Cargiant question

maynooth_rules

Hi,

I'm travelling over to London with the intention of buying a motor from Cargiant. I know a few here have had experience with them, my concern is payment. There is a car I want but obviously I know it may be gone so have to have other options open. Clearly I want to get the car and get back to the port in one day. They have informed me that I can pay cash (which I'm not completely comfortable with) or a sterling bank draft. Issue is I can't really bring a sterling bank draft to a set amount as the few cars I'm looking at are all different prices. What payment options did others take up?

CiboC

I bought a car from them a few years ago and was choosing between 3 or 4 on the site. I brought a draft to a certain amount and a lump of cash to top that up depending on what I picked in the end.

An issue arose with an oil pressure senor in the pre-sale service and I had to hang around quite a bit as they had to get the part from a dealer, I ended up missing the ferry that evening and having to stay in some motorway hotel. Although at least they insisted that it had to be fixed before I drove away, they offered to cancel the sale when time began to drag but I had already made up my mind so waited it out.

Atlantic Dawn

With the price of cheap flights to London would it not be better to fly over, see the cars, put down a deposit, then head home and then bring a draft to pay for it on your return, it will also give you time to organise your insurance and book ferry.

CiniO

maynooth_rules wrote: »

Hi,

I'm travelling over to London with the intention of buying a motor from Cargiant. I know a few here have had experience with them, my concern is payment. There is a car I want but obviously I know it may be gone so have to have other options open. Clearly I want to get the car and get back to the port in one day. They have informed me that I can pay cash (which I'm not completely comfortable with) or a sterling bank draft. Issue is I can't really bring a sterling bank draft to a set amount as the few cars I'm looking at are all different prices. What payment options did others take up?

Same as CiboC.
If you are not comfortable to bring big amount of cash, just get a draft for minimum price (the cheapest car you think you might take) and take smaller amount of cash to pay the difference, if you take more expensive cash.

I've done it that way.
I'd go for cash only, but I wasn't able to get cash sterling at good rate at that time, and they (cargiant) also used to put some surcharge if you pay big amount in cash (I don't know if they still do it).

CiniO

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

With the price of cheap flights to London would it not be better to fly over, see the cars, put down a deposit, then head home and then bring a draft to pay for it on your return, it will also give you time to organise your insurance and book ferry.

That's 2 extra flights, two extra transport needs from airport to cargiant (f.e. bus and tube or taxi), and extra day of your time.

I can hardly see it being worth it.

I would still probably come cheaper to get a draft for minimum amount and take cash to top up (or top up by credit card) and just go to the port and catch a next ferry instead of booking it in advance.
Insurance (if you have it already) surely can be switched over the phone onces you are there.

However I'm not sure what the situation is now there with a tax as rules changed, and I think it's impossible for them to tax a vehicle before you go to ferry port, so you either take a towing truck to bring you to ferry port (which is going to be very expensive) or just drive untaxed and take a risk.

maynooth_rules

If you decide not to buy on the day, can you return a bank draft to your bank?