Selling my car but receive calls from companies who wanna seel it for me !

Micro

Ive put my car in the paper to sell it. I seem to be getting a few calls from companies that say that they have a purchaser ready for me. That they arrange the finance for the customer and that how they sell the vehicle for me. Its the old you give me £99 pound and we'll end the people around thing. There seems to be many different types of these companies. I've just listened to one give me the patter and I must admit I cant fault it. However I am still cautious. Any advice ? The lastest one to call me is vehcileworldservices - anyone had any dealings with them ?

hewhoisnotintheknow

ignore them total nonsense

unless they want paying after the transaction

if these services were any good there would be a webpage of adverts for cars people want, rather than the convetional method you are using

Inactive

You are right to be cautious, they are scam merchants generally, why should you pay them £99 up front with no guarantee of a sale?.:rolleyes:


They will very likely take your money and you will never hear from them again.

markelock

if you want, send the money to me. I'll do just as much for it.

nothing.

MX5huggy

Scam Scam Scam

qazitory

Yep I've had the scamming calls as well - just ignore them. It sounds tempting, but it's not real.

Micro

Thanks fokes - thought as much !! They're a pain in the ar** though eint they !!

mrtg0525

They are, and every time market conditions are getting a bit tougher they're back on the phone. One reason I'm not too keen about selling a vehicle via classified ads sites anymore as for some reason you seem to be getting less of that when you go via sites like ebay.

Mind you, the people how tend to email you "would you take (asking price / 3) in cash" (what else would I take? Kauri shell options?) more or less make up for that.

sarahg1969

Put them on hold while you go off and do the washing up.

markelock

sarahg1969 wrote: »

Put them on hold while you go off and do the washing up.

i like this one. however I was very dissapointed a couple of days ago when the other end hung up after only a minute. I felt like calling to complain!

tell them you'd sold it. or tell them an anecdotal story about the car, it's history, a day at the beach etc etc. how much value it would add, how they're paying for it, I'm sure they'll soon give up, then you get to laugh at them for free.

simpywimpy

I got caught with this one. Paid my money - nothing!!

Then I discovered MSE lol