NEVER pay a deposit to test drive a car

[Anonymous]

Just got fleeced on this...

Paid £250 to a certain car dealer. Then realised I forgot to ask them
about the mileage. It turned out to be double the average for the type
of vehicle. They said theirs is genuine, with a "full UK service
history" (meaning they have no idea what the service history was
during the 8 years it was in Japan - same as almost every other Jap
car) and that other cars I saw were clocked....

Now they are deducting from the £250 the cost of getting it ready...
mot, km -> miles conversion, foglamp, you name it. Despite telling me
initially they only had to move other cars to get it on the road.


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[Anonymous]

So you paid £250 deposit for a car you didn't ask the mileage on ?
You saw other cars there that which you thought were "clocked" but still put
a deposit on it ?
How can it have UK history for a Jap import ? did this not ring a bell.
With Jap imports they should have the auction sheet showing the grade of the
vehicle have you asked them for this ?
To a certain extent you can't blame the dealer if you didn't ask the
questions, in fact many dealers would have taken more than £250 as a
deposit. I would consider your self lucky as to only loosing £250.



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Just got fleeced on this...

Paid £250 to a certain car dealer. Then realised I forgot to ask them
about the mileage. It turned out to be double the average for the type
of vehicle. They said theirs is genuine, with a "full UK service
history" (meaning they have no idea what the service history was
during the 8 years it was in Japan - same as almost every other Jap
car) and that other cars I saw were clocked....

Now they are deducting from the £250 the cost of getting it ready...
mot, km -> miles conversion, foglamp, you name it. Despite telling me
initially they only had to move other cars to get it on the road.


Peter.
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[Anonymous]

"David" <d.elliot@1btinternet.com> wrote


With Jap imports they should have the auction sheet showing the grade of the
vehicle have you asked them for this ?

I have this now with the car I bought.


To a certain extent you can't blame the dealer if you didn't ask the
questions, in fact many dealers would have taken more than £250 as a
deposit. I would consider your self lucky as to only loosing £250.

I probably agree with you. I do think though that the practice of
importing a car and charging somebody the cost of going much of the UK
legal requirements before they can drive it BUT without telling the
customer what the deposit is going towards, is slightly underhand.
Because the next person, if he chooses to not buy, will (should!) have
nothing at all deducted, because the first sucker paid for it.


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[Anonymous]

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