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Is this used car company legit? - or too good to be true...

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  • Arklight wrote: »
    This is what they claim to be their team and office:

    img_4770_n.jpg

    This is their business address, 25 Simplemarsh Road.

    https://goo.gl/maps/a8YFR2CvAUZKfPD49

    Unless they have a large extension out the back I would suggest they aren't being entirely honest.

    Thanks! It does look like a stock image. I did take a look at the address and yes its a tad residential, but that is where the company is registered. Didn't know if they had a garage elsewhere. Thanks for your help! :beer:
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    Do a reverse image search for that pic. It's on quite a few very similar-looking used car websites, and seems to originate from...
    https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/blrbi_02111524
    2016 Belgian news article about a (genuine) web car outfit.
  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
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    It’s real, I know someone who has purchased through them, received car it’s all ok.

    They are also Listed on companies house. Have you ordered from them? How was their service to
    You?

    And what about all the others that have been scammed?
  • DUTR
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    nebuchan wrote: »
    Thanks all for your replies!
    At least now if you google search for them, this thread comes up, so hopefully warn other potential buyers!

    Is there anyway i can report this? - keen for someone else to not get too excited about deals too good to be true like we nearly were!

    Just buy a car elsewhere, you don't have to alert for anybody else, they can adopt their own vigilance.
  • Newbie just registered to post about how good the firm is. Beware.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,492 Forumite
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    edited 9 September 2019 at 8:43PM
    Their accounts do not look like those of a thriving motor sales business - in particular their lack of assets suggests that they do not own the cars they are selling, even though their FAQs imply that they do.

    Based on the information in this thread, I'd be very cautious.
  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,467 Forumite
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    It’s real, I know someone who has purchased through them, received car it’s all ok.

    They are also Listed on companies house. Have you ordered from them? How was their service to
    You?

    Ooh look. They've Googled themselves &, as nebuchan says, they've come across this discussion!
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    It’s real, I know someone who has purchased through them, received car it’s all ok.

    They are also Listed on companies house. Have you ordered from them? How was their service to
    You?

    You need a fire extinguisher for your pants.
  • photome
    photome Posts: 16,670 Forumite
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    It’s real, I know someone who has purchased through them, received car it’s all ok.

    They are also Listed on companies house. Have you ordered from them? How was their service to
    You?


    Do you know how silly you look


    when will you friends be along to post the same?
  • Dear all Please avoid at any costs. This is a cybercrime scamming and identify theft. Police has been informed already and crime is now reported on ActionFraud. The Best Cars 4 You owners become a victim of identity theft, they have nothing to do with the website and similar ones.
    So please avoid. Hopefully the web page will be taken down shortly.
    Kind regards
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