selling my car

andrewlemonbalm

Hi
Theres a company thats offered to sell my car guarenteed if I pay 90 pounds upfront. This 90 pounds will then be refunded once my car is sold. Anybody used/heard/expereinced this kind of service?

chrisxr2

Its a con, they all are. Ask them if you can pay the £90 from the proceeds of the car sale and see what their answer is.

geo555

DON'T DO IT!
You will not get any buyers. You will not get any refund.
There are a few threads regarding companies like this.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=727199

nomoneytoday

If you were buying a car would you pay a company £90, or buy a copy of Autotrader?

BenL

The company apparently always has a list of people in your area and they will provide finance.

I fell for it years ago caught off guard pre MSE days. Never heard a thing from them.

blueneleh

Hi,

I did it too, doh!
They put me offguard and told me there were buyers waiting right there and they would put the calls straight through.
Of course, I never heard anything!
Various phonecalls back to the company revealed they always had the 'wrong phone number' or 'wrong car information' however we still did not get any buyers, despite them saying they had corrected the information.
I was really stupid but if someone can learn from my mistakes it would be something!

frannyann

Do. Not. Touch. With. Long. Pointy. Stick!

Friend fell for this, lo and behold she still has her car but minus £70!!

maninthestreet

If you're advertising your car for sale in, say, Autotrader, people interested in your call will call you, on the phone number you put in the advert - they won't call some 3rd party and ask them to contact you on your behalf.