Dodgy seller

Magic ]=)

Recent one. I saw a nice car advertised so I called and made an appointment. We've met in the city outside hotel. After test drive we agreed on the price. I asked about his ID to compare with the logbook that's where things got strange.
He didn't have any ID with him. So I offered to wait till he gets one from the house or follow him home. He didn't mind me coming to the house. House address is the same as the one on the log book. So we're sitting in the house waiting for him to show any form of identification. Only then he says that he left wallet with all the documents at work before Christmas and he won't get it back for another 3 days. You could have told me that in a car park. So next thing his wife comes back with her passport. She's not the owner although her surname matches owners surname on the log book. Close but not enough I need his id. He keeps on saying that he's the owner and acts like his word should be good enough for me. I want the car, it's great so I'm trying to give him every chance to convince me. I ask him about the facebook account. He doesn't have one. I even asked him to show me a photo of him and his wife he just rolled his eyes and frowned. I offered to wait few more days till he gets his documents back. In response he says that car will be probably gone by then and eventually I hear take it or leave it. At this stage I'm already outside the house ready to leave. And I did.
I pulled over small distance away from the house and opened facebook. He's not on it at least not under name from the log book. Wife is there... but married to someone else then I was talking to just a moment ago. Who was he ? Where's the owner and why they act as a couple ?
Not sure now if they were acting like a couple just my impression.

Been there before. Man was selling car registered in his brothers name. Again - I was invited to the house, documents were in order. I was told that I won't be meeting with the brother or at least the seller was trying everything to not make this meeting happen. Left and never looked back.

Seth Brundle

Report it to gardai.

NIMAN

Any links to the car in question, so others can avoid him?

mickdw

So they have access to address at which car is registered and womans surname is same as owner. Strange one. Maybe wife trying to sell husbands car after a breakup.

Seth Brundle

I'd let the gardai decide if it's worth pursuing or keeping on file but the short version is that two people tried to sell a car that wasn't in their name. One of them was pretending to be the registered owner.

SBPhoto

Walk away. If it doesn't seem right then it probably isn't Plenty of good cars out there with genuine sellers

Magic ]=)

I've reported ad to Donedeal and they took it down. Got email from them that they'are investigating. However that works I don't know.

I'm posting this to warn others. As I said before this isn't the first time I've come across sale like that.

I'll think about reporting this to gardai

Boater123

Does sound dodgy alright, like the registered owner wasn't present for some reason.

However just playing devils advocate here;

The registered owner may not be the legal owner, as it says at the bottom of log books (or used to anyway).

Magic ]=)

If we're to guess it could be as mentioned earlier:
1. They split up. She want's the money - he doesn't have cash so leaves her car. She's selling with help of a friend.
2. He owns money to the friend or someone else so gave up car. Someone else is selling
3. He's in prison can't sell in person.
4. He's abroad can't sell in person family needs cash.

The lad selling this car didn't come up with any of those stories - he was sticking to his version of being the owner but not willing to prove it.