimiG]

Deep down I know it. I am really hoping someone can tell me otherwise though

[996TT02]

JimiG said:

Deep down I know it. I am really hoping someone can tell me otherwise though

You seem to be the ideal "client" for them.

Hope you can afford to lose £14k.

[CHARLESBERG]

I just attempted to open the link on my iPhone and after the third website had loaded and redirected me I got a pop up- apparently the App Store wants to make me a millionaire! Chuffed!

I will put the money towards the CSL if it's still available...

[JimiG]

996TT02 said:

You seem to be the ideal "client" for them.

Hope you can afford to lose £14k.

Ha ha ha, telescope on the roof and all that! I appreciate that it is a long shot, just wanted some faith restored in mankind (and a ridiculously priced CSL!)

[JimiG]

CHARLESBERG said:

I just attempted to open the link on my iPhone and after the third website had loaded and redirected me I got a pop up- apparently the App Store wants to make me a millionaire! Chuffed!

I will put the money towards the CSL if it's still available...

Didn't realise the link hadn't worked, site is approved cars Ltd.co.uk

[DuraAce]

JimiG said:

Deep down I know it. I am really hoping someone can tell me otherwise though

OK sure, send me £15k and I'll buy something for you and deliver it in person.

[Bunfighter]

Too good to be true deals always catch certain people out who get the blind rush 'must get this before someone else spots this make money opportunity'.

Everyone else pauses.

[JimiG]

DuraAce said:

JimiG said:

Deep down I know it. I am really hoping someone can tell me otherwise though

OK sure, send me £15k and I'll buy something for you and deliver it in person.

Yeah go on then........

[benjijames28]

Don't buy a car without inspecting it first in person.

[Monkeylegend]

Don't click that link.

[mike9009]

The link is very dodgy. OP please remove it....

[Josho]

Domain name:
approvedcarsltd.co.uk

Registrant:
APPROVED USED CARS LIMITED

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
159 W Goethe St
Chicago
IL
60610
United States

Data validation:
Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 29-Jan-2017

Registrar:
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com t/a PublicDomainRegistry.com [Tag = PDR-IN]
URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 28-Jan-2017
Expiry date: 28-Jan-2019
Last updated: 28-Jan-2017

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
dora.ns.cloudflare.com
hank.ns.cloudflare.com

WHOIS lookup made at 12:53:05 07-Feb-2017

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Information Updated: 2017-02-07 12:53:05

[JimiG]

mike9009 said:

The link is very dodgy. OP please remove it....

Link worked fine earlier, apologies for any issues caused, it was never intended.

[Matt UK]

Josho said:

Domain name:
approvedcarsltd.co.uk

Registrant:
APPROVED USED CARS LIMITED

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
159 W Goethe St
Chicago
IL
60610
United States

Data validation:
Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 29-Jan-2017

Registrar:
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com t/a PublicDomainRegistry.com [Tag = PDR-IN]
URL: http://www.publicdomainregistry.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 28-Jan-2017
Expiry date: 28-Jan-2019
Last updated: 28-Jan-2017

Registration status:
Registered until expiry date.

Name servers:
dora.ns.cloudflare.com
hank.ns.cloudflare.com

WHOIS lookup made at 12:53:05 07-Feb-2017

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for .uk domain names. This information and the .uk WHOIS are:

Copyright Nominet UK 1996 - 2017.

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or hiding any or all of this notice and (C) exceeding query rate or volume
limits. The data is provided on an 'as-is' basis and may lag behind the
register. Access may be withdrawn or restricted at any time.

Information Updated: 2017-02-07 12:53:05

Well that seems legit

[SiH]

Yep, definitely legit...

[thebigmacmoomin]

JimiG said:

A quick scan through revealed some ridiculously low prices (2004 M3 CSL with 30,000 miles for under £14k! anyone!!). What's the catch I ask?

Edited by Big Al. on Wednesday 8th February 21:39

£14k for an M3 CSL ........ that's enough of a warning sign of a scam without reading any more.

[Adz The Rat]

Go for it, let us know what the M3 is like.

[Loyly]

JimiG said:

I want this site to be legit, but I know if I part with some hard earned it will become a nightmare.

You're a mug, this has scam written all over it. Hardly surprising that sort of activity is profitable when there are so many out there who are as greedy as they are feckless.