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The Carco Blackburn
takethemon
Posts: 139 Forumite
Has anyone had any dealings with the above company, who sell cars from premises on Agate Street, Blackburn.
The premises were previously occupied by Northsmotors, who themselves have been discussed on the forum.
I went to look at a car there the other day and the site was sparsely stocked, despite their web site advertising 207 cars, Autotrader advertising 53 cars and Ebay advertising 158 cars for Carco.
They must be extremely gifted salesmen or would there be another explanation regarding the actual stock and that advertised?
Having had a look around I entered the offices to discuss a car that I was interested in. There was nobody behind the reception desk, just a male sat opposite the desk reading a magazine. I ventured further into the building where I came across a male on his mobile phone.
He had no knowledge of the cars and had difficulty locating the keys.
I asked him was he authorised to discuss prices and he said he was not. He walked to the rear of the building talking on his mobile phone.
After a few minutes wait I drove off.
I| have researched the internet and can find little in the way of reviews of this company.
https://www.thecarcouk1.co.uk/used-cars
The premises were previously occupied by Northsmotors, who themselves have been discussed on the forum.
I went to look at a car there the other day and the site was sparsely stocked, despite their web site advertising 207 cars, Autotrader advertising 53 cars and Ebay advertising 158 cars for Carco.
They must be extremely gifted salesmen or would there be another explanation regarding the actual stock and that advertised?
Having had a look around I entered the offices to discuss a car that I was interested in. There was nobody behind the reception desk, just a male sat opposite the desk reading a magazine. I ventured further into the building where I came across a male on his mobile phone.
He had no knowledge of the cars and had difficulty locating the keys.
I asked him was he authorised to discuss prices and he said he was not. He walked to the rear of the building talking on his mobile phone.
After a few minutes wait I drove off.
I| have researched the internet and can find little in the way of reviews of this company.
https://www.thecarcouk1.co.uk/used-cars
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Link didn't work for me.0
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If your initial visit was like this I would suggest finding a car elsewhere.
If they couldn't be bothered to even try to show you a car how disinterested will they be if you do buy one and have any issues?0 -
Yeah it's unlikely you can't find a similar car elsewhere, so consider yourself lucky you got ignored before handing over cash and go to a car dealer that'll at least talk to you.0
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Try NorthWestAutos.
I bought a 9 year old car from them around a month ago. They had fixed the previous advisories (rear trailing arm bushes), done the timing belt and waterpump kit and put a years mot on it. It failed the mot on a brake disc, I went down to pick it up and it had new discs and pads all round as well.
Very happy with them, although most of my contact was via internet and the phone, as they're a couple of hundred miles from me.0
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