Selling Landrover - Vehicleweb whats the catch?

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Trevor

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #1

Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers to
visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.

Whats the catch?

 

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Andy

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #2

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
> to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>
> Whats the catch?
>

How much do they want you to pay them upfront for the service - that will be
the catch I suspect?

Andy

 

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Trevor

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #3

"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
>> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
>> to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>>
>> Whats the catch?
>>
>
> How much do they want you to pay them upfront for the service - that will
> be the catch I suspect?
>



Thats what I'm expecting. I couldn't understand the guy he sounded like a
computer speaking. He reckons their customers will turn up with the cash.

 

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Andy

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #4

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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>> "Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
>>> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send
>>> customers to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the
>>> vehicle.
>>>
>>> Whats the catch?
>>>
>>
>> How much do they want you to pay them upfront for the service - that will
>> be the catch I suspect?
>>
>
>
>
> Thats what I'm expecting. I couldn't understand the guy he sounded like a
> computer speaking. He reckons their customers will turn up with the cash.
>
>
>

The only way I would consider this at all is if they ask for commission from
the sale and then only if it's a reasonable amount, if they ask for money
upfront it is a con. If you get no luck try eBay, I recently sold a 1989
Defender 90 V8 there and got £5150 cash!!!!!

Andy

 

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Trevor

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #5

"Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
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>> "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
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>>> "Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm
>>>> getting calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send
>>>> customers to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the
>>>> vehicle.
>>>>
>>>> Whats the catch?
>>>>
>>>
>>> How much do they want you to pay them upfront for the service - that
>>> will be the catch I suspect?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thats what I'm expecting. I couldn't understand the guy he sounded like a
>> computer speaking. He reckons their customers will turn up with the cash.
>>
>>
>>
>
> The only way I would consider this at all is if they ask for commission
> from the sale and then only if it's a reasonable amount, if they ask for
> money upfront it is a con. If you get no luck try eBay, I recently sold a
> 1989 Defender 90 V8 there and got £5150 cash!!!!!
>



Flippin' Nora! I've used EBay quite a lot to buy and sell. What would it
cost to list then?

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #6

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:21:30 +0100, "Trevor"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
>calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers to
>visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>
>Whats the catch?
>

They'll either

a) take money up front and do sod all
b) send someone round who gives you £3495 for the vehicle by bankers
draft, which later turns out to be forged

If I ran a bona fide business doing this, I wouldn't ring a seller and
offer him £600 more than he wanted! I'd buy it for £2900 and make the
£600 myself!

It sounds too good to be true, so it probably is....


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"

 

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Trevor

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #7

Thats what I told them when they rang. The website certainly looks legit
though:

http://www.vehicleweb.uk.com/

 

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Bob Hobden

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #8

"Tim Hobbs" wrote ((snip)) >>
>
> They'll either
>
> a) take money up front and do sod all
> b) send someone round who gives you £3495 for the vehicle by bankers
> draft, which later turns out to be forged
>
If you get a Bankers Draft handed to you and it's during banking hours then
ring your own bank, explain the situation, and ask them to ring the Bank
that wrote the Draft to check it's authenticity.
My Bank did that immediately and without charge.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

 

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Bob Hobden

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #9

"Trevor" wrote > Thats what I told them when they rang. The website
certainly looks legit
> though:
>
> http://www.vehicleweb.uk.com/

Yes, their cost to list your vehicle is £95.

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Regards
Bob

 

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Derek

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #10

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thats what I told them when they rang. The website certainly looks legit
> though:
>
> http://www.vehiclesammers.uk.com/



Then you might like to read this piece
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/mirrorinvestigates/tm_column_date=22092005-name_index.html

I had a few when I used Autotrader ( a while back) total PIA
Derek

 

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Derek

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #11

"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Tim Hobbs" wrote ((snip)) >>
>>
>> They'll either
>>
>> a) take money up front and do sod all
>> b) send someone round who gives you £3495 for the vehicle by bankers
>> draft, which later turns out to be forged
>>
> If you get a Bankers Draft handed to you and it's during banking hours
> then ring your own bank, explain the situation, and ask them to ring the
> Bank that wrote the Draft to check it's authenticity.
> My Bank did that immediately and without charge.
>
> --
> Regards
> Bob Hobden
> 17mls W. of London.UK
>
Be very careful - if anybody offers you a bank draft upfront be certain its
likely to be a scam bank drafts are written specifically to a payee by the
bank no open drafts- no one would have one drawn up on spec due to the
(swingeing) charges levelled by the bank Knowing banks I would not accept
that an assurance that a draft was good unless I got it in writing with an
acceptance of liability should it turn out to be fraudulent
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/CARS/sell/cc/fr-1.jsp
Derek

