razza Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Arrrgggghhhh!!!!! Just had some guy on the phone giving all the crap about how they're a finance company and he's got a buyer lined up waiting to buy my car with budgets up to £11k, and he can get me £10,395 + my 'registration fee' back...as apparently I've undervalued my car by sticking it at the price in the middle of the market. So obviously everyone on here is totally wrong...I obviously tried to tell him of prices of cars on the owners club and on pistonheads and autotrader (which don't actually sell any of the cars they advertise apparently) But no, he's not trying to sell me anything, and this is how autotrader will start to sell it's cars apparently next month....and he's right because he sells hundreds of cars each month like this:rolleyes: So, let me get this right, I arrange finance for a car through a company and get them to find me it, surely I would take 5 mins and check Autotrader myself.... Don't you just wish that sometimes you could reach down the phone and punch them in the gob. What's the correct term for these guys by the way (apart from the obvious representations of t0$$ers, n0b jockeys etc.), so that next time at least I can call them one of those and watch them try to defend themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Canvasser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 that's the one, just found this, had the phone number they called me from: http://www.usedcarmart.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9900&page=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbloodyturbo Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 canvassers, complete waste of time, everytime i advertise a car in autotrader i get these pr1cs calling me telling me they've got a buyer lined up. When the girl from autotrader called me to ask if i wanted to renew my add i told i wouldn't be doing so because i couldn't deal with the constant canvassers calling me at all times of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraFlynn Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 My response to this sort of call is to say: "Can you hold a minute, I just need to turn the cooker off...." Put the receiver down on the table and then go back and watch telly. After a while they give up and hang up. Hopefully never to call again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 My response to this sort of call is to say: "Can you hold a minute, I just need to turn the cooker off...." Put the receiver down on the table and then go back and watch telly. After a while they give up and hang up. Hopefully never to call again. think I'll use that next time;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molak Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 or just wind them up, they hang up on you then! try and sound 'special' and say things like "i like cheese" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnanshah247 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 i seriously hate these bas***ds! im sleeping totally knocked out because i work late and 9am the god damn phone rings, 'HI THERE, IM CALLING FROM 'WERE EVER' WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED......' ive asked these $hit heads were they r getting my number from they dont answer. all i say now is if you not giving me £1 million pounds for free with no strings attached im not interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnanshah247 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 My response to this sort of call is to say: "Can you hold a minute, I just need to turn the cooker off...." Put the receiver down on the table and then go back and watch telly. After a while they give up and hang up. Hopefully never to call again. thats a good one! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexsum Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 whatever you do, don't try to reason with them - they are idiots. eg if you ask them "why is there a fee if you have the buyer lined up and you will make the money off the finance?" they tell you it is to stop you selling the car privately, them having introduced the customer, and denying them the finance deal. next step; "why would i sell it privately if the buyer needs your finance to buy the car?" ans, "errrrrr someone else could finance the car with them." ie bollocks. the truth is that you and i are probably the buyers they have 'waiting' because if you have ever searched for a supra on any car site they use that data to say there are hundreds of people looking for supras. i wish top gear or the other show would do a feature on them by getting a car, say a low value supra (£6k) and place an ad for £12k in autotrader and then pay every canvasser that calls for their services and detail exactly what they get for their cash. i bet there are very few buyers out there prepared to pay twice the price for a car, finance or not! then they could just sell it to an african person on ebay for an extra £4k to ship it to nigeria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willson Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Theres plenty of cases of people being fleeced by the companies. Cardata is the famous one I believe. They are bloody annoying. one of the worst things about selling a car. http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2006/08/we-expose-cardatas-claims-to-h.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 What's the correct term for these guys by the way (apart from the obvious representations of t0$$ers, n0b jockeys etc.), so that next time at least I can call them one of those and watch them try to defend themselves? With the Charity Muggers being 'Chuggers', how about 'Tuggers' for Telephone Muggers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen-Jm-Imports Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 you pay your fee and then after a while the alleged seller does not exist so (once your payment has cleared and a time frame has elapsed) they screw you. its an easy way to make money if you fall for their patter and many people fall for it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 My response to this sort of call is to say: "Can you hold a minute, I just need to turn the cooker off...." Put the receiver down on the table and then go back and watch telly. After a while they give up and hang up. Hopefully never to call again. Thats what i do with Jehovas witnesses when they come to the door and i think they have finally got the message as they havent been back in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz1 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 exactly the reason i have not advertised mine anywhere but here, ok it has not sold yet but i am not in a rush:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 or just wind them up, they hang up on you then! try and sound 'special' and say things like "i like cheese" This is what I do. It's fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 You sure this is the right thread? This one is about canvassers not scammers. Think I might give them the address of some police station somewhere and get them to go collect the car from there lol! Wouldn't matter if you did, nobody is going to turn up anywhere, that's not how the scam works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 LOL Razza thinks this is the thread he started about his scammer. That one's in Members Only mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 DOH! wrong thread... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I got this when selling one of my cars, it was slightly different, in as much as they were not a finance company, they said they had buyers lined up in my area looking for my type of car, I said, "really, thats strange because its advertised locally, and has a sticker in the window, oh and I'm looking on your website now, its strange that they haven't bought the other 6 that are in my area dont you think" they hung up, Then a few weeks later, I get the same call, this time I say "ok tell you what, you send the buyers over, and if they exist and actually buy it, I'll give you double your fee" again they hung up Low lifes!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_aero Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 just had one of these calls 20 mins ago. GRRRRRRRRRR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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