Slimy behaviour or fair game?
Poll: Slimy behaviour or fair game?
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My sisters ex-husband had a crash in his car, a 14 year old Focus. Other party’s insurer paid out in days, and he got to keep the not too badly damaged Focus and two grand in pocket. All fine so far.
He fixed the Focus easily enough with eBay bits and sold it instantly. Again fair enough, all repairs disclosed.
However he was round at my sisters and the lady next door saw what had happened and offered to sell him her immaculate, 30,000 mile little hatchback for £800. She even put a pair of new Bridgestones on the front for him as she felt sorry for him. I’m not saying what the new car is, but it’s an immaculate one owner thing that will fly off any forecourt.
He’s stuck it straight on AT for £3k (which it will fetch I think). I only discovered this when he messaged me wanting to by my Alfa, needed it right there and then - which made me wonder what was going on with the “new” car. Took ten seconds to find it on AT.
Is it just me or is that just borderline dishonest/taking advantage? He’s essentially just trousering a couple of thousand that this lady could have had if she’d not been quite so nice? I feel terrible for her - and we certainly wouldn’t dare tell her either.
Or is it just fair enough?
I know what I think.
He fixed the Focus easily enough with eBay bits and sold it instantly. Again fair enough, all repairs disclosed.
However he was round at my sisters and the lady next door saw what had happened and offered to sell him her immaculate, 30,000 mile little hatchback for £800. She even put a pair of new Bridgestones on the front for him as she felt sorry for him. I’m not saying what the new car is, but it’s an immaculate one owner thing that will fly off any forecourt.
He’s stuck it straight on AT for £3k (which it will fetch I think). I only discovered this when he messaged me wanting to by my Alfa, needed it right there and then - which made me wonder what was going on with the “new” car. Took ten seconds to find it on AT.
Is it just me or is that just borderline dishonest/taking advantage? He’s essentially just trousering a couple of thousand that this lady could have had if she’d not been quite so nice? I feel terrible for her - and we certainly wouldn’t dare tell her either.
Or is it just fair enough?
I know what I think.
Yeah, bit grim.
I gave someone a nice fiesta once as they had no car and needed one. They sold it for low 4 figs and bought a nicer car about 9 months later.
Yes it was a gift from me, however not even an offer back, and clearly it was a choice not to spend a few grand on a car rather than other issues. I clearly had the wrong end of the stick and thought was helping out but really was mugged off
Would still do it again, as d
heads like your sisters ex-husband can't win.
I gave someone a nice fiesta once as they had no car and needed one. They sold it for low 4 figs and bought a nicer car about 9 months later.
Yes it was a gift from me, however not even an offer back, and clearly it was a choice not to spend a few grand on a car rather than other issues. I clearly had the wrong end of the stick and thought was helping out but really was mugged off
Would still do it again, as d
heads like your sisters ex-husband can't win. My sister did something similar.
I gave her two sofas as they were too big for my new house (I bought a smaller sofa and a chair secondhand). They were good sofas and only a few years old and she said that she wanted them.
A few months later, my Mum let it slip that she had sold them.
I didn't speak to her for a few years and even now, I won't give her anything of value. I have offloaded a few family heirlooms direct to her adult children which winds her up. Oddly enough, most of the family stuff was given to me by my parents, usually with "We are giving you this as we know you won't sell it".
I gave her two sofas as they were too big for my new house (I bought a smaller sofa and a chair secondhand). They were good sofas and only a few years old and she said that she wanted them.
A few months later, my Mum let it slip that she had sold them.
I didn't speak to her for a few years and even now, I won't give her anything of value. I have offloaded a few family heirlooms direct to her adult children which winds her up. Oddly enough, most of the family stuff was given to me by my parents, usually with "We are giving you this as we know you won't sell it".
Mark V GTD said:
The actions of the kind lady are more baffling than anything else here. She spontaneously put new tyres on her car and then offered it for sale at a massively reduced price to a neighbours brother?
Some people are just nice.A neighbour of mine gave away their Vauxhall Corsa to a local family who needed transport. It was worth a couple of grand maybe, but they wanted to do a good deed.
This neighbour has probably heard about what’s happened, she maybe had a new car coming so wanted to help.
Ex husband you say. Wondering why.
There's 3 sides to this.
On the one hand, said neighbour who he gives not a st about, might have been offered 2 tenths of sweet FA by a dealer, in PX and would rather it go to someone deserving.
On the hand, He'd be deserving if he kept it a minimum of 6 months, nurtured it and managed to sell it on at a profit.
He took the smallest of risks, by being fortunate to have a face that someone clearly kind, took pity on. He didn't and won't share the money with his ex wife, because he's a a big bit of a tt.
But the OP can make it right. Insist your alfa is worth 3k more than it is, and return 1k to the little old lady and 1k to your sister. Make sure the alfa is fked, and breaks within 10 miles. Point the tt to his receipt that says "Sold as Seen" and tell him to fk off.
There's 3 sides to this.
On the one hand, said neighbour who he gives not a s
t about, might have been offered 2 tenths of sweet FA by a dealer, in PX and would rather it go to someone deserving. On the hand, He'd be deserving if he kept it a minimum of 6 months, nurtured it and managed to sell it on at a profit.
He took the smallest of risks, by being fortunate to have a face that someone clearly kind, took pity on. He didn't and won't share the money with his ex wife, because he's a a big bit of a t
t. But the OP can make it right. Insist your alfa is worth 3k more than it is, and return 1k to the little old lady and 1k to your sister. Make sure the alfa is f
ked, and breaks within 10 miles. Point the tt to his receipt that says "Sold as Seen" and tell him to fk off. Pica-Pica said:
I agree. If he had said “I can sell it for you”, fair enough. Sounds a bit of a toe-rag.
A few years ago I gave an old bloke my phone number and said if he ever wanted to sell his AXGt to call me. 3 years later his son called, to ask me if I was interested. I was but I didn't have what I believed it was worth. I reckoned that he could get £3k at a push, and showed him the forums and websites that I though he should advertise on.
I probably could have git it fir £500, but I'm not a t
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