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For me it's poor pictures, especially on line. Was looking at motorhomes the other week, 2 dodgy blurred interior photos and no reference to make or model!
Barn find/dry stored when it actually means it's been sat in a field for the last 10 years. If it had been in a barn and kept dry it would be dust and not algae it's covered in!
Also I'm not a fan of "deposit inside 2 hours of auction end" type stuff, appreciate there are time wasters but I find a real red flag particularly on cheaper cars. Perhaps that's more about me and that if I I'm buying something I'm good to my word.
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2014 - Audi A6 Avant 3.0Tdi Quattro 1958 - Chevrolet Apache Panel Truck 1959 - Plymouth Custom Suburban 1952 - Chevrolet 2dr Hardtop 1985 - Ford Econoline E350 Quadravan 2009 - Ovlov V70 2.5T 1970 - Cortina Mk2 Estate 2007 - Fiat Ducato LWB 120Multijet 2014 - Honda Civic 2.2 CTDi ES
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Photos are a big one if sellers can't be bothered to take some decent snaps. I'd also say Nope to ads where the pictures are upside down too! I agree with the decent photo bit,but upside down is something else. If I use my iPad to write the advert ,( I don't have a pc,got sick and tired of viruses,malware protection that is just as malicious etc), and I view the advert,everything looks perfect as my iPad knows which way the photo is orientated. So,as far as I can see,it's perfect. You come along with your pc,and view the ad,and all of a sudden I am a plonker because the photo is rotated on your screen.....😂😂😂. The joys of things that are supposed to make our lives easier. 😁 The " One months MOT ,but it will fly through" , does my head in more than a rotated photo...😡
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paul99
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Grinds my gears too. Always suspicious of a car with <month MoT too, smacks of 'I put in early, and the fix it cost are twice the price I'm asking for this 'bargain'...' Don't mind this if they show a pic of the check sheet showing the items it failed on. Glad you can check MoT history on line now
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Ad states Private seller. He just happens to have 23 cars for sale
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"What's the best price mate ?? ...." Well - if I'm offering something for £500 - I'd love £600+ 👍🏽👍🏽. I always reply - the price I've iadvertised it at ! Strangely, they usually lose interest then ! I recently had a cheap one motor up for £500. Some tool just put £200 in his reply to the ad - nothing else ! Obviously I didn't even answer him (& sold said car a week later for full asking price). Not a fan of that either. I recently sold a Land Rover advertised at £1200 ono (Or Near Offer obviously) and wasn't really surprised how many silly responses I got. Within half an hour I had received a message simply stating '500 for jeep pal' which was unsurprisingly ignored, whilst others were at me thinking £700-800 was also a 'near offer'. Again it sold to a lad who paid the asking price without cocking about, and has since been in contact to tell me how pleased he is with the thing. Another good one I've seen recently on Facebook buy/sell/swop groups was in response to an Isuzu Trooper advertised at £700. Some wag popped up offering £350 Cash, to which the seller responded 'No Problem, and how will you be paying the rest?'. Classic.
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Oct 11, 2017 10:01:00 GMT
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'I bought this a few months ago to restore but a fuse has blown in my extension lead so you lucky people it's back up for sale'
(or words to that effect)
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Oct 11, 2017 10:01:30 GMT
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They own the car. The name is written on the back, in the manual, on the MOT, on the insurance docs, in the sales brochure, on the adverts, on the website, on the LCD display when it switches on, it's written on the plastic engine block cover, it's written on the hubcaps....
"P Reg 1996 Citreon Zantia ......."
I still can't imagine the mindset that can do that!
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Last Edit: Oct 11, 2017 10:02:17 GMT by 60six
Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Oct 11, 2017 10:57:26 GMT
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Ask a basic question about a "project" (does it start and run ?) and get the reply "come and have a look at it" - important to me as anything I bought needed to drive 200 yards from the road to the workshop around the back of the house - was not happy to make a 250 mile round trip ( to glasgow'ish) just to find the seller had removed the carb + plug leads !
Will be worth £15k when done ( guess he was lucky when he bought it for 500 a few months earlier ! )
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Oct 11, 2017 11:42:40 GMT
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I'd have to add idiots that put "Loading....." as the ad title. You're not original, not funny, and I will not click on your ad, therefore you're only shooting yourself in the foot. I haven't seen that. What does it mean?
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Oct 11, 2017 12:10:19 GMT
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anything that states East London as the sales location (despite being from Essex myself I always jump to the Delboy stereotype!)
Anything with no V5 (telling me I can apply for one, well yes I can, but so could you have done, so why not do it)
MOT but will fly through, again, why not get it done? i'm guilty myself of not being bothered on a 3rd spare old beater to fix whatever is wrong with it, but if I was selling it i'd just say it has no MOT and probably needs only X to fix it, but i don't know, nor can i be bothered to find out, hence why its up for £100...
