bargaincars4u

rednick

recently brought a car from bargaincars4u seems all good, traded ours in, looked on their website to see how much they had put ours up for, and noticed in the write up, they had put false information, now worrying about the car we have just brought from them, has anybody had dealings with this company ?

LandyAndy

What exactly is false about their information?

Is it serious or trivial? Could it just be an error?

no_more_cards_for_me

anybloodybody wrote: »

Scandalous. My daughter paid £1500 of her hard earned cash to buy a car from bargaincars4u over the phone

Why on earth didn't you test drive it first ? Then this problem would of shown up. How can you buy a car over the phone !!

genuine_2

I just bought a car from this liar 5 days ago, I so wish i had searched his name and company before hand!

As in the previous posts, his initial behaviour was very nice.

I bought a £5k car and after returning home, a friend advised me to check the abs pump as he didn't think it would be working.

It's a long story, but I sent the car for an official diagnostics test which actually revealed my friends suspicions - failed abs unit - repair cost £1200!

I asked for a refund immediately, to which Mr. Faizal Gaffar Patel said "i'll see you in court!".

I spoke to trading standards who didn't seem surprised at me reporting his company or name, though they were reluctant to say anything else - most probably due to data protection act.

My advice - STAY AWAY!

somech

why on earth would anyone pay for a car they have only seen a picture of the seller must have a duty to repair/replace or refund if something go's wrong if it were me i'd be camping out at his car lot until its sorted,
get advice from the CAB if needed and good luck with this cowboy.

the moral of the story is please pay someone or take someone with you to inspect the car prior to purchase and never pay upfront for a second hand car you have never seen nor driven

genuine_2

Somech,

I actually test drove the car and it seemed fine!

However the abs failure did not show up on the dashboard, they probably played with the electronics - Faizal incidentally was telling me beforehand how we can get rid of the other lights too,, it's usually an electrical problem according to him - how sick is that!

he kept saying that selling cars was "...a left hand job...", implying that it is so easy, it seems it is a left hand job as he keeps lying and messing people up.

Stay away, you have been warned.

somech

hmm did the ABS light come on when the ignition was switched on ?
if the ecu detects a fault it will illuminate a warning lamp when driving he could have possibly removed the bulb but that would be an mot failure

genuine_2

somech,

no abs light showing up, hence i didnt know.

he probably did that - ie take the bulb out!

even when starting the car the light didnt come on.

somech

my god
i would hound trading standards, watchdog, cab until mr bent car dealer is exposed or i would most probably camp out on his forecourt till he pays up

anybloodybody

A local paper has printed a story about the Director, Faisal Gaffar Patel and his company Bargaincars4u . And the new company Auto Gear Cars Ltd. The new director is Rizvana Faizal Gaffar Patel. Autogear Cars Ltd
The paper is asking other customers to contact them on 020 8330 9532
Go to Streathamguardian.co.uk

The same family is also running another new operation in Walsall, East Midlands called Car Choices 4 u - Surprise, surprise...the Director of this company is also Rizvana Faisal Gaffar Patel. Trading Standards have already received complaints from them too.

The Patels are currently being investigated by Riley Moss Insolvency, who are collating information for the Insolvency Service. Contact Jonathan taylor on 0161 832 1438

andygb

There is far too much of this going on IMO, and if it continues, and the law does not protect innocent people, then the criminals will find themselves being "taken out".
There is an easy solution to all this.
I know that trading standards, BBC Watchdog and government organisations read these boards. If you are serious about fraud/crime against people who cannot afford the consequences, then deal with the criminals swiftly, otherwise the general public will take the law into their own hands.
I have thought about this before on a couple of occasions, but because it would mean me ending up behind bars, it was not worth it.
If it happened to me again, then I would not think twice about reprisals.