The "Standing me" phenomena!

dr.fuzzenstein

O.A.P wrote: »

I dont like the "readvertized due to timewaster" on some ads. To my mind it makes it sound like the seller is already p---ed off and is lightly to fly off the handle if I find something wrong with his car or what ever he is selling.

I absolutely love those!
He probably had it advertised for some outrageous prize and ended up on the Dreamer thread. Then had avalanche of people calling him and taking the piss, so re-advertised.
That person will probably do through life steaming at why everyone's taking the piss out of him.
It's funnier to know that the whole world is getting the joke, except him.
The system works!

Pre-empting hassle by adding "No time wasters, tire kickers, window lickers, dreamers, test pilots, no offers over the phone, texts, private numbers", etc... does absolutely nothing whatsoever, all the above will still call, but someone like me who might be interested will say "If he's got THAT attitude before I even spoke to him, I won't bother"
Because, as you point out, the guy will probably be a dickhead and if something's not right, will most likely tell you to get effed.

blue5000

Timmaay wrote: »

Hmm heres an idea for the likes of Donedeal etc, have a search filter which removes any ads with the following words:

stands me
fully loaded
every extra possible
absolute miser on diesel/petrol

Feel free to add to this list ha! When I see a description with a load of rubbish like the above I just click back, the odds are the seller is an utter idiot flogging off some sort of lemon.

time wasters
mint
no private numbers

Vertakill

blue5000 wrote: »

time wasters
mint
no private numbers

I always imagine a call centre full of these so-called 'timewasters' with their phones in their hands dialling the number in the advert and as they read the last line of the advert that says 'No timewasters' ... they sigh and put the phone down..

It's so stupid ... it's not like a timewaster even knows he/she is a timewaster to begin with!

mackeire

ive been looking for a cheap run around over the last few days. the amount of adds with something like 1 previous owner, lady owner is unreal. i used to work in a garage as a salesman and have the garage code for doing the carchecks. 1 car i checked earlier said 2 previous owners in the ad but wen i checked it had 9 previous owners!! thats 10 owners altogether!!

another lad i rang up and asked him could i get my mechanic to look at the car and he shouted "NO MECHANIC WILL SEE THIS CAR" and hung up.
i thought it was a reasonable requeast!

Henry Ford III

"All electric" seems to mean central locking, and power windows. What about heated and powered seats, power sunroof, heated and powered mirrors etc?

For Forks Sake

mackeire wrote: »

he shouted "NO MECHANIC WILL SEE THIS CAR" and hung up.

Anyone else read that in a thick German accent? Just me then....

For Forks Sake

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2936593

"Needs nothing for NCT, I just don't have the time" ****s sake, it's about an hour, tops including waiting and then you can put 'new nct' in your ad and add a couple of hundred to your asking price.

Also, "What have you got" is getting ever more popular amongst those who've realised that their heap of poorly modified scrap is of no monetary value and perhaps they can barter it away instead: http://cars.donedeal.ie/find/cars/for-sale/Ireland/what%20have%20you%20got?filter%28mileage_metric%29=Miles&source=all

johnos1984

Bought This Car Of A Granny

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2798254

daithi1970

When I see a car being described as "clean" I would avoid-If that's all they can come up with as a selling point....

daithi

Seth Brundle

Henry Ford III wrote: »

"All electric" seems to mean central locking, and power windows. What about heated and powered seats, power sunroof, heated and powered mirrors etc?

This is Ireland where bog standard is par for the course. Here all electric simply refers to the fact that there is a radio present!

johndaman66

Nforce wrote: »

Mint Condition.

Despite the fact that its got ugly sideskirts and painted a garish green colour and a few pretty nasty dents...would Nissan really let it leave the factory like that.

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Also, "What have you got" is getting ever more popular amongst those who've realised that their heap of poorly modified scrap is of no monetary value and perhaps they can barter it away instead

I'm somewhat bemused when guys mention no swaps or cash sales only on adverts.ie. When somebody replies to their ad offering their car as a swap they go on to show an interest.

