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Buying a car when the seller is not the owner

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  • BeenThroughItAll
    BeenThroughItAll Posts: 5,018 Forumite
    EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »
    We are talking of a street trader here masquerading as a private seller. I have come across many with only 1 car to sell; they aren't Arnold Clarke you know and don't have the capital to tie up in several cars or anywhere to put them..

    Maybe, or they could be a perfectly innocent third party with nothing to hide, as I was a couple of months ago when I sold a VW Polo on behalf of an 80yo widow who I know through work.
  • EdGasketTheSecond
    EdGasketTheSecond Posts: 2,558 Forumite
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    Yeah well generally it is a bad idea but can work out OK; you just need to do more homework on the car's provenance.
  • BeenThroughItAll
    BeenThroughItAll Posts: 5,018 Forumite
    EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »
    Yeah well generally it is a bad idea but can work out OK; you just need to do more homework on the car's provenance.
    Agree completely, I just prefer to believe most people are basically trustworthy unless my investigations lead me to believe otherwise.
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
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    BeenThroughItAll wrote: »
    Agree completely, I just prefer to believe most people are basically trustworthy unless my investigations lead me to believe otherwise.

    When buying a second hand car?
  • BeenThroughItAll
    BeenThroughItAll Posts: 5,018 Forumite
    bigadaj wrote: »
    When buying a second hand car?

    Yeah. In the 100+ second hand cars I've bought, I've come across only a very tiny number of really dodgy people.
  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    The nation is awash with used cars going for peanuts. If you have the slightest suspicion, walk away.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
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