Mercedes Ebay ad
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Whilst I understand the points in the advert, anyone that buys an 8yr old mid-high mileage Merc unseen has a little element of Caveat Emptor.
I wouldn't buy a second hand £2000 anything without seeing it first - especially a car - especially one that could have issues - especially from a trader!!!!!
I wouldn't buy a second hand £2000 anything without seeing it first - especially a car - especially one that could have issues - especially from a trader!!!!!
zcacogp said:
Small Claims Courts have court baliffs, whose job is to collect fines and recompense awarded by the court.
A funny ad, no doubt, but the guy in question needs to learn to look at cars before buying them, and to do his homework on how the SCC system works.
Oli.
Who are powerless when the claimant has paid their fee only to find out that the limited company is in receivership and suddenly a different ltd company is trading from the site.A funny ad, no doubt, but the guy in question needs to learn to look at cars before buying them, and to do his homework on how the SCC system works.
Oli.
The car might be s
t but the bloke sounds like a bit of a fkknuckle.
The kind of dumb tt that seems to exist on ebay and be bleeding into everyday life and who buys on price and price alone then bawls his eyes out when he ends up with st.
Even if you list an item (as I did recently) on ebay with NOT WORK FOR SPARES OR REPAIR in bold letters they still moan its broke.
t but the bloke sounds like a bit of a fkknuckle.The kind of dumb t
t that seems to exist on ebay and be bleeding into everyday life and who buys on price and price alone then bawls his eyes out when he ends up with st. Even if you list an item (as I did recently) on ebay with NOT WORK FOR SPARES OR REPAIR in bold letters they still moan its broke.
Angry Chap said:
If I'd known that before I could have saved myself a lot of grief.
When buying a car for around 5% of its price new, it is a bonus that it is not 95% fked. Which is why you go and see and drive cars before you buy them. OK so the trader was selling a pup. But if the chap had been to see - and accordingly walked away, and enough other people did the same, they'd soon have the choice of going out of business or doing the job properly and looking after their customers.
I am not condoning the company's business practices at all, but I also don't condone the buyer's actions either. Any legal investigation would surely take into account what condition the vehicle would be reasonably expected to be in, given its mileage - and the price paid to an extent.
There's only one way to get a faultless car - buy a new one. Even then, gremlins can occur. Where that's not an option, you owe it to yourself to mitigate your own potential losses I'd have thought. Get off your bum and go kick some tyres and internet research at least (rust on a W/S210 E-Class? Not hard to find mention of I'd have thought..).
If you're not confident in your ability to do so, that's fine - there are always mechanical inspections to be had on your behalf - worth a couple of hundred £ if you're serious about a car. Sometimes it's worth "losing" a couple of hundred NOT to buy a car that will cost thousands to bring up to par.
I don't get all the hate on this thread. I found it a good read, quite amusing. The only mistake the guy made was naivety. He didn't think that you could sell a product mis-described to this extent and get away with it. He thought trading standards would save him and get him his money back if it wasn't fit for purpose. Well, he's learnt his lesson now.
Zwoelf said:
Wise words
Unfortunately, its always someone elses fault! Dodgy traders need weeding out and exposing, there's no doubt about that, but you cant expect to pay near bottom money unseen, for an old bus that has renowned rust & reliability issues & not think you're going to end up with a pup.Zwoelf said:
When buying a car for around 5% of its price new, it is a bonus that it is not 95% fked.
The thing I've found with older cars is that if they're any good, someone will snap them up - anything sitting in a dodgy dealer's for many months and with a heavily reduced price is going to be a dog.ked. I see you run a couple of older cars - how did you find those?
That's a bit daft. I've bought many cars sight unseen on eBay but I'd never transfer the money and get them transported to me without seeing them even for a few hundred quid, never mind 2 grand. At least if you show up with the money in hand you can always tell them to ps off and take it up with eBay if it turns out to be a total heap.
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