Autobuyer.co.uk wants to sell my car for me!?

[Rpmayne 0]

I've got a mk2 Golf for sale at the moment and have been contacted by this http://www.autobuyer.co.uk They're telling me they have people waiting to buy the car using they're credit, all they want from me is £70 which will be refunded once the car is sold. Has this actually worked out for anyone or will I just loose the £70? Sounds too good to be true I recon.

[TIMMYVR 0]

My bro had trouble with them or a company like them bud, they never sold the car either!

[double-6s 0]

Its pretty obviosuly a rip-off I reckon mate!

 

Walk away

[Yandards 0]

Don't do it, I am guessing your Golf is advertised in autotrader?

 

Might want to give their local trading standards office a ring down in London too to see if they are usually a problem.

 

Watch out for loads of dodgy phone calls offering you selling packs - don't take them as it will have their terms and conditions on them somewhere and then they get away with robbing you blind for no service.

[double-6s 0]

In fact weren't they on that watchdog type programme with the bubble on a motorbike a couple of weeks ago?

[dr_mat 0]

Ask if they guarantee to sell your car. If they say yes, tell them you want it in writing..

[ZippyVR6 0]

give it a wide berth chap. sounds to good to be true.

[Andi 2,147,483,647]

'Tis a scam/rip off.

From the same branch as "Earn £20k working from home!" load of twoddle.

 

You've gotta ask yourself - how are 'all these buyers' waiting? How do they know your car is for sale, but don't know how to contact you?

 

Anyone with any sense wanting to buy a car would look in AutoTrader anyhow.. ;)

[jazzdevil 0]

like double-6s said, they were featured on the 'Rogue Traders' show on BBC not so long ago... it's a scam.

 

the appropriate pop culture reference is 'Run Luke, Run!'

[Phil K 0]

Why the hell should you pay them £70 when it's them that want to see your car to a third party?

 

I know they will refund you when the car is sold but I really don't see what it could be for other than a blatent SCAM!

 

I'd write them a very rude email and tell them to f**k right off :mad:

[CazzaVR 0]

When they say that they've got buyers for your car, all it means is that people have signed up to their website and said they want a Golf. I've signed up before, and they send you regular emails everytime someone advertises the model you want with them. I still get emails now for Corrado's, Civics and 200SX's.

 

Autotrader is vastly better, having a huge audience of potential buyers.

[nocrap 0]

I often work on the basis that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is

[Rpmayne 0]

Think I'll give this a miss then, not too many recommendations. Wonder if anyone has ever managed to get a car through them, and if not how the hell does this stuff keep going? The cars advertised in the local friday-ad and has only made the internet part at the moment. If they ring back I'll mention the rogue trader report and see what they have to say for a laugh.

[dinkus 10]

Oh man, I had so many of these idiots calling me when I was selling my goof.

 

I told one to put it in writing and I got some terribly spelled letter on some seriously dodgy-looking headed paper :lol:

 

I then asked the next lot to go ahead and sell it for me for the price I was asking, then go take their £70 out of the money. Strangely, they didn't like that idea and got quite stroppy when I pointed out that it was a no-brainer if they really did have buyers lined up.

 

The other thing they don't say is either when they'll actually sell your car, or indeed, for how much...

 

Avoid with a barge pole, but you can have some fun messing with them :D

[Dubby 0]

I have had at least ten calls from these people. One even pretended to be a private buyer?!

 

Today they rang twice in the space of ten minutes. I told them to fck off :lol: