This is the genuine wording from a genuine advert on the Autotrader advertising a vehicle for sale, I won't give the make model year as that would lead you straight to the advertisement and could be seen as naming and shaming. The car is advertised at £1,499 by the way which is about £200 more than its worth.
'No best price No final price don't phone up and make an offer saying ah very high mileage too dear i have to travel very long way I'm not bothered where you live its not my problem best price for me my friend I'm not your friend I'm here to sell cars not pretend to be your friend in fact i probably wont even like you i just want your money and never see you again bring enough cash not your cousins brothers aunties uncles nephews sisters friends credit card details don't say all Ive got is £1450 please do it for me my friend again I'm not your friend why do i want to give you it cheaper i don't even know you you will be chased and have very long drive back to very long way away from where you've just come saying you cannot do that yes we can its our car we can. Was £1499 but too cheap so we put price up.Have a nice day. XXXX THE FRIENDLY PEOPLE. where we show we care for the personal touch £2,499.
Do these people ever sell any cars?
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I found the ad quite easily, and from there found the website of the trader. I think he's attempting to be funny rather than obnoxious and rude, but doesn't quite pull it off :) Here's an extract from another one of his cars...
"If you picked me up drunk in taxi on saturday night sunday morning with me greggs cheese pasties and a steak bake would you do it cheaper for me even if i say im your friend NO you would say oh i got family to feed im very poor when really you own the taxi office and nick me cheese pasties. And yes we know your cousin bought one cheaper from his uncle but do you know its a sin too lie because this is the cheapest one in the world apart from a few damaged UN ones in baghdad im not giving you discount for diesel because you live long way away you:ll probably be running on red or chip fat anyway"
I reckon from the sound of it, he probably ends up selling a lot of vehicles to dodgy taxi drivers and has a lot of grief as a result. Apart from an L-Reg merc going for 7K,most of his stock is verging on bangermonic
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If you've ever sold or tried to sell a car via autotrader then you may well feel a little sympathy for him.
The number of idiots/fools/plonkers etc that call can drive you round the twist. They offer fifty quid for a car advertised at 2 grand. One said to me he was coming up on the train to view it (he was in London and the 400 quid car was up here in East Yorkshire - as much as a return fare almost?).
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>Do these people ever sell any cars?>
Chapter and verse from the Sales Prevention Department at ACME Dealership Limited....
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Mmmmmm.
Would I buy a car from somebody whose vocabulary and spelling skills seem to be str8 frm txt fckwt spch?
I doubt it.
While we know that traders and estate agenst *spit* often fancify their wares, to write an advert like this is hardly appealing to the average punter.
Unls of crs e's a txt fckwt as wl?
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Txtbk mthd of getin rahnd swear filter: priceless.
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he probably ends up selling a lot of vehicles to dodgy taxi drivers and has a lot of grief as a result
When I offloaded my first taxi (Nissan Bluebird) one potential buyer asked me to take it round to him so he could see it. As it was only across town I agreed, and when I turned up at his house there were two other people there who'd been asked to do the same thing... The guy then came out and said to me he didn't like the colour of my car so I could go now!
A few of these and I think I'd word adverts like the OP too :-)
Edited by Webmaster on 21/09/2008 at 13:32
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I know exactly where the OP is coming from.
I had a car for sale that was perfect the minicab fleet near me. I advertised it at a fair price and would have accepted about 5% reduction from the asking price if it sold within a week or so. Two guys rang up, said they had seen the car in front of my house, had walked around it and wanted to buy it for the asking price. Could they have a drive? Why not, the car was in very good order.
They had a drive and said that the car had some scratches etc that meant they needed to do some body work before they could get the minicab plate. Offered a 25% reduction. I simply said no. They weedled and whinged 'my friend, my friend; you need to sell the car...' I just went inside and told them to go away unless they wanted it at the asking price. Ten minutes later they rand on the doorbell and gave me the full price in cash.
So, I can understand what the OP is concerned about and share his synical point of view. I still suffer this attitude when I offer property valuation services. People seem to forget that when they are buying a £1M building, they need to have a valuation and I am not going to think about their poor families if they can afford to buy a building for that amount.
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I feel sympathy for the seller, but I think he fancies himself as a latterday version of that London estate agent in the sixties who became famous for his comically honest descriptions of the flats he was selling, but about half as witty.
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Lot of it on e-bay, brightens u some dull adverts though !
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>>of that London estate agent in the sixties who became famous for his comicallyhonest descriptions of the flats he was selling but about half as witty.
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Brookes?
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