langy Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 So good on the bloke for spotting something cheap and selling it on to make a quick buck. He can drop the price and still make a tidy profit. That's what business is all about. You don't invest money with a view to losing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lippydave Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 To be fair I don't think the o/p was being negative about the bloke potentially making a profit. Just pointing it out.... Fair play, if anyone here was later to bid on the car they have a better understanding of how much they can make an offer at! I'm all for dealers making a profit, but I'm more for me and other car enthusiasts being able to get maximum bang for their buck. :t-up: Any car is only worth what someone is willing to pay anyway.... Fair enough that the trader snapped it up, even better that someone used this forum to inform potential buyers that they have plenty of haggle room.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G3RTH Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 And its back for sale again! nice mark up £9450:- http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3696275.htm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleggy the Spyder Man Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 blimey - looks like the lawyers may be the only ones to win out of this one :-) oh and the new popcorn meastro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenko Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Not really sure why his thread has turned sour, I think the o/p was simply pointing out a car that I would wager 60% of us looked at on pistonheads and thought 'hummmmmm, I reckon if I bought that, I could make at least 2k on it'. To the o/p, probably would have been better to simply point this out rather than bite back and have a pop at grammar..that way you may have received an apology from Mr D. Anyway, I'm still gutted.. I looked at that car about an hour after it went on sale, should have called and put a deposit on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Keene Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 again as i said in the other thread if someone was stupid enough to advertise there car so cheap thats there problem , then good on the trader for buying it and selling it on at a profit ,thats there job ,i dont have a issue with it at all, at least they have the balls to do it ,people seem to take offense when this sort of thing happens may i suggest you take a look at toybox's dodgy deelings if you want to have a pop at anyone and why they are filling pistonheads with with adverts for already supposidly sold cars they dont have or have never had , and in the next week or so when i have gathered a bit more info and history and have all the facts on a car we have on our premises that they sold to a customer , i will be starting a thread on them and there illegal dealings and how they ripped a customer off and this you dont want to miss trust me Oooooh, sounds good. As for the the original car sale, sorry, but if you sell a car that cheap, you have got to expect somebody to make money on it. I'd stay it's still a good buy at £9.5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioi Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 may i suggest you take a look at toybox's dodgy deelings if you want to have a pop at anyone and why they are filling pistonheads with with adverts for already supposidly sold cars they dont have or have never had , and in the next week or so when i have gathered a bit more info and history and have all the facts on a car we have on our premises that they sold to a customer , i will be starting a thread on them and there illegal dealings and how they ripped a customer off and this you dont want to miss trust me without wanting to get into a free speach argument, could i suggest that you check with the moderators before posting? i would hate to see the club tied up in some pointless and expensive legal battle due to statements made on the boardroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markcoopers Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Point noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 seems a bit contradicting coming from an AO when TB has adverts in WW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveD Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 seems a bit contradicting coming from an AO when TB has adverts in WW whats being an ao have to do with owt ,its well known i dont like toybox's selling ethics or there selling unfit cars , the car in question car is in my worskshop and until you know what they have done i suggest you dont judge ,i see it as should the club really be associated with toybox and if you actually do a search on here you will find thay have had over many customers in the past ,and when you know the facts i think you will feel the same as myself , as soon as things are sorted out with the customer i will make it known what has gone on ,if it stops other people being ripped off i dont see a problem tbh im sure if it was you involved as the customer is you would allready be shouting from the highest rooftop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherman Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I would be shouting about it as I looked at their broken showroom windows ! If dealers are ripping people off especially when perhaps they are commencing on their ' first ' Westfield purchase then I think that people need to know about otherwise they will never change the way they do business. I was nearly ' had over in my van only last night ' !!! Hope my Granma was Ok Pantherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonizer Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Carefull Pantherman, what goes on in the van stays in the van As for folk defending the actions of a dealer ripping off customers, i would ask them to consider some of the stories seen on Cowboy builders TV programme. If folk can't do it honestly then they deserve as much bad publicity as possible and certainly don't deserve defending. New owners would end up with a bad experieence probably leading to them re selling and never returning to Westfeild ownership or potential WSCC membership. If the stories are true of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveD Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 had toybox ring me tonight on my mobile ,seems someone off here has rang them to warn them ,he was polite but wanted to know what was going on saying he was a honest dealer and done nothing wrong and explained why p heads is full of there sold adverts etc ,i could not discuss the situation with him until things are settled as its a messy situation at the moment . all i want is this sorted for the customers sake and then people to know whats gone on so no one gets bitten in the ass by this again ,what i did say was i would forward to them what i have to say before doing anything and give them a chance to respond , it is not a personal vendeta against tb as he or you may think ,i explained why i personally was not happy with them as i have rang or emailed about probably 6 or 7 cars they have had advertised for sale either for myself or on customers behalfs over the last 6 months or more and all were either sold or had deposits taken on them even when the advert had just gone on ,and i explained i know of several cars that customers have bought off them and had issues ,with essential parts missing /wrong parts fitted ,not working properly etc but he said he knew nothing of this as they had not gone back to him ,a couple said they didnt want to as they did not trust them after finding such issues .you only have to do a search on here to find out the issues people have had with cars from tb ,anyway time to move on until this is sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 car dealing is all about buying right, not selling. Probably applies to everything else but I wouldn't know. I do know about the motor trade. I did something similar in the 70's. We kept a list of people who would ring up to see if we had any Datsun 240z/260z. I got a call from our car wash manager (the automatic car wash that was in St Johns Wood) to say a chap had been in wanting to sell his 260z today as he had been posted overseas. I rang the seller and bought the car over the phone and authorised payment from the car wash. I then got the list of seekers and phoned starting from the top. I got to St Johns Wood as they finished the full valet, got in the car and drove to the chap who wanted it. I doubled my investment in 4 hours. (To clarify, I was the ops director of Osborn Garages who had a Datsun/Nissan dealership in Whitechapel, a Renault dealership in Hendon, the big car wash in St Johns Wood and 7 other service stations around London.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurksalot Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 To be honest I have no idea why a trader would want to deal in kit cars made by individauls in their own garages, the pitfalls of mods, changes and lash ups are out their I am sure , while there are loads of beautifully made cars to great spec , how you pick out some dodgy "upgrades" would be beyond me. I bought a factory built model thinking it would be a) reliable and b) know what bits were on it. Suffice to say when the ECU burnt out it was related to resistance /impedance /injector issues that were incorrectly builtand specified from it's inception. I know the provenance of what I sell , but kit cars 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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