Car selling woes. Well, not really but it beaks the monotony

[renmure]

I forgot how much fun this was

"hello... is the car still for sale?"
"Which car did you mean specifically?"
"Ummm, the, errr... the Angus, Scotland car"
"Go away..."
"but we have a number of buyers looking for Angus Sco......"
!!Click!!

"Hi, aboot the Lotus. Hows the Lotus sae cheap, coz thir wuz a mair expensive ain a couple a weeks ago selt"
"Hmmm... I thought over 18k was quite a lot of money"
"well, it sorta puts me aff, like cuz thir must be sommat wrang wi it"
"ok, lets make it a round 20k"
"wud ya be interestid in a p/x wi a Supra... its on 19 inch allo ........"
!!Click!!

And.... a text!!!
>Hi M8, can you tell me more about the car please. Thanx. Sammy
>It is silver
>Ta M8. Think its 2 much for me. Sammy.

I mean... a text????
Ho hum.

[ed]

Have you put the price up to scare of the timewasters?!

[philthy]

I have stopped entertaining all one line emails and texts.
I have 6 or 7 pms on SELOC asking if it is still for sale then after I reply Yes- nothing...

Too many old men with nothing better to do.

[tut]

"Too many old men with nothing better to do."

Will wave as I pass you at KH next time.



tut

[renmure]

It's the same for buyers! I tried to do a deal with my Supra but the rude man hung up on me

Funny man

[Kev]

A mate at work has been trying to sell his shed of a scooby, well until his audi's turbo went. He got a text from someone wanting to swap, I quote:

P-reg escort 1.6si. 1 off bodykit we evo badboy bonnet and bootspoiler.
M3 Mirrors. delocked boot. twin headlights. black back lights. kn filter.
New exhaust and cat. Koni's. 18" black alloys. blue neons. tinted windows
white clocks. banana pod 3 gauges. vgc 1 years mot. 6months tax. would
you swap your subaru thats in paper

I'd love to see the we evo badboy bonnet and bootspoiler

[philthy]

"Too many old men with nothing better to do."

Will wave as I pass you at KH next time.



tut

Eh? Were you one of the timewasters who pm'ed me??

[gorrie]

Jim... they're not timewasters... thats banter. You should embrace it
A seasoned timewaster is someone who sends you lots of seemingly good questions...
Who gets you out on your hands & knees at night to take more photo's in the pishing rain...
Who gets you digging the paperwork out to find answers to questions about the COC & type approval.
Who confirms they are wanting to buy it and asks if you can help them work out the best way to get over from Belgium, with his wife, and back again.
Who you then spend about 3hrs on interweb checking out all the various Ferry options/prices back to Belguim ... and give a comprehensive list of intructions on which trains to catch from Prestwick, where to change, the prices, the timetables....
Who then goes quiet... and when pressed finally says that there was some surface rust on one of the wishbones you took a picture of about a week earlier and that it's not acceptable in Belgium, despite it being a 5-6yr old car.
Now, that's a seasoned timewaster... that's something we can aspire to...

[jj]

Jim... they're not timewasters... thats banter. You should embrace it
A seasoned timewaster is someone who sends you lots of seemingly good questions...
Who gets you out on your hands & knees at night to take more photo's in the pishing rain...
Who gets you digging the paperwork out to find answers to questions about the COC & type approval.
Who confirms they are wanting to buy it and asks if you can help them work out the best way to get over from Belgium, with his wife, and back again.
Who you then spend about 3hrs on interweb checking out all the various Ferry options/prices back to Belguim ... and give a comprehensive list of intructions on which trains to catch from Prestwick, where to change, the prices, the timetables....
Who then goes quiet... and when pressed finally says that there was some surface rust on one of the wishbones you took a picture of about a week earlier and that it's not acceptable in Belgium, despite it being a 5-6yr old car.
Now, that's a seasoned timewaster... that's something we can aspire to...

