new car internet site

lavidaloca

How do I know if this is a scam? I am looking to buy a new car and found one on an internet site for new cars and they have quoted me £600 under dealers best price. They say I pay the deposit to them by credit card and the balance to the dealer providing the car again by credit card. Their site and contact email states that I am covered under EU Distant Selling Directive and the Credit Consumer Act. Help?

chilli_dog

can you post the site so others can view or to see if anyone else has used them?

lavidaloca

newcitroendeals.co.uk

Astaroth

Their FAQ isnt written very well but seems to say that you pay both the deposit and balance to the car dealer.

Having looked at the site and their parent site low price cars I would have to say that I personally wouldnt be comfortable with them. They do not have a physical address on their site which they should do, there is no company registered with Companies House - it is most likely that they are a sole trader and so dont need to be registered but I am personally much more comfortable with dealing with Ltd companies.

Whilst it is true you should pay by credit cards where possible due to the extra protection they seem to point this out far too much - almost as if they expect you to have problems but dont want you to be stung for it. Also the following is taken from their "new supplier" page : "We only want to hear from reliable and trustworthy sources though - we will check into your business - so don't bother contacting us if you don't fit this description!" It really doesnt seem either professional nor something that should need being stated.

To me it seems like the site is either made by a couple of people who have little business/ technical knowledge and has setup something that may be a good idea on a shoe string budget. Alternatively it is the same people who are trying to pull a scam

Poppycat

The site doesn't appear to have any privacy policy either and the domain name is registered to a (be back in a sec pc is playing up)

The number is a Galashiels, Selkirk and domain name is


newcitroendeals.co.uk

195.224.48.67

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xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
melrose
scottish borders
TD6 xxxxxxx
GB

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Created: 22-Apr-2004
Updated: 20-Apr-2006
Expires: 22-Apr-2008
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payless

google the phone No.

Astaroth

What is interesting about the google results? (plus why do you want to push traffic to google rather than saying what you found that was interesting?)