I am private seller selling a vehicle

byronwells

Alright peeps

I am a private seller of a vehicle, I have owned the car for 12 years now and I know it is HPI clear, not written off or been involved in an accident, never had any finance added to it.. I have put that all of that on my listings/adverts.

However I am having a few people asking me to do a HIP report or a super motors report myself..  I thought that it was the buyers responsibility to do this and not the actual seller?  They keep wanting me to pay to do the reports...

daddycraig

My understanding is the same as yours. Let them do it if they are so interested, however the flip side is that if you do it you can also include that in your advert and then adjust your selling price accordingly.

DullGreyGuy

byronwells said:

I am a private seller of a vehicle, I have owned the car for 12 years now and I know it is HPI clear, not written off or been involved in an accident, never had any finance added to it.. I have put that all of that on my listings/adverts.

However I am having a few people asking me to do a HIP report or a super motors report myself..  I thought that it was the buyers responsibility to do this and not the actual seller?  They keep wanting me to pay to do the reports...

Anyone who wants to do a check is free to do so at their own expense. As a buyer it would be prudent to do it themselves in case the seller doctors the report etc. Ultimately it can work either way just as a home buyer in England would get a survey done at their own expense but in Scotland the seller has to have a Home Report done at their expense. 

Ultimately you are free to say yes or no or maybe come up with another solution... for example you could say you'll refund up to £10 for a check if it doesn't come back clean or do your own and offer to sell it to each of the enquirers for 50% of the cost

FlorayG

Be careful - I've had people message me on FB asking for this, then they send a link...supposed to be to the report issuing page..."Can you get a report from here? I will send deposit immediately if report is good"
No, mate, I can't, because you're a scammer and that's a dodgy link which I am NOT going to click on

caprikid1

Never heard of buyers being asked, I swear these people are employed by WBAC to annoy private sellers.

I personally would hold firm and say no , I am happy with the status of my vehicle, it's a 12 ? year old vehicle.

I would also point out that if you are serious about buying the car you would be better to pay for one yourself to ensure you have the protection / guarantee's that they offer. If I buy it for you there will be non of the other benefits available to you. 

Car_54

daddycraig said:

My understanding is the same as yours. Let them do it if they are so interested, however the flip side is that if you do it you can also include that in your advert and then adjust your selling price accordingly.

No, he can adjust his asking price.

jimjames

byronwells said:

However I am having a few people asking me to do a HIP report or a super motors report myself..  I thought that it was the buyers responsibility to do this and not the actual seller?  They keep wanting me to pay to do the reports...

As above I suspect they are scammers. As a buyer I wouldn't trust a seller's copy of an HPI report, I'd want to get one done myself. The cost is peanuts compared to the price of the car so it makes no sense to expect seller to do that. The fact you've had multiple people saying the same thing really screams of scam even more.

facade

It is a well known scam.

they want you to give your details to their fake HPI check so they can charge thousands to your card.

They are not interested in buying your car!

Any one serious about buying would pay £10 for their own check.

You could get a £10 check yourself and show it to prospective buyers, but you could have just faked it and printed it out anyway, so they will still want to pay their own £10.

MEM62

byronwells said:

However I am having a few people asking me to do a HIP report or a super motors report myself..  I thought that it was the buyers responsibility to do this and not the actual seller?  

It is - and if they do it on behalf of you the purchaser has no comeback in the event of the data being incorrect or any other issues.   

paul_c123

If you advertised it on Auto Trader it would have done a basic check as part of the advert. They're not expensive anyway (for a more thorough check), I always do one when I'm selling a car - so I know too, what its status is!

motorguy

byronwells said:

Alright peeps

I am a private seller of a vehicle, I have owned the car for 12 years now and I know it is HPI clear, not written off or been involved in an accident, never had any finance added to it.. I have put that all of that on my listings/adverts.

However I am having a few people asking me to do a HIP report or a super motors report myself..  I thought that it was the buyers responsibility to do this and not the actual seller?  They keep wanting me to pay to do the reports...

its a scam to get you to spend money on their site.  You'll never hear from them again when you do.