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Car ads that put me straight off...
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19-06-2011 12:38pm#1I've been trawling around private ads on Donedeal lately and some of the photos and descriptions that really get on my nerves and I just ignore feature the following:
Car placed on grass or at a beach for sale - Just looks sloppy and you get the impression the sump has been driven over raw gravel for the majority of its life.
Number plate blanked out with a piece of paper or plastic bag - Real real amateurish, if your going to blank it out at least learn how to use Microsoft Paint.
No interior shots - You can put up 10 photos for your €3, if you can't open the door and take photos it's either a wreck inside or your trying to sell your neighbours car
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Dodgy quality photos - If your camera phone or camera can't take a decent photo get a lend of one that can. Never take photos at night, even if you work the night shift you must get some access to 15 minutes of daylight during the week.
Multiple cars advertised in the same advert - If your advertising budget for your vast fleet of vehicles doesn't extend beyond €3 for the lot I don't believe the maintenance, history and quality of the cars will be up to much.
Interiors scattered with rubbish - When taking your interior photos the car should be clear of everything besides what the car came with from new, this includes packets of John Player Blue, cans of empty Dutch Gold, Baby Seats and your 5 a side teams training gear.
No mention of mileage or NCT - These details are the basics any potential purchaser wants to know and no mention of them indicates it's a dodgy sale.
"Will fly through NCT" - The NCT costs a budget shattering €50 and takes less than 30minutes, if you are honestly telling me your car is in perfect condition and you simply don't have the time to put it through you really are taking me for a fool.
Illegal number plates - Anything bare your run of the mill standard plate rightly or wrongly gives me the impression the driver is a bit of a tool.
Lexus lights - If the car was meant to have Lexus lights it would have been fitted with them for new, I wouldn't put them as any kind of bonus in the ad.
Rally style dirt attached - Could you at least give the car through your annual €5 wash at your local petrol station prior to taking photos of it.
What puts you off?3
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Atlantic Dawn wrote: »I've been trawling around private ads on Donedeal lately and some of the photos and descriptions that really get on my nerves and I just ignore feature the following:
Car placed on grass or at a beach for sale - Just looks sloppy and you get the impression the sump has been driven over raw gravel for the majority of its life.
Number plate blanked out with a piece of paper or plastic bag - Real real amateurish, if your going to blank it out at least learn how to use Microsoft Paint.
No interior shots - You can put up 10 photos for your €3, if you can't open the door and take photos it's either a wreck inside or your trying to sell your neighbours car.
Dodgy quality photos - If your camera phone or camera can't take a decent photo get a lend of one that can. Never take photos at night, even if you work the night shift you must get some access to 15 minutes of daylight during the week.
Multiple cars advertised in the same advert - If your advertising budget for your vast fleet of vehicles doesn't extend beyond €3 for the lot I don't believe the maintenance, history and quality of the cars will be up to much.
Interiors scattered with rubbish - When taking your interior photos the car should be clear of everything besides what the car came with from new, this includes packets of John Player Blue, cans of empty Dutch Gold, Baby Seats and your 5 a side teams training gear.
No mention of mileage or NCT - These details are the basics any potential purchaser wants to know and no mention of them indicates it's a dodgy sale.
"Will fly through NCT" - The NCT costs a budget shattering €50 and takes less than 30minutes, if you are honestly telling me your car is in perfect condition and you simply don't have the time to put it through you really are taking me for a fool.
Illegal number plates - Anything bare your run of the mill standard plate rightly or wrongly gives me the impression the driver is a bit of a tool.
Lexus lights - If the car was meant to have Lexus lights it would have been fitted with them for new, I wouldn't put them as any kind of bonus in the ad.
Rally style dirt attached - Could you atleast give the car through your annual €5 wash at your local petrol station prior to taking photos of it.
What puts you off?
