speakerman2000
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WARNING, careful doing biz with this guy.
Heres the story
As some of you know hes selling his car, the 93 golf 1.8t. Well ive been looking to buy a dub for while now and so made him an offer. I managed to bargain him down to 3000$ not knowing the condition. So im thinking, 3k$!! for an 1.8t, better jump on this! So i tell him i could make it for next weekend (he lives 3hours away). i would have gone the day after which was a saturday but i had my cousines wedding. So that friday evening (day before the wedding) we were arranging everything on the phone. I tell him all this and he then says that if i couldnt come right away for that friday night he would have to bring the car to val-dor (6hrs away). He never gave me a straight reason why and said if i couldnt make it i would have to drive all the way up to val-dor, he wouldnt be driving it back. SO i tell him do you want to sell it or not, and he again does not give me a straight reply. He then says i need to give him a deposit. At first he asks for 350-400$ and im like no way never. I decide to give him 50$ through a bank account fund transfer and he reserves the car for me. YAY, im happy, everything is set and i can come pick the car up next week. Well that never happens and for the next few weeks i call and try to arrange meetings on the weekend. His replies:he cant make it, hes too busy, no time.
Anyways we end up arranging a meeting for a saturday about 2 weeks ago. Me, my father and my bro get ready for a 6 hour drive up to val-dor. We wake up at 4:00am, gas up our burban (150$) and begin the trip. After what seemed to be the longest drive in the world ( all you see is trees and lakes) we by chance get to his place, my bro luckily spoted the car in the driveway cause the addy's were snowed over. So i chek out the car. putty under the fenders, broken rear crossmember, broken headlight, broken sunroof and unpainted door/trunk seals. Also the turbo was burning oil. IT was spraying out like a fountain through the shakey exhaust. He claims it has only 90 000 kliks, must have drove the living hell out of it for it to be burning oil like that. He states he can get 13.9 1/4m. so im guessing, abuse to the engine or wear and tear and theres a lot more km's then he says. So the car wasnt what i expected, but for 3g's i was optimistic and was planning to take it on as a progect. I decide im gonna take it, even in its damaged state. We call up the local u-haul to see if we can get a dolly or trailer and no luck, they dont have any. Also driving the car back was out of the question, the tires were bald and the rear crossmember was on its last bolt scraping the ground. The only logical solution was to drive another 6 hrs back home and come back next weekend after we rented a proper trailer. So he then asks that i pay him first in cash and we sign the power of attourney (procuration) and the car is mine. The only catch, it would be at his place for an entire week, and i would have no insurance on it (it could get stolen, damaged, etc..). So i tell him, sorry i wouldnt feel safe about it since the car wouldnt be insured right away and it could get stolen or damged or whatever the case, i wasnt going to hand this stranger 3g's in cash and walk away with a paper.
Next week comes along, i had the trailer reserved for saturday and i call him the the night before on friday. We speak and i tell him that i can come and everything is set all we need is a meeting time. He says you can meet me at my house in mont-laurier (3hrs) you give me the cash, we sign the power of attourney (procuration) and you go pick up the car in val dor, but i cant come with you im busy. So basically same situation as last time only more skeptical. I say, no man i cant. What happens if i get there and the car is gone...bye bye 3g's of my hard earned money. So obvioulsy i didnt do that and instead offered to drive him there and back in our car. He still says no, hes states hes too busy and doesnt have the time. This is where things get fuked up. I tell him the only way i would buy it, is if you were there with the car, as i hand you the cash and sign the power of attourney. So i say if we cant do it this way i can meet monday or next week. He says no way, hes working and the car will be sold anyways. He says out of no-where he has a buyer in valdor ready to take it and if i dont come and do it his way that it would go to the guy. So I think, 3g's is too much to risk and this guy doesnt sound credible and i cut the deal. I finnish it off and tell him, keep my deposit for now and if the deal doesnt go through i can come next week when your not busy. He says well its gonna be sold so whatever also he "has" to have it sold for that saturday because of his apparant car payments. So i finish that off and am forced to wait the weekend to see what happens. I let some time pass and i pm him back to ask what happened, he says the car is still for sale and he has a guy for 5500$ ready to buy.... so im still skeptical but at this point and want no more to do with this crooked guy. I then ask him for my 50$.
Heres where the truth comes out, right after i ask him for the 50$ back. he replies with this
Screen shot of his reply
btw expand the pic to see.
So now i finally know for sure im dealing with a crook and got fuked the 50$. could have been 3g's.
