Done deal ad

Could you post a link to the fraudulent advert please?

Because the dealer wants to low ball as well.Could it be a partnership between the two guys?

It is suspicious that the first intended buyer went out of his way to pay for a false advert on DoneDeal just to screw up your sale.

Then suddenly some other dude who happens to be a car dealer comes along and low balls you…while specifically mentioning the false advert and using it as a bargaining chip. I think you may be right, these two could be in cahoots and are trying to pull a fast one on you.

My advice. Report the false advert and try to get it taken down. Try to figure out what the realistic valuation of your car is and stick to your guns until you get it, and tell these two chancers to 'sling their hooks'.

As regards getting a realistic valuation on your car,

Check out other similar cars on DoneDeal, Adverts, Carzone, Facebook etc. to get a rough ball park and maybe even post your car here (link your DD advert) as some of the posters on boards have extensive motoring industry knowledge and should be able to give you an honest steer.

PS. There's nothing stopping you from getting your own motor history check done and publishing it as part of the advert, just to put would-be buyers minds at ease. Its not uncommon to see it done especially for more valuable cars in adverts.

I went and had a look at it on DoneDeal and the conversation isn't exactly a good look for either of you, I don't think I'd be dealing with you either from the way you interacted with the other person.

Can you put the motor history report on your ad to show that it isn't an insurance write off. Your texts don't make it really clear as just because a car is "driving perfectly" as you said it could still be technically down as a write off. Any potential buyer would want complete peace of mind.

Even the free checker has "27 important records" on this, doesn't mean negative but not great for a 2019 car, would lead to believe that it was in some sort of crash. I'm not paying for a report just to check.

OP having looked at the ad as well with the messages, you never actually say that you have proof it wasn't written off. You just say it's driving fine. And cars can seem fine but be an economic write off, as it it would cost more than the car is worth according the insurance to fix it so they have written it off. You can still choose to repair it yourself & insure it, but it doesn't mean it won't show up as a write off. On Done Deal you can pay for the Greenlight check that is then put on your ad that shows all that history & information and you can point to that when selling it. Otherwise if it's showing up on cartell or other reports that people will naturally do before buying privately, you're going to continue to have problems.

OP, I think you have been given good advice by the two previous posters. Try to get that fake advert taken down and pay for a full motor check yourself and publish it in your advert. Job done.

If there are no problems with your car, €7k seems like great value.

If it has problems you would be best to highlight them upfront…otherwise prepare for no end of grief.

This is all sounding very far fetched, your message to them said "ur choice, don't say you weren't warned" this is fairly threatening language.

Anyway if true, hope it all works out, just sell it to the dealer, they won't really care about a fake DoneDeal ad, they're just trying to get a better price.

My thoughts too. Nobody should be sending videos like this as part of an exchange for the purchase of a car. An awful situation to be in.

I wonder if these guys are affiliated with the illegal roadside signs offering to buy cars. Offer one price and then look to get it for far less?

I don't see that ad on DD anymore so presumably they've removed it, they're normally fairly quick actioning stuff like that. Presumably you can now work away with the genuine buyer.

You've priced that car very competitively so shouldn't be any problems selling it if they start messing around, presumably they won't if they've a deposit down.

100% follow up with the Gardai on the criminal harassment and threats, make a formal statement and give them all the evidence you have if not done so already, get your PULSE reference number from them. I'd forget about any civil slander stuff for now TBH.

Good luck with sale and I hope it all works out for you.

Maybe read the OP, Gardai are involved. All very believable given some of the nut jobs out there.