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Before they arrive invest a couple of quid in a counterfeit note detector pen and be sure to check the cash they offer. Otherwise take them to the bank while they pay the money into your account.
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Insurance. be careful, just because they may be covered to drive your car doesn't mean they are covered for any damage they may incur to it. may be better to take them for a drive as a passenger? But I wouldn't touch any car I couldn't drive! Checking their insurance is only ensuring they are legal on the road, is that your worry?
Sold as seen has very limited weight in law if car is sold with known problems and is of some value, or recent age. better to describe faults known and declared with a proviso under saying something like, other faults may happen but to the best of my knowledge are not known about!
I always prefer cash but you need to be comfortable you can spot a dud note or 2; not as easy as it sounds! maybe best to take cash at your bank so youn can hand it straight in if you are unsure of confidencewith cash. Duds will be spotted straightaway and you know your money is safe?
But good luck anyway!
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I know this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find the thread.
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advice on insurance here:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=8930&v...f
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=14962&...f
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=16814&...f
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=26512&...f
advice on receipts here:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=14446
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=19931&...f
advice on safety/security/ etc. in numerous threads, and iirc also somehere in hj's write-ups on the left, and also on may other publicly funded sites (eg. police, cab, trading standards, etc. ).
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iirc also somehere in hj's write-ups on the left
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as i thought:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/buy_sell/index.htm?blk=BuySel...y
then from the menu on the rhs column of that page, there are 7 sub-sections, eg.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/buy_sell/selling/BuySell_Sell...m
www.honestjohn.co.uk/buy_sell/selling/BuySell_Sell...m
www.honestjohn.co.uk/buy_sell/selling/BuySell_Sell...m
advice on safety/security/ etc. in numerous threads
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try searching forum for "selling cash cheque draft"
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Well. The end of an era. Polo has gone to a new home.
On the plus side, all the looking after him, cleaning him and polishing him did him good - he went for a price that is almost twice what so called experts and guides thought he was worth.
Yes, I cried. Lots.
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Go on, tell us how wrong we would have been....
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Ok then I will let you play first.
1996 P, 1.4 SE. Metallic black 3dr Polo.
107,000 miles. MOT Dec. Tax Jan
Dent in passenger door from kissing fence post. Tiny bits of rust on the sills.
CD player, standard alloys, electric mirrors (no I don't know why he had them either)
No central locking, fitness windows. FSH
Give me a price... :)
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£750 and £20 of M&S. vouchers.
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I'd have given £650 - but you got £850 I guess.
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to give you all a clue pologirl had it advertised on this site at £1695 the other week
i would only have given £395 and the roll of lino if she promised to wash and polish it every week
;-)
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...and it went in Autotrader at the admittedly over-optimistic price of £1650 last week.
Keep guessing, nobody has got it yet.
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if you got anywhere near that you did well.
Want to sell some cars for me on a comission basis?
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If it went in the AT at £1650 then I reckon you gave in and let someone have it at £1375. I hope you are proud of yourself, taking money of a kid/old lady/numpty like that!
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Ok, before this thread degenerates ;)
£1500
And no, it wasn't a kid/old lady or numpty. It went to a couple, and the man had owned VWs all his life and appreciated one that ran well, was mechanically sound and had been looked after (and also had new brakes, new discs, new suspension and new tyres!)
The milage was admittedly high, but even somone with only basic knowledge of cars has to know that 100,000+ on a Polo of that type/year (before the newer, less solid and less reliable ones) is still a better buy than a saxo/fiesta with half the years and half the milage. I let him have a really long test drive, she had a go too, and then I left them alone with it and a folder full of receipts and paperwork for as long as they wanted before they rang the doorbell and said they wanted it.
I wasn't expecting to get that much for it, but as I said, it was priced optimistically (at the top end of what others were advertised for on AT) and they were prepared to pay slightly over the odds for a nice example. I was pleased, they were pleased...and it just goes to show that a car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
The sad part was that he was insured to drive any car and they paid cash, so they took Polo there and then and I didn't get a chance to say a proper goodbye! :(
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Is this the car that had nearly every panel replaced several years ago? Did the paperwork include the receipt for the excess?
I hope the buyer does not live too close to you!
Did you note the name of the Insurance company by any chance, I used to have this type of open certificate (Scottish General IIRC), very useful but it was discontinued by them about 10 years ago.
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pmh (was peter)
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If it's the same Polo that elicited about 160 posts about 2 1/2 years ago you've done very well in my opinion.Seems as though they wanted one t&t ready
to drive away.Can't honestly say I would have asked that price.Just my opinion though.
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Is this the car that had nearly every panel replaced several years ago?
Having sold a car myself privately that had extensive body & mechanical repair work (##) carried out on it following an accident, the buyer was happy that the car was in good sound condition and bought it without hessitation.
## Two new front wings, rear offside door, repaired bonnet, new front crossmember and bonnet landing panel, headlights, spotlights & foglights, new front OS wishbone, rear axle beam, 2 new wheels & tyres, and at least 50% of the car resprayed.
Like Pologirl, I had owned the car for quite some considerable time after the accident, and the buyer was happy that I wasn't just selling the car because of the damage that had occured.
No idea if PG mentioned to them the damage caused to her little Polo, but the buyer asked if my car had ever been in an accident or had any repair work carried out. I was honest and open with them, and went into great detail of the work that had been carried out. As I said, the buyer was happy.
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Well done PG! - I'm impressed, surprised, and awed.
When we come to sell our Astra, would you like to handle the sale?
Number_Cruncher
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old saying but true saying...............................
theres a bum for every seat..................
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