Would you risk it ?

[sunnylunn]

the merc is also to good to be true, he must be printing his own hpi reports. RUN AWAY! writes a nice story though he's got a lot of cars for sale if he's not a dealer as well.

[AlanD]

[corgi]

Walk away and keep walking.

Unless he is prepared to prove the story given it, doesn't really ring true to me. As I understand it this car should be recorded by HPI (CAT-X) as the insurance company, apparently, have paid out on it as a total loss.

Category X - A vehicle which is not listed as being damaged on the HPI register, or one which may have very little damage. Often these are vehicles that have been stolen and then recovered.

In any case his "buy it now" price isn't that cheap given that we have been discussing new R32's (without the , err, questionable history) for £18K...

I would say its worth about where the bids are now given the history and the state of the car market.

I would go to a dealer, ignore the sticker price and start haggling at around 20% less... and tell the dealer that it is unreasonable for him to expect to make a margin on both the car he's selling and the px he's taking from you...

[No Golf Clubs at all]

All wise words mateys...there was a time on fleebay you could contact other bidders (I may be mistaken) dunno if its possible to warn these potential suckers that this dude is seriously dodgy...his reputation seems intact however, .... is it possible to fabricate a repuation? probably yes like everything else, but if he did any kind of dodgy deal previously then surely someone would have cried foul before now?

I shall avoid this tweenie forthwith, he says Orpinton, but that is a million miles (well it could as well be) from me in Glasgow. If he were closer I would go there and check out all the details personally. 

[bobotheclown]

i'm around the corner from orpington...

[joesgti]

so if the paperwork isnt all in order, does this still make the ACTUAL car a lemon??!!

also is very overpriced now ive been looking around a lil more!!!

[Komenda]

so if the paperwork isnt all in order, does this still make the ACTUAL car a lemon??!!

also is very overpriced now ive been looking around a lil more!!!

If the guy isn't prepared to backup the story with hard facts, names, numbers and documents then it is most certainly a lemon

[jd_30]

Where I work we have a lease scheme and this same thing happend where by the chap had the keys to his car stolen form his locker whilst at the gym!
Because it was a lease he basically had another car allocated to him and then the insurance sort the car out with the lease firm and go from there, hence why he would not off been offered to buy the car back at a reduced price!
Definitely worth checking out and seeing if you can find who the car was originally registered too, and if it is a lease car you could always call them and speak to them about it!
Just a thought.....

[2007GTI]

regarding the ebay side of it, if you click his history and then the member name of the person who brought from him, you can hit the "contact member" button and email them.

also this seller has been on ebay for 4 years, its pretty hard to fake 4 years worth of positive feedback.

but then not worth he risk imo.

[2007GTI]

A quick search of the internet domain name from the ebay advert, unit-11.com, shows the owner of the domain name is as below.  Although they are not necessarily the actual seller, but interesting its a Motor Co.

R Parker
Parker Motor Co
PO Box 5
Sheffield
S7 1XD