cars with no reserve reading -- any others with this modus

cars with no reserve reading -- any others with this modus

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jjr1

3,023 posts

259 months

Friday 12th June 2020
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MrGTI6 said:
About a year ago, a trader mate of mine took an 08-plate Saab 9-5 1.9 diesel estate as a part ex and sent it to BCA under their Partner Finance scheme. It had been sat for a long time after the previous owner had his licence revoked due to his health. By the time he got his licence back, he could only drive an auto, so he part exchanged it for a V70 that my mate had up for sale.

The car was very low mileage (30-something thousand) and had been owned by the elderly gent since it was a couple of years old. The CAP Clean valuation was just shy of £3,000. However...

- The nearside sill was shaped like a banana.
- It hadn't been serviced in a few years.
- It only fired up with a generous squirt of easy-start.
- It smoked like a trooper.
- The DMF needed replacing.
- It was in limp mode.
- It had an intermittent power steering issue.
- Two of the tyres weren't holding air.
- The MOT had expired a few months prior.
- The inside of the car was very damp/mouldy.

A couple of days before the car was due to go under the hammer, he was very surprised to spot it on eBay. Using BCA's photos, the car had been listed by the "seller" even though it was still at BCA at this stage.

We both sent the "seller" messages posing as very keen potential buyers who desperately wanted the car and bid it up to £2,500 (it owed my mate £300). When we asked if we could see the car, we were told it was being prepared and would be available to view soon.

My mate happened to be attending the (BCA) auction on the day the Saab went through and asked me to bid on the car online up to £1,600. It started at £500 and went up at first in fifties, and then in twenty-fives. It was just me and another net bidder referred to by the auctioneer as "Reading". As instructed, I stopped at £1,600. The car sold for £1,625 (before fees) to the mysterious net bidder. I was told that everyone in the smoke-filled hall seemed slightly bemused, even the auctioneer! My mate kindly split the profit with me 50/50.

A few days later I received a message informing me that the car was ready to view. I ignored the message but kept the car in my watch bin. The description was altered to list some (but not all) of the issues and BCA's photos were replaced by the seller's own. From their photos, I could see that the towing eye - which had previously been submerged in water in the spare wheel well - was now attached to the front of the car. It was relisted two or three times and eventually sold for about £600!


Edited by MrGTI6 on Sunday 1st March 20:07
I enjoyed that story. Nice to see these idiots getting some Karma.

ATM

18,099 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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Look at this beauty they have right now

Current bid is £15700

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283948184546




SpanishTony

375 posts

124 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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ATM said:
Look at this beauty they have right now

Current bid is £15700

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283948184546
That's a lot of green!

ATM

18,099 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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SpanishTony said:
ATM said:
Look at this beauty they have right now

Current bid is £15700

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283948184546
That's a lot of green!
It's a lot of green loveliness

SpanishTony

375 posts

124 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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ATM said:
It's a lot of green loveliness
Who was the previous owner, Robin Hood? biggrin


ATM

18,099 posts

218 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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SpanishTony said:
ATM said:
It's a lot of green loveliness
Who was the previous owner, Robin Hood? biggrin
He spent lots on the car and now it is available cheap for us with less money to acquire it. So yes he was a Robin Hood type who gives to the poor.

itz_baseline

820 posts

220 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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I've had a few glasses of wine to celebrate Leeds UTD last match....I thought this was a thread dedicated to old cars that do not have a reverse gear...

Fail.

Edited by itz_baseline on Wednesday 22 July 21:34

Ultra Sound Guy

28,616 posts

193 months

Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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itz_baseline said:
I've had a few glasses of wine to celebrate Leeds UTD last match....I thought this was a thread dedicated to old cars that do not have a reverse gear...

Fail.

Edited by itz_baseline on Wednesday 22 July 21:34

loofer

464 posts

68 months

Friday 7th August 2020
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Got a car on my watchlist. Will see how bidding goes.

ChocolateFrog

24,863 posts

172 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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jjr1 said:
MrGTI6 said:
About a year ago, a trader mate of mine took an 08-plate Saab 9-5 1.9 diesel estate as a part ex and sent it to BCA under their Partner Finance scheme. It had been sat for a long time after the previous owner had his licence revoked due to his health. By the time he got his licence back, he could only drive an auto, so he part exchanged it for a V70 that my mate had up for sale.

The car was very low mileage (30-something thousand) and had been owned by the elderly gent since it was a couple of years old. The CAP Clean valuation was just shy of £3,000. However...

