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finding out more about car dealer

julie03
julie03 Posts: 1,096 Forumite
in Motoring
have seen a car on autotrader that i really like , thay have a website but no address and only a mobile number so i am a bit wary

dealer is http://www.berkshiremotors.co.uk/

how do i find out more about them or has anyone bought off them before

thanks

julie

Comments

  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    edited 15 February 2011 at 2:51PM
    Well the postcode on the website (SL1 3BD) is Warrington Avenue Slough which looks like a residential street on google.
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    try contacting the trading standards office at slough council and ask if they have had any complaints about them
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  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    edited 15 February 2011 at 3:18PM
    Berkshire Motors show as a "dissolved" company name according to Companies House.

    BERKSHIRE MOTORS LTD
    THE COACH HOUSE
    29 SILVER STREET CONGRESBURY
    BRISTOL
    SOMERSET
    BS49 5EY

    I reckon your Berkshire Motors be some benefits scrounger selling cars from his street, as a dodgy side "business".

    His email is khan8545(a)yahoo.co.uk, which tells me he's Asian, combined with the above = Do not touch with a bargepole.
    hartcjhart wrote: »
    try contacting the trading standards office at slough council and ask if they have had any complaints about them

    They don't exist, so trading standards will at best know them as a ghost company.
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  • dundeedoll_2
    dundeedoll_2 Posts: 1,199 Forumite
    edited 15 February 2011 at 6:36PM
    Strider590 wrote: »
    Berkshire Motors show as a "dissolved" company name according to Companies House.

    BERKSHIRE MOTORS LTD
    THE COACH HOUSE
    29 SILVER STREET CONGRESBURY
    BRISTOL
    SOMERSET
    BS49 5EY

    I reckon your Berkshire Motors be some benefits scrounger selling cars from his street, as a dodgy side "business".

    His email is khan8545(a)yahoo.co.uk, which tells me he's Asian, combined with the above = Do not touch with a bargepole.



    They don't exist, so trading standards will at best know them as a ghost company.

    And if the e-mail had been
    jock8545(a)yahoo.co.uk or paddy8545(a)yahoo.co.uk

    your advice would have been???????????



    It's also quite likely that it is not the same company as the dissolved Bristol company.

    Probably someone just deciding to call themselves Berkshire Motors (no Ltd!).


    Obviously you may well be totally correct in all your assumptions.....................I find your post very judgemental though!
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  • Exemplar
    Exemplar Posts: 1,612 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Seconded Strider590...
    'Just because its on the internet don't believe it 100%'. Abraham Lincoln.

    I have opinions, you have opinions. All of our opinions are valid whether they are based on fact or feeling. Respect other peoples opinions, stop forcing your opinions on other people and the world will be a happier place.
  • ROY47
    ROY47 Posts: 581 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Domain name:
    berkshiremotors.co.uk

    Registrant:
    berkshire motors

    Registrant type:
    UK Individual

    Registrant's address:
    12 Warrington Avenue
    Slough
    Berkshire
    SL1 3BD
    United Kingdom

    Relevant dates:
    Registered on: 31-Jan-2010
    Renewal date: 31-Jan-2012
    Last updated: 12-Nov-2010
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    julie03 wrote: »
    have seen a car on autotrader that i really like , thay have a website but no address and only a mobile number so i am a bit wary

    dealer is http://www.berkshiremotors.co.uk/

    how do i find out more about them or has anyone bought off them before

    thanks

    julie


    Would you buy a used car from here?

    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&rlz=1T4GGLL_en-GBGB325GB325&q=SL1+3BD&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Slough+SL1+3BD&gl=uk&ei=nP9aTavvN5KHhQfBkejJDQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
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