Private purchase of vehicle worries

Nodding_Donkey

One question that springs to mind : Is it the real owner that is selling it?

treecol

There's an endless list of possibilities of what his reason for selling it is. After reading the terms of the HPI check, I think you can almost guarantee they'd wriggle out of any claim - as per a good deal of insurance companies.

root

Did you ask him why its so cheap an why he's not selling it to the dealer?

treecol

He said he didn't approach the dealer as they'd probably give him £3.5k less than he's asking. But you'd still check though, wouldn't you? Particularly as he's buying another HD from a dealer. He claims to have bought it from a dealer for £2k more than he's asking - but that is impossible. HD dealers are tightly regulated on the price they sell used bikes for.
Too suspicious all round.

Richard53

Harleys seem to attract dodgy types A colleague of mine likes his Harleys and found one at an absurdly low price on eBay. He agreed to buy and paid a deposit, and arranged to meet the guy at a motorway services to do the handover. (Yes, I know.) He got there a bit early, got a coffee and sat outside to wait. After a while he phoned the seller's number, no reply. Then he noticed that every table round him had a middle-aged guy with a goatee and leather waistcoat, drinking a coffee and trying to phone someone on a mobile.


He asked the nearest if he was waiting to pick up a bike and, you guessed it. He thinks there were about ten of them all in the same boat. Lesson learned, I hope.


I just can't see that happening over a Honda, for some reason.