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This was going to be a rant but I've calmed down now 
So Cardata are convinced they have 50,000 users looking for cars, an undisclosed number of which would really like to buy my Griff (handy that) at the asking price (this is fantastic).
The deal being that I shell out about £90 with them, they advertise it on their site and loads of other sites I've never visited, it stays on until sold. If the punter who buys my car takes up their finance I get £80 back.
I must say I'm sort of tempted.
So has anyone used them to sell? Did the car go quickly? did you have 50,000 calls ?(thought not).
Maybe more importantly, has anyone bought through them?
Cheers
D.
So Cardata are convinced they have 50,000 users looking for cars, an undisclosed number of which would really like to buy my Griff (handy that) at the asking price (this is fantastic).
The deal being that I shell out about £90 with them, they advertise it on their site and loads of other sites I've never visited, it stays on until sold. If the punter who buys my car takes up their finance I get £80 back.
I must say I'm sort of tempted.
So has anyone used them to sell? Did the car go quickly? did you have 50,000 calls ?(thought not).
Maybe more importantly, has anyone bought through them?
Cheers
D.
These guys probably aren't lying – there probably ARE buyers who'd pay the asking price for your Griff. Me, for one (honestly, it's the exact spec I've been looking for). The only problem is, like me, they probably have a house to sell first, or something.
Wouldn't pay the £90 – never heard of anyone having any success through them. Who's gonna take up their finance deal?
Wouldn't pay the £90 – never heard of anyone having any success through them. Who's gonna take up their finance deal?
David,
Strachan fell for their nonsense and forked out the £80 to sell his Citroen. They did NOTHING. He sold it by other means in the end. I remember that talk at the time was along the lines of them verging on the criminal, charging for a service they do not provide.
Think about it, they're laughing. They just have to sign up 100 people a day and they've made a packet. All they need to do to sign people up is scan the ads for phone numbers.
Don't touch them. Last time they called me I asked them to hold and put my phone in the fridge while they cooled off and I went to watch some telly.
They're
IMHO.
Strachan fell for their nonsense and forked out the £80 to sell his Citroen. They did NOTHING. He sold it by other means in the end. I remember that talk at the time was along the lines of them verging on the criminal, charging for a service they do not provide.
Think about it, they're laughing. They just have to sign up 100 people a day and they've made a packet. All they need to do to sign people up is scan the ads for phone numbers.
Don't touch them. Last time they called me I asked them to hold and put my phone in the fridge while they cooled off and I went to watch some telly.
They're
IMHO.
More or less what I thought. I was a little annoyed when they called and did point out that if they were so sure they could find me a buyer then I'd pay them when I sold the car.
I also pushed them to tell me how many people they had interested in Blue '96 Griffs. 'Lots' was the reply, define lots? 1, 5, more than 10.
I had the conversation on my mobile whilst standing outside the mother and baby room at Mothercare (they called me). When my wife came out she told me off for being nasty, typical.
D.
I also pushed them to tell me how many people they had interested in Blue '96 Griffs. 'Lots' was the reply, define lots? 1, 5, more than 10.
I had the conversation on my mobile whilst standing outside the mother and baby room at Mothercare (they called me). When my wife came out she told me off for being nasty, typical.
D.
As soon as I advertise my car in the Autotrader these to55ers are the first to call me, with the same old sales pitch everytime.
Got sucked in once, only back then it was only £50. Like many other unhappy readers on here didn't get one call!!
Somebody should shut these cowboys down, so many unaware people must get sucked into there scam.
Got sucked in once, only back then it was only £50. Like many other unhappy readers on here didn't get one call!!
Somebody should shut these cowboys down, so many unaware people must get sucked into there scam.
Ok..
Advertised my Porsche 914 in some magazines, and soon after had cardata on the phone telling me that they had people definitely after a car like mine. I said I found this unlikely as the 914 was a bit of an unusual car and not many were about. They insisted and said that they had several people after them.. Bollox I though and told them to P.O. politely.
I then had a strange letter from them a few days later telling me that they could help me sell the porsche and buy the Lexus I was after.. !! where the Lexus came from I don't know..
which I duly ignored..
Then the phonecalls started, it seems that Cardata had whacked my details into their database as a potential buyer of a Lexus, and circulated them to the poor sods who had signed up with Cardata trying to sell their Lexus's.
its a bit rare when someone phones you up out of the blue saying "I believe you're interested in my Lexus"
In the end after speaking to about 3 different monkeys in Cardata I got removed from their database but they really couldn't give a Sh!t about it and treated me like some sort of timewaster..
TRS
Matt
Advertised my Porsche 914 in some magazines, and soon after had cardata on the phone telling me that they had people definitely after a car like mine. I said I found this unlikely as the 914 was a bit of an unusual car and not many were about. They insisted and said that they had several people after them.. Bollox I though and told them to P.O. politely.
I then had a strange letter from them a few days later telling me that they could help me sell the porsche and buy the Lexus I was after.. !! where the Lexus came from I don't know..
which I duly ignored.. Then the phonecalls started, it seems that Cardata had whacked my details into their database as a potential buyer of a Lexus, and circulated them to the poor sods who had signed up with Cardata trying to sell their Lexus's.
its a bit rare when someone phones you up out of the blue saying "I believe you're interested in my Lexus"
In the end after speaking to about 3 different monkeys in Cardata I got removed from their database but they really couldn't give a Sh!t about it and treated me like some sort of timewaster..
T
RS Matt 
I was just wondering about this lot, they rang me up 2 weeks ago about my land rover claiming to have had alot of interest in it, this I was suprised at as it only went in the autotrader magasine that morning!
I said I'd have a think about it! (he didn't tell me a price at that)
He rang back the next day at the same time, I said I'd think about it, then they started getting pushy so after the 4th phone call I said "sorry the cars been sold" and put the phone down!
Next day phone call, "Hi this is 'Lee' from Cardata... click beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!
No thank you!
I said I'd have a think about it! (he didn't tell me a price at that)
He rang back the next day at the same time, I said I'd think about it, then they started getting pushy so after the 4th phone call I said "sorry the cars been sold" and put the phone down!
Next day phone call, "Hi this is 'Lee' from Cardata... click beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!
No thank you!
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