Ha, Phil had almost the same - days of emails, hunners of pictures, then "take a pic of underside" then "scan in all the documents" and - "can you hold the car for 6 weeks". The eventual reason for non-purchase was something daft as well.

Every car I have ever bought has been a phonecall, turn up and inspect, pay, leave. None of this hanging around taking forever nonsense.

[Jamie84]

I've had a px offer for a honda type R with "almost every upgrade possible + 19"s " . No thanks.

[GregR]

Jim... they're not timewasters... thats banter. You should embrace it
A seasoned timewaster is someone who sends you lots of seemingly good questions...
Who gets you out on your hands & knees at night to take more photo's in the pishing rain...
Who gets you digging the paperwork out to find answers to questions about the COC & type approval.
Who confirms they are wanting to buy it and asks if you can help them work out the best way to get over from Belgium, with his wife, and back again.
Who you then spend about 3hrs on interweb checking out all the various Ferry options/prices back to Belguim ... and give a comprehensive list of intructions on which trains to catch from Prestwick, where to change, the prices, the timetables....
Who then goes quiet... and when pressed finally says that there was some surface rust on one of the wishbones you took a picture of about a week earlier and that it's not acceptable in Belgium, despite it being a 5-6yr old car.
Now, that's a seasoned timewaster... that's something we can aspire to...

Pah! Think yourself lucky VXJon ain't been round

[Dominic]

Jim... they're not timewasters... thats banter. You should embrace it
A seasoned timewaster is someone who sends you lots of seemingly good questions...
Who gets you out on your hands & knees at night to take more photo's in the pishing rain...
Who gets you digging the paperwork out to find answers to questions about the COC & type approval.
Who confirms they are wanting to buy it and asks if you can help them work out the best way to get over from Belgium, with his wife, and back again.
Who you then spend about 3hrs on interweb checking out all the various Ferry options/prices back to Belguim ... and give a comprehensive list of intructions on which trains to catch from Prestwick, where to change, the prices, the timetables....
Who then goes quiet... and when pressed finally says that there was some surface rust on one of the wishbones you took a picture of about a week earlier and that it's not acceptable in Belgium, despite it being a 5-6yr old car.
Now, that's a seasoned timewaster... that's something we can aspire to...

Pah! Think yourself lucky VXJon ain't been round

[woody]

Jim... they're not timewasters... thats banter. You should embrace it
A seasoned timewaster is someone who sends you lots of seemingly good questions...
Who gets you out on your hands & knees at night to take more photo's in the pishing rain...
Who gets you digging the paperwork out to find answers to questions about the COC & type approval.
Who confirms they are wanting to buy it and asks if you can help them work out the best way to get over from Belgium, with his wife, and back again.
Who you then spend about 3hrs on interweb checking out all the various Ferry options/prices back to Belguim ... and give a comprehensive list of intructions on which trains to catch from Prestwick, where to change, the prices, the timetables....
Who then goes quiet... and when pressed finally says that there was some surface rust on one of the wishbones you took a picture of about a week earlier and that it's not acceptable in Belgium, despite it being a 5-6yr old car.
Now, that's a seasoned timewaster... that's something we can aspire to...

Pah! Think yourself lucky VXJon ain't been round

[dlogan]

I had the same stuff too with the 340R.

Photos of everything including the underside, and I loved how "most" Euro buyers tried to put the "problem" of geographic location on MY shoulders.......................also

"Umm, there is a mark near to the shock mount in picture 4, can you care to comment how that got there"

And

"There is a scuff on the undertray, can you comment how it got there"

On this basis I pay you £CRAP MONEY and you deliver to HULL. Err no ta.

These were markss on a extremely high resolution photgraph and I had to really scour the photos to track down the "marks". Most were shadows and dirt when I checked the car

I am glad a good guy got it.

[pete]

Mate's got his Megane Renaultsport for sale at the moment.

Last offer for a swap was a Peugot 206 HDi. With nitrous.

(He passed.)