- The nearside sill was shaped like a banana.
- It hadn't been serviced in a few years.
- It only fired up with a generous squirt of easy-start.
- It smoked like a trooper.
- The DMF needed replacing.
- It was in limp mode.
- It had an intermittent power steering issue.
- Two of the tyres weren't holding air.
- The MOT had expired a few months prior.
- The inside of the car was very damp/mouldy.

A couple of days before the car was due to go under the hammer, he was very surprised to spot it on eBay. Using BCA's photos, the car had been listed by the "seller" even though it was still at BCA at this stage.

We both sent the "seller" messages posing as very keen potential buyers who desperately wanted the car and bid it up to £2,500 (it owed my mate £300). When we asked if we could see the car, we were told it was being prepared and would be available to view soon.

My mate happened to be attending the (BCA) auction on the day the Saab went through and asked me to bid on the car online up to £1,600. It started at £500 and went up at first in fifties, and then in twenty-fives. It was just me and another net bidder referred to by the auctioneer as "Reading". As instructed, I stopped at £1,600. The car sold for £1,625 (before fees) to the mysterious net bidder. I was told that everyone in the smoke-filled hall seemed slightly bemused, even the auctioneer! My mate kindly split the profit with me 50/50.

A few days later I received a message informing me that the car was ready to view. I ignored the message but kept the car in my watch bin. The description was altered to list some (but not all) of the issues and BCA's photos were replaced by the seller's own. From their photos, I could see that the towing eye - which had previously been submerged in water in the spare wheel well - was now attached to the front of the car. It was relisted two or three times and eventually sold for about £600!


Edited by MrGTI6 on Sunday 1st March 20:07
I enjoyed that story. Nice to see these idiots getting some Karma.
That is indeed excellent karma.

Bullet-Proof_Biscuit

1,058 posts

76 months

Monday 14th September 2020
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I've just last week had half a squint on a Bentley CGT which they relisted for about £12k.... Seems to have the standard EML on & vac leak meaning engine out fix, seriously considering it for a daily (once pull engine and fix aforementioned), just remembered to check thanks to this thread..

Ructions

4,705 posts

120 months

Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Have they gone from ebay/changed name/stopped trading? Can't seem to find them on ebay uk. I had their page bookmarked but it's now taking me to the ebay homepage.

Bullet-Proof_Biscuit

1,058 posts

76 months

Thursday 22nd October 2020
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yep, look for seller carswithnoreservereading

Kayess5

124 posts

55 months

Friday 23rd October 2020
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They do have some very tasty cars worthy of the Smoker Barge thread however its a complete game of Roulette. If its a cheap run around your after, I would atleast try and win the bid to go have a look. Wouldnt do it for expensive stuff like RR/Bentley/Astons.
They have 2 SL350 and 1 SL500, all for under £5k at the moment. Tempting......

ChocolateFrog

24,863 posts

172 months

Monday 26th October 2020
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They also shill bid almost every car and those they don't or forget to they won't sell to you.

I've been watching a lot of their listings and the same bidders bid on them all, if they win, they reappear in a day or two.

They must be one of the bigger car sellers on Ebay and yet ebay does nothing about their fraudulent activities. I guess they're a good fee payer.

tony-28dyz

1 posts

38 months

Sunday 17th January 2021
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Hi looking for bit advice. Been looking at this company for some time .Im not trader .Am I best going to a auction buying a car there and paying the large fees because I'm not a trader or buy of this company. Hopefully which ever I do will take with me someone who knows a bit more about cars many thanks.

Pistonheader101

2,206 posts

106 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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tony-28dyz said:
Hi looking for bit advice. Been looking at this company for some time .Im not trader .Am I best going to a auction buying a car there and paying the large fees because I'm not a trader or buy of this company. Hopefully which ever I do will take with me someone who knows a bit more about cars many thanks.
No don’t buy from there if your joe public expecting a mint car. Better off going to a car supermarket.

Reading cars often need work doing to them. But unless you are mechanically minded it’s not obvious of whaaat it would take to bring these cars back to fully working order.

wiliferus

4,054 posts

197 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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Agreed.
It’s possibly to use this company to get a cheap car, but you’ll absolutely need to be good with spanners and be fully prepared to buy a car with issues that you subsequently need to sort.

ATM

18,099 posts

218 months

Monday 18th January 2021
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I think buying from them has benefits. You can have a drive round in the car and then walk away if its a turd. You cant do that at auction. Obviously if you want something mint and / or some dealer protection then go elsewhere. 2 totally different ends to the spectrum.

Jiebo

908 posts

95 months

Wednesday 17th March 2021
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Was curious about this seller, but looks like they’ve stopped trading.