Dealer group deliberately listing misleading adverts
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There's a Motor Group who list a lot of used cars in the classifieds, without naming they may be owned by Mike Brown or Mark Bennet or Mardy Bum but not Mercedes Benz despite their name.
They list most cars as having 1 mile on the clock, or if they have 61000 miles they'll list it as having 61 miles - it's a blatant way of ensuring their cars show up top when filtering search results by mileage, and is pointless and annoying, as the chances of anyone wanting a new car deciding a 6 year old passat with 61000 miles on it is ideal for them is very slim.
I've used the report button on several occasions, but suspect as they are such a big advertiser they may be allowed to bend the rules?
They list most cars as having 1 mile on the clock, or if they have 61000 miles they'll list it as having 61 miles - it's a blatant way of ensuring their cars show up top when filtering search results by mileage, and is pointless and annoying, as the chances of anyone wanting a new car deciding a 6 year old passat with 61000 miles on it is ideal for them is very slim.
I've used the report button on several occasions, but suspect as they are such a big advertiser they may be allowed to bend the rules?
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 8th September 15:17
It's really annoying as I often browse the classifieds on my phone which isn't the quickest to load up, so I use the search filters to avoid having to spend ages trawling through ads that aren't relevant to me - and when sorting by mileage a 4/5/6yr old high mileage car isn't comparable to nearly new.
As said I've reported on a few occasions, so not sure if the reports aren't being picked up on or if the dealer is just ignoring any warnings. I'd have thought it constituted false advertising?
As said I've reported on a few occasions, so not sure if the reports aren't being picked up on or if the dealer is just ignoring any warnings. I'd have thought it constituted false advertising?
Switch said:
If you would like to point out the ad's in question privately I can have a look at them to see if its an error or just something that's not working
Doesn't look like an error as there's loads of them!If for example you look at BMW E60 5 series and sort by mileage, 3 of the first 4 cars are theirs - one of them isn't even a 5 series, its a 320i!
I understand what the op is saying 
But let's not go pointing fingers from the outset. The automated ad side of the classifieds is a complicated beast that requires much love. And then you've got the interface with 3rd party systems.
But, in their ads they list the mileage in the text as 77k.
So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system obviously then we will have to look at that further.
But let's not go pointing fingers from the outset. The automated ad side of the classifieds is a complicated beast that requires much love. And then you've got the interface with 3rd party systems.But, in their ads they list the mileage in the text as 77k.
So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system obviously then we will have to look at that further.
Switch said:
But, in their ads they list the mileage in the text as 77k.
So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system...
It wouldn't explain how several of the cars are listed as having '1 miles' unless they're all 1k mile cars which would be unlikely given the age of them!So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system...
yellowbentines said:
Switch said:
But, in their ads they list the mileage in the text as 77k.
So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system...
It wouldn't explain how several of the cars are listed as having '1 miles' unless they're all 1k mile cars which would be unlikely given the age of them!So it's not beyond the realm of possibility.
if they're going around our system...
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