You advertise something, folk contact you to buy, you decline offers from others, and then the folk you were dealing with disappear - most strange behaviour…
Name and shame 
Although sometimes they have a valid reason (illness etc)
Even worse when you agree to buy a car from someone then they change their mind about selling, leaving you considerably out of pocket.
No one on here 
its happened I’d say half a doz times in the past 4 months on other Lotus forums.
I guess the only thing you can do is make a note of the contact details for those that you have had to decline and get back in touch with them. Alternatively, wait to you get a few offers in and decide to sell to the person that has the highest profile/post count on the various forums. That way you have the best chance of them not disappearing.
I know i have in the past accepted the first offer i have received at the asking price; but there is no real rule to say that you have to is there?
[quote=Esprit]Even worse when you agree to buy a car from someone then they change their mind about selling, leaving you considerably out of pocket. [/qu
so your bringing this up again are you,no deal was made or deposit taken, so its your own fault you lost money not mine. sold the car a while later to a realy nice guy.so basically i couldnt give a castlemaine xxxx
Well I had a game selling my M3 V8 M-DCT saloon December & January and had some vile phone calls and nasty emails offering way under what it was worth �32-�35k…name calling the lot and all sorts of scams (not that it’s related to this topic) I took it off in the end for about 3 months putting it back on Autotrader after chatting with Con (no Piston Heads this time) two weeks ago for a breakeven price �37.5k.
Different story this time giving a very strange caller sounding not too committal from China first refusal 4 days on. But after taking more and more calls I got itchy feet and showed a local chap who left a deposit �300 just under asking price. The guy from Hong Kong came over and I’d sold it, he was gutted but I had no idea where he was coming from, he just sounded Chinese, the first call he made was aot an avert without images and other stuff missing also. Anyway he offered �500 more than the asking to which I said no…then he offered �2500 more to which I believe I had �no choice� but to take it. I phoned local chap and offered to give him �600 for the trouble…things got messy!
For the record the young 23yo lad from HK had just finished studying over here, Mom & Dad had bought him the car! Very nice well mannered chap, Dad owns a Chain of Dept Stores across China. As soon as he gets the car home he intends to respray it Maserati White and put HUGE wheels on it! Local man ended up with his �300 back…it happens I guess, times like these we all need the money and if it’s not meant to be…move on I guess!
Yep dead right, I’ve moved on - life’s far too short, items are now all sold
so your bringing this up again are you,no deal was made or deposit taken, so its your own fault you lost money not mine. sold the car a while later to a realy nice guy.so basically i couldnt give a castlemaine xxxx [/quote]
I guess I just like to think myself a person of my word… when a price and sale is agreed on verbally, the deal is done While I appreciate the money loss was an unfortunate consequence and not your intention or direct fault, it was a general jerking around.
Still, it’s all in the past and I’m glad you sold your car in the end to someone worthy.
Sadly experience has shown that people all too often break their word, so unless they know the buyer well its not worth relying on a strangers “word”
Sadly experience has shown that people all too often break their word, so unless they know the buyer well its not worth relying on a strangers “word”
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Oh indeed and agreed, which was why (as a foreign buyer) I was doing my best to pony up the asking price ASAP to show that I was a genuine buyer and had no interest in mucking the seller around.
Gladly enough, the car I ended up purchasing (off an Exiges.com member) went completely hassle-free and was a testament to good will and camaraderie amongst fellow enthusiasts