Also a wee bit bemused when when fellas mention that there are 90k miles on the car despite the fact that a snap of the instrument panel shows a mileage of 96,820 miles. Makes me wonder how accurate they'd be about last service, timing belt belt or what the tyres are really like etc.

dgt

"xxx,xxx genuine miles"

Arse :pac:

Bandara

Cant wait till the Estate Agents start using it !

"we are delighted to bring to the market this lovely 1 bed dogbox in Donnybrook north by northwest west central (tallaght) stands the owner €650,000, asking offers of forty grand, a pack of monster munch and a big hug"

johndaman66

And just because driving cars into lakes, rivers and streams in Donegal is now getting a little bit long in the tooth, see link for the seemingly latest craze up there:eek:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2939646

:rolleyes:

dr.fuzzenstein

johndaman66 wrote: »

And just because driving cars into lakes, rivers and streams in Donegal is now getting a little bit long in the tooth, see link for the seemingly latest craze up there:eek:

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2939646

:rolleyes:

:eek:
This belongs on the "Biggest Shed" thread!

Notch000

what does my head in is....

NEED GONE &
Im only testing the water....

and this guy takes the piss altogether, "dont come down talking s**T"
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715
who would want to deal with someone like that ?

finally if i see any mention of tags like - twin cam, vtec, evo etc
Next add

Or anything with bold donegal plates are instantly blacklisted too, but that just a personal gripe

Notch000

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715

just noticed he cant sell the AMG alloys as he only has two, one front right & one for back left. Just like Sabastioan loeb did for the mone carlo rally, a cross over of slicks and spikes. can cause questionable handling

dr.fuzzenstein

Notch000 wrote: »

and this guy takes the piss altogether, "dont come down talking s**T"
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715
who would want to deal with someone like that ?

Ah, this ad ticks a lot of boxes, the sh*t bit and of course "NO MORE OFFERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" made me giggle, but what really gets me is"NO MORE PEOPLE RINGING ABOUT THE WHEELS", why take pictures of the car with scrap wheel on it? WHY??!!! AND then complain about it! Nitwit!
The blurry pictures taken in absolute darkness are just the cherry on top, that ad gave me quite a giggle.

Another thing is "VW, BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Renault, Lada, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Porsche, Tata, Skoda, etc..." in the description, which is it? If I want to buy a Focus, I won't consider your souped up piece of sh*t whatever it is, you've annoyed me and my chances of me buying it of you have now fallen below zero.

Stoolbend

"Motorway Miles"

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2932128

How much motorway had we in 99?

Kevvv

Notch000 wrote: »

and this guy takes the piss altogether, "dont come down talking s**T"
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715
who would want to deal with someone like that ?

"NO EXSPENSE SPAIRED"

Does that make you feel any better?

For Forks Sake

Someone fights back against the idiots http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2791089

Rally rallycar golf 106 drift drifting hot hatch are all search words which have no connection with this car

stevie_b

'Genuine reason for sale' and 'First to see will buy' are my favourites....... really puts my mind at ease to know its a genuine sale when i'm rushing to the bank to withdraw cash so i can get to see it first

no1beemerfan

Notch000 wrote: »

......and this guy takes the piss altogether, "dont come down talking s**T"
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715
who would want to deal with someone like that ?......

That seller sounds like a fcuking idiot. Must be a nice guy to be around.

For Forks Sake

"NEED GONE" :rolleyes:

johnos1984

This price this week only

For Forks Sake

johnos1984 wrote: »

This price this week only

Ad last updated 42 days ago.

johnos1984

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Ad last updated 42 days ago.

Forgot that bit

Sobanek

veri clin car, will fly through nct, miser on petrol/diesel

Timmaay

Notch000 wrote: »

and this guy takes the piss altogether, "dont come down talking s**T"
http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2849715
who would want to deal with someone like that ?

Actually in that ad is another pet hate of mine on Donedeal, the seller refuses to put a name of any sort in, instead they just have Passat or some generic word as such. Maybe they are so ashamed of the Lemon that they are selling they wont even put their 1st name up :pac:

dr.fuzzenstein

For Forks Sake wrote: »

"NEED GONE" :rolleyes:

Low price, quick sale needed!
(Ad usually found in the dreamers thread)