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Car Forum / Honda Cars / April 2007Car buying agencies
Hi folks I've got my Honda Integra up for sale in magazines and web sites, don't worry I'm not goin to try and get a free ad on this group! I do have a big gripe though. I keep getting phone calls from these agencies who say they have buyers lined up to buy my car but before they give you their details you have to pay them a fee first, usually about £90! Despite my polite replies of no thank you I'm not interested, they still persist on calling almost daily. Getting to the point of phone rage now! I just had a guy on saying he was the director of the agency and that he owns a £108,000 car and that I have made a big mistake by advertising the car the way I have. He said no one reads the car magazines or web sites anymore and that his way is the way that everyone will be using to buy cars! I was apparently living in the past! He offered me £1000 more that what I have the car advertised at and said I have under priced it. Rubbish! Oh he also said he has a Judge as one of his customers who is using them to find him a Jensen interceptor!?! What difference does that make to me, true or not! The guy was extremely forward and getting to the point of being aggressive on the phone. I ended up having to say "look I have said no twice already..." and he hung up. Has anyone actually used these agencies before either to buy or sell your car? Most say they are all a scam and that once they have your £90 or whatever you won't hear from them again. I'm not going to use them, not after that phone call but interested to hear other peoples experiences with them. > Hi folks > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > them, not after that phone call but interested to hear other peoples > experiences with them. If buddy wanted to give you £1000 more than you were asking, maybe you should have just taken it? :) Tell him to just deduct his £90 off the top. I dunno, this is probably why a lot of "private" for-sale ads I see actually specify, "NO AGENTS". Yeah I know, I wish I had left space on the advert for "no agencies" now!. It was tempting for about 5 seconds until he said he must have my credit card details now before anything goes ahead. The fact that he got agressive and hung up abruptly confirmed to me they were not legit. > Yeah I know, I wish I had left space on the advert for "no agencies" > now!. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > got agressive and hung up abruptly confirmed to me they were not > legit. I usually turn the tables on them and say... OK you put me in touch with the buyers and if the deal goes ahead THEN I will pay your fee. That puts them on the back foot! When I had my last car up for sale I put in a line saying "no companies offering to sell the car for me" and only one phoned me, all I said to them was "Do you not understand English? Read the last line of my advert again" and then I hung up on the guy. Chris The only good thing George Bush has done in the US was to sign a do not call law which created a sign up list for anyone who did not want to receive unsolicited commercial phone calls. You should lobby your government for a similar law. Hi folks I've got my Honda Integra up for sale in magazines and web sites, don't worry I'm not goin to try and get a free ad on this group! I do have a big gripe though. I keep getting phone calls from these agencies who say they have buyers lined up to buy my car but before they give you their details you have to pay them a fee first, usually about £90! Despite my polite replies of no thank you I'm not interested, they still persist on calling almost daily. Getting to the point of phone rage now! I just had a guy on saying he was the director of the agency and that he owns a £108,000 car and that I have made a big mistake by advertising the car the way I have. He said no one reads the car magazines or web sites anymore and that his way is the way that everyone will be using to buy cars! I was apparently living in the past! He offered me £1000 more that what I have the car advertised at and said I have under priced it. Rubbish! Oh he also said he has a Judge as one of his customers who is using them to find him a Jensen interceptor!?! What difference does that make to me, true or not! The guy was extremely forward and getting to the point of being aggressive on the phone. I ended up having to say "look I have said no twice already..." and he hung up. Has anyone actually used these agencies before either to buy or sell your car? Most say they are all a scam and that once they have your £90 or whatever you won't hear from them again. I'm not going to use them, not after that phone call but interested to hear other peoples experiences with them. |
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