 

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Hirsty's

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #12

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
to
> visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>
> Whats the catch?
>
>

Beware the old adage " a fool and his money are easily parted"

 

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PDannyD

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #13

On Friday 04 August 2006 14:21, Trevor [[email protected]]
wrote in message <[email protected]>

> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
> to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.

They "can" but they wont. They quote you a way above market value for your
vehicle to try and appeal to your wallet but have few, if any, buyers on
their database and they certainly wont be paying £3495 for a £2900 vehicle.

> Whats the catch?

You will be out of pocket and nobody will come round to buy your vehicle.
You'd have to take them to the small claims court to get your money back.

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Aug 4, 2006

• #14

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 16:51:24 +0100, "Trevor"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Thats what I told them when they rang. The website certainly looks legit
>though:
>
>http://www.vehicleweb.uk.com/
>

It looks very amateur and seems hell bent on making money via
click-throughs to all and sundry, rather than promoting their own
product.

9000 visitors is very poor and gives an indication of how many people
they really have on their database. If they are cold calling all day
that will be 100-200 calls per day per teleseller. If 10% click to
their database like you did, then they'll quickly hit 9000 just on
people they ****ed off by phoning!

--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'03 Volvo V70
'06 Nissan Navara aka "The Truck"

 

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Andy

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• Aug 5, 2006

• #15

>>
>> The only way I would consider this at all is if they ask for commission
>> from the sale and then only if it's a reasonable amount, if they ask for
>> money upfront it is a con. If you get no luck try eBay, I recently sold a
>> 1989 Defender 90 V8 there and got £5150 cash!!!!!
>>
> >
>
> Flippin' Nora! I've used EBay quite a lot to buy and sell. What would it
> cost to list then?
>
>

eBay charge a set fee plus a percentage of the final value, check their site
for exact figures. It does seem to work for selling Landies, the key is to
write a thorough description including all the good selling points plus a
mention of all the areas that are known to be weak spots (eg bulkhead,
crossmember etc) and take lots of pics inside and out. This is a link to my
old ad, feel free to use it as a template
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4650698645&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT

Good luck


Andy

 

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Trevor

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• Aug 5, 2006

• #16

I told them they were a scam and put the phone down at 1600 yesterday.

 

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Simon Scutt

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• Aug 5, 2006

• #17

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
> to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>
> Whats the catch?
>

As other posters have pointed out it is simply a scam, and quite a well
known one,
with several companies around who will try to part you with your money.

I had numerous similar calls when I tried to sell my motorbike last year.
When I
re-advertised my bike this spring I received more of the same phone calls.
In the
end I simply took a careful note of the company's name and told the sales
person
that if I received and more calls from their company then I would report
them as a
nuisance caller. I never heard from any similar company after that.

Worth a try at least.

Simon

 

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R L driver

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• Aug 10, 2006

• #18

Trevor wrote:
> Thats what I told them when they rang. The website certainly looks legit
> though:
>
> http://www.vehicleweb.uk.com/
>
>
No it doesnt ....... look at "definition of a match " ie the chargeable
element of their service.
Steve the grease

 

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Simon Scutt

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• Aug 5, 2006

• #19

"Trevor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Having advertised my Defender in Landrover magazine at £2900 I'm getting
> calls from a company called vehicleweb telling me they can send customers
> to visit me this afternoon who will give me £3495 for the vehicle.
>
> Whats the catch?
>

As other posters have pointed out it is simply a scam, and quite a well
known one,
with several companies around who will try to part you with your money.

I had numerous similar calls when I tried to sell my motorbike last year.
When I
re-advertised my bike this spring I received more of the same phone calls.
In the
end I simply took a careful note of the company's name and told the sales
person
that if I received and more calls from their company then I would report
them as a
nuisance caller. I never heard from any similar company after that.

Worth a try at least.

Simon