Why do people take it so personally?
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I recently went to view a couple of cars, one I had a look around, didn't even bother test driving it as it was a bit of a nail with patchy history.
The other, I discovered a fault during the test drive, it wasn't major but it was enough to put me off.
The former guy got a bit irate, the second guy however accused me of being a test pilot and not knowing what I was talking about, surely as a buyer of a used car it's my right to see and test a car and ensure I'm 110% happy with the condition before parting with my cash? The second guy literally acted as though I walked into his living room on christmas morning and set fire to his grand kids christmas presents.
I've sold numerous cars, sometimes people have come, had a nosey around and not bought it, or changed their mind after a test drive. I've never asked why or really cared about it. Is this normal behaviour or something?
The other, I discovered a fault during the test drive, it wasn't major but it was enough to put me off.
The former guy got a bit irate, the second guy however accused me of being a test pilot and not knowing what I was talking about, surely as a buyer of a used car it's my right to see and test a car and ensure I'm 110% happy with the condition before parting with my cash? The second guy literally acted as though I walked into his living room on christmas morning and set fire to his grand kids christmas presents.
I've sold numerous cars, sometimes people have come, had a nosey around and not bought it, or changed their mind after a test drive. I've never asked why or really cared about it. Is this normal behaviour or something?
I was buying a cheap MK3 Golf GTI once and I had a look round it and it was an utter heap, devoid of any redeeming feature, described as mint and looked ok in the photo which I suspect was some years prior, water in headlamps, rust, stereo missing, seats looked like a messy murder had occurred, wet carpets, smoky engine, battered body, scuffed wheels, shagged ditchfinders all round. I politely said it wasnt for me and thanks for your time, he got shirty and demanded why I didnt want it, I just said it wanst as good as I had hoped, he said what did I expect for £800 so I said a better car than this. Anyway, he presses me for the reason so I outline each fault and he dismessied me as a messer and too fussy, I got shirty back and said it was scrap, he really didnt like that 
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Edited by quiraing on Wednesday 12th December 21:54
quiraing said:
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
That is classic, and unfortunatly common amongst the great unwashed of Britain today.Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Free dosnt mean free anymore it's their right
SR20 said:
Oh dear, some people are a little attached to their cars it seems, and maybe having a hard time letting them go, or taking ANY criticism.
Not really. It's more a case of overzealous sellers describing cars as being in far better condition than they really are which as a buyer is very annoying. Or it could be that the buyer has overly high expectations for the condition of a cheap car often leads to one party potentially becoming annoyed with another, especially if for example you have taken time off work/traveled/incurred costs.quiraing said:
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
I would have quite literally bitten your arm off for that car, the one thing I say is that given the way that they were willing to approach the situation they were unlikely to love it or even take care of it as it would have deserved. What happened in the end?Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Edited by quiraing on Wednesday 12th December 21:54
quiraing said:
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Jesus, gift horse, mouth !
You could have scrapped it and got more.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Jesus, gift horse, mouth !
You could have scrapped it and got more.
Edited by quiraing on Wednesday 12th December 21:54
Its happened to me as a buyer, went to see a cheapo 106 a mates dad was selling, scuffy as anything and had a suspicious HGF looking oil splatter on the underside of the bonnet and alt of oil around the head. Anyway I ragged it up the bypass which he wasnt happy about and told him i'd think about it, he asked me why I wasnt buying it there and then. I offered the son £50 for it.
Anyway heard he'd sold it to some lass a few weeks ago for £400 and the HG failed on the way home.
Anyway heard he'd sold it to some lass a few weeks ago for £400 and the HG failed on the way home.
FRA53R said:
quiraing said:
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
I would have quite literally bitten your arm off for that car, the one thing I say is that given the way that they were willing to approach the situation they were unlikely to love it or even take care of it as it would have deserved. What happened in the end?Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Edited by quiraing on Wednesday 12th December 21:54
I didn't have room for it at the time or the time to spend on it due to work (was starting self-employed-business). It was at my parent's house and they wanted it out as they had just retired.
Breakers-yard-guy opened BMW doors, used "claw-type" lifter, lifted it over my dad's garage, and dumped it in his skip. At that time there was a charge to pay for disposal of tyres so it would have cost me £24 to watch this happening. However, I kept the TRX alloys and advertised them separately in local paper ("excellent Avon Turbospeed 225/390 metric tyres, 4000 miles, cost £360, original sales receipt available, offers").
No takers, not one call. Gave them to a guy with a Mk2 Granada 2.8i for £20 to get them out of the garage.
Wish I had just stored it but cest la vie.
quiraing said:
FRA53R said:
quiraing said:
Around 10 years ago I had a 1984 BMW 528i manual e28, A660 ESS, in henna red, leather, and elec sunroof, TRX 390 alloys with nearly new 225 tyres.
Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
I would have quite literally bitten your arm off for that car, the one thing I say is that given the way that they were willing to approach the situation they were unlikely to love it or even take care of it as it would have deserved. What happened in the end?Car was a bit faded and required minor work as had been off the road for 2 years but still was very sound. It had had £1200 of engine work the year before, and had gen 92K on the clock with fsh. Paid £5300 for it in 1989.
I advertised the car in local paper for £400 and got absolutely no replies.
Eventually advertised it as "FREE to good home, requires minor work".
A young couple came to see car and the lady said "I don't think we want it as I can see through the wheels that the brakes are rusty - you didn't tell us that on the phone - we have young children, you're wasting our time".
Edited by quiraing on Wednesday 12th December 21:54
I didn't have room for it at the time or the time to spend on it due to work (was starting self-employed-business). It was at my parent's house and they wanted it out as they had just retired.
Breakers-yard-guy opened BMW doors, used "claw-type" lifter, lifted it over my dad's garage, and dumped it in his skip. At that time there was a charge to pay for disposal of tyres so it would have cost me £24 to watch this happening. However, I kept the TRX alloys and advertised them separately in local paper ("excellent Avon Turbospeed 225/390 metric tyres, 4000 miles, cost £360, original sales receipt available, offers").
No takers, not one call. Gave them to a guy with a Mk2 Granada 2.8i for £20 to get them out of the garage.
Wish I had just stored it but cest la vie.
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