Caveat Emptor

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Mon 11 Apr 2005 17:08
Caveat Emptor - cdbr
Or something similar - means let the buyer beware. Just got back from the special BMW sale at Brighouse, got a bit of time on my hands so went to look out of interest, mainly at the 3 series.

However noticed an 02 525D auto estate, 42,000 miles - seemed to get no interest then at 13k someone in a suit next to me and under the rostrum started bidding, it went ding dong between him and a guy on the other side of the car all the way to £17k when the suit said no more. Car drives away and the buyer (private I guessed) wanders up to pay his £17,100 etc. Meanwhile some trader pals of the guy in the suit point out the pool of engine oil left behind - just as a a worker from BCA arrives with gravel to mop up the oil - almost as though they knew.

Feel sorry for the private man because the cars are sold as seen i.e no warranty. You get the impression from the hype and marketing that these are quality cars because it is an open BMW sale, but many of the cars had not been serviced for over two years, many three year old low/average mileage cars had three/four owners.

I know that walls have ears, but at this auction they must have had voices as well, and been bidding to the auctioneer, because quite a few of the cars were re-run around again!!
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