How low?

**abaddonxi** · 28th March 2007, 09:50 AM

I'm looking for a Subaru for wife.

Do all the usual looking about and find one that sounds good in ACT. Fella is selling pretty low, high Kays for age, but full dealer service history. Sounds great.

I call the guy up, have a chat, all good, he's going away for the weekend, call him five on Tuesday to arrange a time to check it out on Wednesday. Fine by me, sound like I'm the only one in and he's out of touch from now until then.

Call him back Tuesday evening, an hour later, but.

Tells me the car is already sold.

Bugger.

Now when I called him the first time I left my name and phone number, which in my book is the best way of saying you're a serious buyer. So why didn't the bugger either say someone else interested, you can come look sooner, call me and say you were first in the queue so get down here quick, or maybe sold the car, sorry.

Ar*ehole. Ruined my night. I reckon there's a certain etiquette to selling stuff through the papers/web classifieds, and that isn't it.

What do you think?

Anyone got a cheap Forester for sale?

Cheers
Simon

**scrambler** · 28th March 2007, 09:57 AM

Don't have a Forester (any more) but I agree it's low. Had a Dealer do the same thing to me the other day. Had my County in doing an appraisal for trade in (!) and sold the car I was wanting to trade it on. I would have thought I came across as serious enough...

Some people only think with their wallets.

**Reads90** · 28th March 2007, 11:07 AM

Sorry but sort of from the other side
A car is not sold untill money has changed hands.
So a promise does not pay the bills.
When i worked in car dealerships you always sold somthing even if someone told you they will be in next week to buy it
Main reason is if you don't sell it when somone is looking , because somone else is coming in next week . Then 9 time out of 10 the person will not come in the next week or they will and don't want the car, which you could have sold the weekend before.

**blitz** · 28th March 2007, 12:16 PM

had some thing very similar happen to me but with a block of land, $200k for twenty five acres bottom 1/4 a wet land lovely, got the bank loan approval, my conveancer gave the bank contract to his conveancer bounced back sorry sold. And I was talking to the owner two days before he was cool with how things were going

two months of buggerising around hunting down bloody lending companies and all the legal crap you have to go through for it only to have that happen, the legal term is guzumpt (not sure of spelling) means unless any amount of monies have been exchanged the seller is legally within their rights to sell out from under you, even if it is unethical.

Oh well

Blythe

**Quiggers** · 28th March 2007, 01:16 PM

Look on the bright side, Simon, the car was probably crap and now its not your problem

every second ride around here is a Subaru, mostly Foresters, but also heaps of older L 4x4s, must be something about them.

cheers, GQ

**scrambler** · 28th March 2007, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Reads90

Sorry but sort of from the other side
A car is not sold untill money has changed hands.
So a promise does not pay the bills.
When i worked in car dealerships you always sold somthing even if someone told you they will be in next week to buy it
Main reason is if you don't sell it when somone is looking , because somone else is coming in next week . Then 9 time out of 10 the person will not come in the next week or they will and don't want the car, which you could have sold the weekend before.

I agree, Reads. But the dealer had my car, and my word I was purchasing the car as soon as I had time off work (dropped the car to him Monday, got back to him Wednesday arvo after telling him on the phone Tuesday that I'd definitely take it). Took a holding deposit from someone sight unseen. I'm pretty sure he used my interest to get the other person to put a deposit. Claimed to be calling my mobile - I never gave him the number.

I might feel otherwise except he said "I'll put the car out the back for you." An honest "I'll need a deposit to hold it for you" would have made a world of difference.

I've got the LR bug plus a 6 figure income so I ought to be a good customer to keep. But I'll go to Brisbane before I buy a car from them - and that's NOT smart selling on their part.

I suspect the income was the issue - tried to sell me a more expensive car.

Sorry for the highjack, Simon. I'd do you a good price on a Stage 1 but not really a good car for the missus. :S

**abaddonxi** · 28th March 2007, 01:28 PM

Originally Posted by Quiggers

Look on the bright side, Simon, the car was probably crap and now its not your problem

every second ride around here is a Subaru, mostly Foresters, but also heaps of older L 4x4s, must be something about them.

cheers, GQ

Was sitting outside the toyshop - twins' birthday next week - across the road is a camping shop, and for fifteen minutes, while I'm sitting waiting, there is a stream of Subarus picking up identical Coleman boxes.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya!

Reckon Subarus are to the '00s what Volvo/Saabs were to the '70s.

Cheers
Simon

**stevo68** · 28th March 2007, 01:37 PM

Yeah I gotta say first in with the $$$ win's. I have my car on the market, people have taken for a test drive, emailed me with interest, want to come and have a look etc, no one bought yet, so if someone came and said they wanted it there and then, I wouldnt risk it, it would go,

Regards

Stevo

**Reads90** · 28th March 2007, 01:56 PM

Originally Posted by scrambler

I agree, Reads. But the dealer had my car, and my word I was purchasing the car as soon as I had time off work (dropped the car to him Monday, got back to him Wednesday arvo after telling him on the phone Tuesday that I'd definitely take it). Took a holding deposit from someone sight unseen. I'm pretty sure he used my interest to get the other person to put a deposit. Claimed to be calling my mobile - I never gave him the number.

I might feel otherwise except he said "I'll put the car out the back for you." An honest "I'll need a deposit to hold it for you" would have made a world of difference.

I've got the LR bug plus a 6 figure income so I ought to be a good customer to keep. But I'll go to Brisbane before I buy a car from them - and that's NOT smart selling on their part.

I suspect the income was the issue - tried to sell me a more expensive car.

Sorry for the highjack, Simon. I'd do you a good price on a Stage 1 but not really a good car for the missus. :S

Agree in your case it was bad and i would do the same as you , and stay clear of them in the furture

**Quiggers** · 28th March 2007, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Was sitting outside the toyshop - twins' birthday next week - across the road is a camping shop, and for fifteen minutes, while I'm sitting waiting, there is a stream of Subarus picking up identical Coleman boxes.

It's a conspiracy I tell ya!

Reckon Subarus are to the '00s what Volvo/Saabs were to the '70s.

Cheers
Simon

yup, I'd love to be the Subaru dealer around here! There's bloody millions of the Foresters, crikey!

This must be something to do with the 'yuppieisation' of land which was once forest, so in order to have some land - a yuppie needs a Forester, for the forest, which has gone for housing, for the yuppies driving Foresters... circular argument?

GQ

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