Right Price Cars

handlemaster

Just a word of warning. I called in the other day for a test drive (airport branch). I noticed different colour paint under the bonnet and asked the guy working in the maintance section if it had been crashed. He had a look and No was the answer "there all like that". I asked the sales guy the same question and got the same answer the car hadn't been crashed. Found out afterwards that the car had been written off. So don't buy from these guys. There are too many garages to choose from. The car is still in stock on their web site today.

kasper

maybe when he said they were all like hat he meant they were all damaged and repaired

handlemaster

not at all. He exact words were. All these particular models have a different colour paint to protect it from rust.... at the end of the day if you ask a garage if a car has been damaged or crashed they are ment to tell you.

Following from National Consumer agency web site.

Following the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, 2007, this duty of care was further strengthened and from 1 May, 2007 it became an offence for anyone selling goods as part of a business to omit or conceal material information from a consumer. If the seller in this case did not tell you that the car was written off, they could be in breach of the Act and face prosecution by the National Consumer Agency.

L-M

handlemaster wrote: »

not at all. He exact words were. All these particular models have a different colour paint to protect it from rust.... at the end of the day if you ask a garage if a car has been damaged or crashed they are ment to tell you.

Following from National Consumer agency web site.

Following the enactment of the Consumer Protection Act, 2007, this duty of care was further strengthened and from 1 May, 2007 it became an offence for anyone selling goods as part of a business to omit or conceal material information from a consumer. If the seller in this case did not tell you that the car was written off, they could be in breach of the Act and face prosecution by the National Consumer Agency.

Ya they can tell you if they know, they can't tell you if they don't know! If it was repaired there then fair enough, if it wasn't repaired there they're well within their rights.

R.O.R

They aren't all damaged / repaired. They buy quite a bit of our ex. lease stock.

Well done on spotting it though.

handlemaster

Limerick Man. I'd say you have a point. But if you were running a garage for a few years would you buy a car and not know it was written off !!. Everyone know's to check the history its very simple and if you were in the business of buying a selling cars well it would be second nature.

L-M

handlemaster wrote: »

Limerick Man. I'd say you have a point. But if you were running a garage for a few years would you buy a car and not know it was written off !!. Everyone know's to check the history its very simple and if you were in the business of buying a selling cars well it would be second nature.

That's exactly it and I wouldn't touch something that was written off, but something can be repaired to a very high standard and it can be hard to tell!

Who told you it was written off? Or was it just crashed?

Max Power1

What car was it, if I may ask? (If you wish to divulge that info)

I was looking at a few cars on there. They had an Audi A6 auto a couple of weeks ago, seems sold now though.

Saab Ed

Limerick man wrote: »

Who told you it was written off? Or was it just crashed?

+1

handlemaster

insurance company. Bottom line it was written off. Make up your own minds. Just putting it out there. They might be the best garage in Ireland !

L-M

handlemaster wrote: »

insurance company. Bottom line it was written off. Make up your own minds. Just putting it out there. They might be the best garage in Ireland !

Written off to me is the car being rolled, the airbags coming out, or actually major damage to the car.

Sticking on a new bumper, bonnet and a light to me isn't written off and I'd still buy it as long as it was repaired right.

Are you sure it was actually written off? Because this "insurance company. Bottom line it was written off. Make up your own minds." doesn't make you sound too confident...

Max Power1

The OP saying "written off" could be a cat C on a less valuable car, doesnt necessarily mean the end of the world

Nonoperational

I think the point is the bs attitude of the staff. Different colour to protect against rust etc...

johnos1984

gpf101 wrote: »

I think the point is the bs attitude of the staff. Different colour to protect against rust etc...

Agreed. If I was fobbed off with such an excuse I would tell others as it really wouldn't inspire confidence in their service

COYW

Just had a sample of their poor work myself. Viewed and test drove a car this week, asking questions about anything and everything. Sales guy promised everything under the sun to me including getting the car put through the NCT if I bought it. No NCT on it yet. Didn't give any deposit and went off and did some searching and to say he was telling a few fibs is being polite.

Called on a few occasions to question the sales guy but keep getting that he is out on a test drive. They take my details but he never gets back to me.

Alanstrainor

Dodged the bullet there then.

Please don't drag up old threads though. No need.