Things advertised as 'genuine 1932 Ford hotrod' and then the description that tells you its a fibreglass body on a ford pop frame from the 50's, so not genuine, or 1932 lol, its ok if they are cheap but it annoys me so much that i refuse to follow up on the actual (probably half decent car) any further
When selling, the old 'whats the best price' well, I advertised at that price for a reason, if I'm going to accept an offer at least come and look at it first then give me a reason why you are lowballing me, over email with no viewing you aren't getting anywhere with that line of questioning!
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Oct 11, 2017 12:34:30 GMT
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For me one of the big things is highlighting things as selling points when they don't work.
A/C (needs regas) E/W (needs fuse) Sunroof (stuck closed) Alloy wheels (need refurb) Driver and passenger airbags (warning light on)
Mileage not shown in ads and instead, average mileage, or average of 10k per year, or some similar vague tosh. If it's 10 years old and it's done 150k, that's not 10k per year. The thing is I don't really give a toss if it has done 150k as long as it drives OK. I just expect the mileage to be reflected in the price.
I've sold cars with no MoT before but always spared people the "it will fly through" curse word. Usually they also had no tax or insurance so getting them tested wasn't worth the time, cost and bother to me. Generally I'd stick them on eBay and they sold for what they sold for. One I'm aware of did pass its test with no work needed and got punted on for a bit more. Ce la vie.
Also people selling cars with completely unrealistic selling prices.
I'm toying with buying a MKIV Golf as a dog transporter and project for me and my son to mess with. There are loads on ebay with a bit of test from about £400 up. Then you come across one that says 1999 VW Golf 1.6. Spares or repairs. £550. It's nowt special in the spec stakes, it's got no test, and the head gasket has blown. Condition and mileage look about typical other than that. To me, that's worth roughly scrap value, and then it'd be worth a punt. It is not worth more than running, driving tested cars of the same age.
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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taurus
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Oct 11, 2017 12:45:08 GMT
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Midas
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Instant 'NOPE' in car advertsMidas
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Oct 11, 2017 14:00:33 GMT
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With kit cars it's the ones that are still registered as a 1978 Mini saloon on the V5.
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Oct 11, 2017 14:21:05 GMT
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'Abandoned project, sick puppy forces reluctant sale...' Then in the background of the photos (or on another ad by the same seller...) you spy a nice and complete version of the car you are looking at. Strangely, the one you are looking at has had all the good bits swapped and cut off it and all the curse word broken bits from the other car are shoved in a busted box and thrown in the boot. I am sure that one time I got a car and then a year later bought parts from the same seller and those parts had originally come off of the car that I bought!... Sell the same car TWICE! Genius...
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ChasR
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Instant 'NOPE' in car advertsChasR
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Oct 11, 2017 16:26:59 GMT
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For me it is when people say it is in mint condition. Yet you see defects. I thought mint meant 'perfect'. If you have saggy suspension and a curse word interior, I am sorry, it's not mint fella.
The I am not a mechanic but the "EML light due to...." is on is a bugbear
As another poster said no V5 is always a tricky one and avoided by me.
However, I'll be honest, rust puts me off these days. If I see it in the adverts my attention has gone. If it's hidden in the pictures and not mentioned, yet when I see it on the car when I arrive I am gone. If the latter makes me a timewaster so be it.
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Instant 'NOPE' in car advertsMercdan68
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Oct 11, 2017 16:57:50 GMT
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Mint car all welding done So it’s not mint then??
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Fraud owners club member 1999 Jaguar s type 1993 ford escort
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Oct 11, 2017 23:44:13 GMT
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I'd have to add idiots that put "Loading....." as the ad title. You're not original, not funny, and I will not click on your ad, therefore you're only shooting yourself in the foot. I haven't seen that. What does it mean? Wouldn't you know it. Now that I've mentioned it, I can't find an example... It doesn't really mean anything. It was probably someone's witty way of advertising something back in the days of 56K modems when you used to have to wait a while to load pages that were pic heavy, but given the web has moved on, so should they.. Another one is people who have Wanted:----------- in the title and they're quite clearly selling, not buying. Another peeve (not so much a nope) is people who put parts in the cars or bike section.
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Last Edit: Oct 12, 2017 5:21:56 GMT by timmy201
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Just on the daft offers point from potential buyers, I sometimes have a bit of fun and if the offer text is particularly cheeky or I've had a number of them, I start replying with a higher number than advertised for a bit of fun
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1965 Mk1 Mini 1989 Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera Sport 2004 Audi A2 TDi 2007 Lotus Exige S 2011 Mini Cooper SD
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Literally just seen this:
"In good condition ... Runs and drives ... [more waffle until right at the end] ... Take note, engine knocks."
So thats not good condition running and driving then.
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