Rogue traders?

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Sun 16 Aug 2009 23:15
Rogue traders? - captain chaos
Ever noticed how many cars there are for sale parked at the side of the road?
Usually at the bangernomics end of the scale, small hatchback jobs. Saw a couple while walking round to the shops and guess what? Not one on the motor insurance database.
Assuming that a prospective punter would want to take a test drive, it's quite scary really.
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Sun 16 Aug 2009 23:18
Rogue traders? - Pugugly
Local council have been sticking big yellow labels on them hereabouts - move them or lose them is the condensed message.
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Mon 17 Aug 2009 08:27
Rogue traders? - perro
>>>Assuming that a prospective punter would want to take a test drive, it's quite scary really.<<<

You weren't brung up in South London then - one learns (has to) to survive!
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Mon 17 Aug 2009 08:45
Rogue traders? - Martin Devon
Well said Perro.
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Mon 17 Aug 2009 12:17
Rogue traders? - ifithelps
I knew a home-based trader in London who parked his stock round and about to avoid annoying the neighbours.

None of it was marked up for sale.

Poor record keeping led to the inevitable: 'I'm sure that blue Renault 5 is around here somewhere, but I'm damned if I can find it.'

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Mon 17 Aug 2009 14:42
Rogue traders? - perro
S'funny ... Out of all the cars I've bought, I've never got one from a 'road side trader', but my neighbour where I lived b4 sold her nice V 940 est. by parking it on a grass verge with price & Ph. No. on the windscreen - and she is as straight as a Roman Rd.,
Just because a geezer has a collar & tie and sits behind a teak veneer desk with pictures of nice models (cars!) on the wall, doesn't mean he's honest Charlie.
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