What is it with car dealers?

[goldar]

Just casually browsing and came across this ad:

TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS OUTSTANDING PRESTIGE ESTATE CAR FINISHED IN STUNNING TOPAZ BLUE METALLIC WITH BEAUTIFUL RED LEATHER INTERIOR. MASSIVE SPECIFICATION INCLUDES...

Honestly, why? What's wrong with just stating the facts? Why do I have to read through the endless drivel to understand what it is he's selling? Why is it all in caps?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134512716714?mkcid=16&a...

[Richtea1970]

Haven’t really got a problem with the ad in caps but I’ve got a massive problem with bright red leather in a blue car.
Who specced it originally, Stevie Wonder?

[acme]

It’s painful isn’t it. I’m looking for a winter shed & I didn’t realise how bad ads could be.

There’s a Mazda 6 on AT for 3949 where the ad states you must be brief on the phone, you mustn’t text or email as it isn’t monitored & no supplementary details of the car are available. How on earth he sells anything I have no idea!

[ChocolateFrog]

Marginally better than the ads that have 5 paragraphs and not a single one is about the car.

[RobB_]

goldar said:

Just casually browsing and came across this ad:

TRULY STUNNING EXAMPLE OF THIS OUTSTANDING PRESTIGE ESTATE CAR FINISHED IN STUNNING TOPAZ BLUE METALLIC WITH BEAUTIFUL RED LEATHER INTERIOR. MASSIVE SPECIFICATION INCLUDES...

Honestly, why? What's wrong with just stating the facts? Why do I have to read through the endless drivel to understand what it is he's selling? Why is it all in caps?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134512716714?mkcid=16&a...

it's a scam seller and you're piking up on the marketing drivel

[530dTPhil]

This seller is one of many on eBay at the moment with classified ads at ridiculously cheap prices.
Take a look at the seller's other items.

Out of curiosity I contacted a different seller about a far too cheap classified advert and suddenly the seller was in Scotland and the car was in the Midlands. There was an expectation that I would buy it unseen and pay by PayPal or that a transport company would deliver it after I had paid a deposit.

All of these scammers seem to have the same style of advert text as the one referred to by the OP, just a solid block with no line breaks.

[Niponeoff]

A candidate for the bad parking thread too.

There's a bunch of escorts that come on for sale periodically that are clearly scams, I've been fairly successful getting them removed, always the same escorts too.

[goldar]

Regardless of whether it's a scam or not, it's besides the point. The style of ad with words such as stunning, example, outstanding, prestige, beautiful, etc. It's complete drivel. I want to know the spec. I really couldn't give a st about how many adjectives you can fit into a paragraph.

[skinnyman]

I personally don't like the ads that are just copy & pasted from somewhere, listing every single spec of the car, "power steering, electric windows, ABS" etc, usually on a very modern car, yes thankyou for listing specs that have been standard on every car for over 10yrs

[sixor8]

goldar said:

Regardless of whether it's a scam or not, it's besides the point. The style of ad with words such as stunning, example, outstanding, prestige, beautiful, etc. It's complete drivel. I want to know the spec. I really couldn't give a st about how many adjectives you can fit into a paragraph.

Is a scammer likely to be accurate? Obvious bait, it's worth double what the asking price is. That seller's account has been compromised, 166 vehicles, although it's a better effort than putting an email address in one of the photos. You could wind them up a bit for sport.

[Ryyy]

When I was looking a seller had put that its a great car and all the family love it if its that good and they love it so much then why don't they buy it then?

[bitchstewie]

I do wonder how some people manage to take photos so badly in 2023.

[J1mS]

£7k? Shouldn’t there be a 1 in front of that?

[Mr Squarekins]

Richtea1970 said:

Haven’t really got a problem with the ad in caps but I’ve got a massive problem with bright red leather in a blue car.
Who specced it originally, Stevie Wonder?

Superman?

[Niponeoff]

Mr Squarekins said:

Richtea1970 said:

Haven’t really got a problem with the ad in caps but I’ve got a massive problem with bright red leather in a blue car.
Who specced it originally, Stevie Wonder?

Superman?

The new M135i looks great in blue and I like BMW red leather.

Not right in a Merc though.

Disclaimer: no trolling intended or implied, apologies if my sense of humour offends.

[krisdelta]

ChocolateFrog said:

Marginally better than the ads that have 5 paragraphs and not a single one is about the car.

Dear god this, but I’ll wager they do it so the consumer has less chance of claiming they said x when it was y

[Riq]

J1mS said:

£7k? Shouldn’t there be a 1 in front of that?

Underpriced car in Birmingham.

It’s a scam.

[Niponeoff]

Riq said:

J1mS said:

£7k? Shouldn’t there be a 1 in front of that?

Underpriced car in Birmingham.

It’s a scam.

You do have to wonder who falls for it.

Disclaimer: no trolling intended or implied. Apologies if my sense of humour offends.

[530dTPhil]

530dTPhil said:

Out of curiosity I contacted a different seller about a far too cheap classified advert and suddenly the seller was in Scotland and the car was in the Midlands. There was an expectation that I would buy it unseen and pay by PayPal or that a transport company would deliver it after I had paid a deposit.

The same car is now advertised with exactly the same photographs and text by a different seller in Manchester!

[Niguy]

acme said:

It’s painful isn’t it. I’m looking for a winter shed & I didn’t realise how bad ads could be.

There’s a Mazda 6 on AT for 3949 where the ad states you must be brief on the phone, you mustn’t text or email as it isn’t monitored & no supplementary details of the car are available. How on earth he sells anything I have no idea!

A winter shed, in April?