Private sellers in general to be honest.... you just never know and its so easy for them to lie about something wrong with the car that mechanic wouldnt find.
also ... "ooh i only have one key for the car"
right... i got a car from a dealer on friday and he gave me 3 keys for my car... why do you only have one ?
are you gonna follow me home and find my address and take your car back with the key ?
or sell the key to some dodgy fcuk ?
a proper reliable dealer seems the better option.
also warranties !!
nothing with a private seller and no come back at all like.
sorry i just dont trust them.
with regards to NCT ... my car did it last month and it was the dealer who did it himself and it passed not a bother.. so i agree with you op when you say why not did the NCT before selling and plus you'll get a bit more money for it !
private sellers meeting up in a location thats not their address ... why ? got something to hide ? dont want us to know where you live cos your selling a dodgy piece of **** that will always breakdown and dont want us knocking on your door ready to kill you ?0 -
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robbie_998 wrote: »Private sellers in general to be honest.... you just never know and its so easy for them to lie about something wrong with the car that mechanic wouldnt find.
also ... "ooh i only have one key for the car"
right... i got a car from a dealer on friday and he gave me 3 keys for my car... why do you only have one ?
are you gonna follow me home and find my address and take your car back with the key ?
or sell the key to some dodgy fcuk ?
a proper reliable dealer seems the better option.
also warranties !!
nothing with a private seller and no come back at all like.
sorry i just dont trust them.
with regards to NCT ... my car did it last month and it was the dealer who did it himself and it passed not a bother.. so i agree with you op when you say why not did the NCT before selling and plus you'll get a bit more money for it !
private sellers meeting up in a location thats not their address ... why ? got something to hide ? dont want us to know where you live cos your selling a dodgy piece of **** that will always breakdown and dont want us knocking on your door ready to kill you ?
TBH i have bought 9 cars. 5 private and 4 from dealers , and the only times i had hasle was from 2 of the dealers, just because you buy from dealers doesnt mean you have any comeback in the slightest even when they give you a warranty . and also i have sold 8 cars privately , never tried to F*** anyone over but i would not welcome them to my house i would meet them in a public place , as said i dont want them coming back to me , you dont know what kind of psycho you could be dealing with . i only have one key for my car because i only got one when i bought it , not because im out to rob you . and generally cars that are sitting on a forecourt for a year or two not being driven are far more likely to have issues than cars being driven every day
seriously have you had a very bad experience in the past buying privately or is it unfounded bias ???
as for pet hates ,
ads without pics
POA , (that drives me nuts , if you want to sell it give me the bloody price)
no interior pics
number plate blocked out
lads purely lieing about what there car is like this guy , http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2067809
ads on grass or sand
ads that only have a pic of the front or side and noe from an angle
blurry or very dark pics
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SpannerMonkey wrote: »seriously have you had a very bad experience in the past buying privately or is it unfounded bias ???
Yes... My dads vectra has nothing but problems since he got it off a private seller in the dundrum area
He was a sneaky fecker too... ok fair enough he did it at his own address but we never went back to him or anything cos he would just say go away like.
But he hid one of the seat belt sockets under the seat cos it was broken and missing a cover and he didn't want us to see it.
only one key... no nothing was tried but still... nice to have a back up
when we put it through the NCT later that year it failed on quite a few things like alignment and emissions
last year timing belt and water pump changed ... head gasket too
He also disconnected one of the windows and told us " oh you just need to plug it in " we did... and it worked but the window keeps falling off the rail ... about 4 mechanics had a go at it and couldnt figure it out so we just disconnected it for good.
We asked him very clearly is everything working ok.
a week later the car developed electrical problems with indicators and what not.
really was just a bad buy to be honest but the guy lied through his nose about a lot of things like.
