"Fully loaded!" and "Every conceivable option!" d**ks.
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If the car was available new with a sunroof and the one you're selling does not have one, its not fully loaded is it? And it definitely doesnt have "every conceivable option!!!11", does it?
So dont f
king advertise it as such!
The alternative is for us poor suckers to read "every conceivable option", open your ad, look twice at the piss-poor pictures of your unvacuumed car for a sunroof, then read your near dyslexic list of options, half of which will be standard features, only to find its not fully loaded at all. You're just a prick.
So dont f
king advertise it as such!The alternative is for us poor suckers to read "every conceivable option", open your ad, look twice at the piss-poor pictures of your unvacuumed car for a sunroof, then read your near dyslexic list of options, half of which will be standard features, only to find its not fully loaded at all. You're just a prick.
Ah yes the old "every fin"
"Hi can you tell me what options it has?"
"Yeah bruv its got every fin"
"Cruise control?"
"nah it don't have dat"
"Automatic wipers and lights?"
"Nah it dont ave dat eeva"
"Heated seats?"
"Wot you want dem for m8?"
"Parking Sensors"
"erm not it dont have dem"
"Electric mirrors auto dimming mirrors"
"Yeah bruv its got leccy mirrors"
"so what other options does it have"
"Alloy wheels, low profile tryes, bang'in CD player wid remote control, Electric windows all round cept the back"
"Erm ok, thanks for your time"
"What don't you wanna see it blood? Its the best on the market"
"Nope"
"Hi can you tell me what options it has?"
"Yeah bruv its got every fin"
"Cruise control?"
"nah it don't have dat"
"Automatic wipers and lights?"
"Nah it dont ave dat eeva"
"Heated seats?"
"Wot you want dem for m8?"
"Parking Sensors"
"erm not it dont have dem"
"Electric mirrors auto dimming mirrors"
"Yeah bruv its got leccy mirrors"
"so what other options does it have"
"Alloy wheels, low profile tryes, bang'in CD player wid remote control, Electric windows all round cept the back"
"Erm ok, thanks for your time"
"What don't you wanna see it blood? Its the best on the market"
"Nope"
MartyPubes said:
If the sunroof is the only thing not ticked on the options list then I'd say in this instance it's forgivable. Most people see sunroof as a step down from aircon, not an additional feature.
I agree - i'd rather buy a car without a sun roof, simply because the only experience of sun roofs i've got, is that I got showered with rain water on the way round a roundabout, because of a dodgy seal. It all came pouring out the control panel - wasn't impressed, and haven't had a car with a sun roof since.
trashbat said:
Matthen said:
I agree - i'd rather buy a car without a sun roof, simply because the only experience of sun roofs i've got, is that I got showered with rain water on the way round a roundabout, because of a dodgy seal.
Well you shouldn't have let him ride on the roof then.
KrazyIvan said:
Ah yes the old "every fin"
"Hi can you tell me what options it has?"
"Yeah bruv its got every fin"
"Cruise control?"
"nah it don't have dat"
"Automatic wipers and lights?"
"Nah it dont ave dat eeva"
"Heated seats?"
"Wot you want dem for m8?"
"Parking Sensors"
"erm not it dont have dem"
"Electric mirrors auto dimming mirrors"
"Yeah bruv its got leccy mirrors"
"so what other options does it have"
"Alloy wheels, low profile tryes, bang'in CD player wid remote control, Electric windows all round cept the back"
"Erm ok, thanks for your time"
"What don't you wanna see it blood? Its the best on the market"
"Nope"
It's worse when you're trying to sell a car to that kind of person."Hi can you tell me what options it has?"
"Yeah bruv its got every fin"
"Cruise control?"
"nah it don't have dat"
"Automatic wipers and lights?"
"Nah it dont ave dat eeva"
"Heated seats?"
"Wot you want dem for m8?"
"Parking Sensors"
"erm not it dont have dem"
"Electric mirrors auto dimming mirrors"
"Yeah bruv its got leccy mirrors"
"so what other options does it have"
"Alloy wheels, low profile tryes, bang'in CD player wid remote control, Electric windows all round cept the back"
"Erm ok, thanks for your time"
"What don't you wanna see it blood? Its the best on the market"
"Nope"
All of a sudden, they know a lot more about your car than you do.
When I was flogging my 155, for example, one guy tried to argue with me that they made them up until 2001 at the very least (mine was a last-of-the-line '97), and that it would be better if it was 'the auto'.
It wouldn't be. And Alfa didn't even do an auto 155.
Reardy Mister said:
If the car was available new with a sunroof and the one you're selling does not have one, its not fully loaded is it? And it definitely doesnt have "every conceivable option!!!11", does it?
So dont fking advertise it as such!
The alternative is for us poor suckers to read "every conceivable option", open your ad, look twice at the piss-poor pictures of your unvacuumed car for a sunroof, then read your near dyslexic list of options, half of which will be standard features, only to find its not fully loaded at all. You're just a prick.
"Too much to list" ?So dont f
king advertise it as such!The alternative is for us poor suckers to read "every conceivable option", open your ad, look twice at the piss-poor pictures of your unvacuumed car for a sunroof, then read your near dyslexic list of options, half of which will be standard features, only to find its not fully loaded at all. You're just a prick.
I was recently shopping for an e class estate and wanted full leather , Command and rear facing seats. Pretty much every ad that said 'every conceivable option' didn't have these, there aren't really any other options on a S211! Seems electric windows and half leather must be ultra desirable though as they always mention them.
Jakub said:
sjc said:
In the same way adverts do my head in when it quotes..
Options includes " Power steering,rear fog lights,etc etc" they're not fking options FFS.
Funny enough, I was looking for a Smart fortwo Brabus and the power steering is one of the rarest options LOLOptions includes " Power steering,rear fog lights,etc etc" they're not f
king options FFS.Twincam16 said:
It's worse when you're trying to sell a car to that kind of person.
All of a sudden, they know a lot more about your car than you do.
When I was flogging my 155, for example, one guy tried to argue with me that they made them up until 2001 at the very least (mine was a last-of-the-line '97), and that it would be better if it was 'the auto'.
It wouldn't be. And Alfa didn't even do an auto 155.
This is why, when selling a car, I will accept a low but sensible bid from the first normal, sensible, English speaking person that is polite and shows up when they say they will. All of a sudden, they know a lot more about your car than you do.
When I was flogging my 155, for example, one guy tried to argue with me that they made them up until 2001 at the very least (mine was a last-of-the-line '97), and that it would be better if it was 'the auto'.
It wouldn't be. And Alfa didn't even do an auto 155.
Life's too short to need to deal with these people, and even if it got me a few more £s I'd still rather sell to a decent person (dealer or private) that some half witted knobber. If that makes me a snob then I'm proud to be one.
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