Myself.. bought a car from a dealer and its perfect. One of a more reliable dealers in dublin too and i had a mechanic look over my car he can not fault it in any way what so ever ... other than a slight scratch and a slight bump... but no major damage in any way... just looks but even then its perfect and barely noticeable at all.
my mechanic is absolutely satisfied my car will run for miles and years to come and wants it himself ! and bearing in mind this is not a hired mechanic ... its a good friend of mine so its 100% safe.0 -
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Our man in Havana wrote: »You complain about only getting 1 key. Do you not realise that keys do get lost over the years. I think in 20 years of buying used cars I have only ever received 1 key with most of them. Was I ever worried? Hell no! Who is going to steal back a 15 year old car worth a few hundred at most?
I think you need to get over yourself.
No offence, but that's probably one of the dumbest things I've read on motors.
Any car I've bought has had at least two keys. Keys do get lost over the years, but you replace them as and when that happend. Far easier than having to replace ignition barrels and door locks when the last surviving key disappears.
As for why someone would want to steal a car back worth a few hundred, well the answer's in the question: because it's worth a few hundred 0 -
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skyhighflyer wrote: »No offence, but that's probably one of the dumbest things I've read on motors.
Any car I've bought has had at least two keys. Keys do get lost over the years, but you replace them as and when that happend. Far easier than having to replace ignition barrels and door locks when the last surviving key disappears.
As for why someone would want to steal a car back worth a few hundred, well the answer's in the question: because it's worth a few hundred
People who look after their cars buy a second or third key if they lose one. But not everybody does, as you seem to think. Look at the way cars are cared for in this country by a lot of people.....if they won't spend the money on servicing a car on time, do you really think they will fork out for a new key which could cost €100, when they have another one sitting in a drawer at home?0 -
skyhighflyer wrote: »No offence, but that's probably one of the dumbest things I've read on motors.
Any car I've bought has had at least two keys. Keys do get lost over the years, but you replace them as and when that happend. Far easier than having to replace ignition barrels and door locks when the last surviving key disappears.
As for why someone would want to steal a car back worth a few hundred, well the answer's in the question: because it's worth a few hundred
I got 2 keys with my car. 1 for the door. 1 for the ignition. Why pay €100(guessing) for a new key when the car is only worth €200 or so.0 -
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Why do I get the impression that I wouldn't even get as far as calling about one of your ads?;)
I never have any issues when it comes to selling a car simply because i am straight with buyers, but i'm fairly quick to spot someone thats wasting my time !! I have very low tolerance when it comes to dealing with people that are'nt straight with me
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robbie_998 wrote: »hard to say without seeing the car and doing the regular checks a mechanic would.
i thought it was a legal requirement ?
ya right :rolleyes:
as for the way the car was advertised , thats the kind of seller id be after if i was buying a car , the guy obviously looks after the car , i would say its a bmw E46 320d or cd , well serviced obviously by someone who was into the car , in a good way . ie the ad says all the right things to warrant me going to have a look. but i still would have a close look around it 0 -
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SpannerMonkey wrote: »ya right :rolleyes:
as for the way the car was advertised , thats the kind of seller id be after if i was buying a car , the guy obviously looks after the car , i would say its a bmw E46 320d or cd , well serviced obviously by someone who was into the car , in a good way . ie the ad says all the right things to warrant me going to have a look. but i still would have a close look around it
I'd agree Robbie but hers the kicker, that car only has 1 key.,,,,0 -
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Dont understand why people are going on about the second key issue??! If i was looking at a buying a used car that was in great condition, service history, long nct & a good price i couldn't give a toss if it had a second key or not.
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I agree, some people are just too precious.fonecrusher1 wrote: »Dont understand why people are going on about the second key issue??! If i was looking at a buying a used car that was in great condition, service history, long nct & a good price i couldn't give a toss if it had a second key or not.
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It's not a deal-breaker, but it would have to be replaced. As I said earlier, losing the only key to your car has the potential to be a real nightmare.fonecrusher1 wrote: »Dont understand why people are going on about the second key issue??! If i was looking at a buying a used car that was in great condition, service history, long nct & a good price i couldn't give a toss if it had a second key or not.
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