Now consider this a warning. I would have liked the same thing done to me. I had to find out more dificulty instead....
total cost of this bs:
150$ in gas + 50$ deposit + my time = *banghead*
just thought id post the warning, only fair. no harm intended on the sale.
Heres the story
As some of you know hes selling his car, the 93 golf 1.8t. Well ive been looking to buy a dub for while now and so made him an offer. I managed to bargain him down to 3000$ not knowing the condition. So im thinking, 3k$!! for an 1.8t, better jump on this! So i tell him i could make it for next weekend (he lives 3hours away). i would have gone the day after which was a saturday but i had my cousines wedding. So that friday evening (day before the wedding) we were arranging everything on the phone. I tell him all this and he then says that if i couldnt come right away for that friday night he would have to bring the car to val-dor (6hrs away). He never gave me a straight reason why and said if i couldnt make it i would have to drive all the way up to val-dor, he wouldnt be driving it back. SO i tell him do you want to sell it or not, and he again does not give me a straight reply. He then says i need to give him a deposit. At first he asks for 350-400$ and im like no way never. I decide to give him 50$ through a bank account fund transfer and he reserves the car for me. YAY, im happy, everything is set and i can come pick the car up next week. Well that never happens and for the next few weeks i call and try to arrange meetings on the weekend. His replies:he cant make it, hes too busy, no time.
Anyways we end up arranging a meeting for a saturday about 2 weeks ago. Me, my father and my bro get ready for a 6 hour drive up to val-dor. We wake up at 4:00am, gas up our burban (150$) and begin the trip. After what seemed to be the longest drive in the world ( all you see is trees and lakes) we by chance get to his place, my bro luckily spoted the car in the driveway cause the addy's were snowed over. So i chek out the car. putty under the fenders, broken rear crossmember, broken headlight, broken sunroof and unpainted door/trunk seals. Also the turbo was burning oil. IT was spraying out like a fountain through the shakey exhaust. He claims it has only 90 000 kliks, must have drove the living hell out of it for it to be burning oil like that. He states he can get 13.9 1/4m. so im guessing, abuse to the engine or wear and tear and theres a lot more km's then he says. So the car wasnt what i expected, but for 3g's i was optimistic and was planning to take it on as a progect. I decide im gonna take it, even in its damaged state. We call up the local u-haul to see if we can get a dolly or trailer and no luck, they dont have any. Also driving the car back was out of the question, the tires were bald and the rear crossmember was on its last bolt scraping the ground. The only logical solution was to drive another 6 hrs back home and come back next weekend after we rented a proper trailer. So he then asks that i pay him first in cash and we sign the power of attourney (procuration) and the car is mine. The only catch, it would be at his place for an entire week, and i would have no insurance on it (it could get stolen, damaged, etc..). So i tell him, sorry i wouldnt feel safe about it since the car wouldnt be insured right away and it could get stolen or damged or whatever the case, i wasnt going to hand this stranger 3g's in cash and walk away with a paper.
Next week comes along, i had the trailer reserved for saturday and i call him the the night before on friday. We speak and i tell him that i can come and everything is set all we need is a meeting time. He says you can meet me at my house in mont-laurier (3hrs) you give me the cash, we sign the power of attourney (procuration) and you go pick up the car in val dor, but i cant come with you im busy. So basically same situation as last time only more skeptical. I say, no man i cant. What happens if i get there and the car is gone...bye bye 3g's of my hard earned money. So obvioulsy i didnt do that and instead offered to drive him there and back in our car. He still says no, hes states hes too busy and doesnt have the time. This is where things get fuked up. I tell him the only way i would buy it, is if you were there with the car, as i hand you the cash and sign the power of attourney. So i say if we cant do it this way i can meet monday or next week. He says no way, hes working and the car will be sold anyways. He says out of no-where he has a buyer in valdor ready to take it and if i dont come and do it his way that it would go to the guy. So I think, 3g's is too much to risk and this guy doesnt sound credible and i cut the deal. I finnish it off and tell him, keep my deposit for now and if the deal doesnt go through i can come next week when your not busy. He says well its gonna be sold so whatever also he "has" to have it sold for that saturday because of his apparant car payments. So i finish that off and am forced to wait the weekend to see what happens. I let some time pass and i pm him back to ask what happened, he says the car is still for sale and he has a guy for 5500$ ready to buy.... so im still skeptical but at this point and want no more to do with this crooked guy. I then ask him for my 50$.
Heres where the truth comes out, right after i ask him for the 50$ back. he replies with this
Screen shot of his reply
btw expand the pic to see.
So now i finally know for sure im dealing with a crook and got fuked the 50$. could have been 3g's.
Now consider this a warning. I would have liked the same thing done to me. I had to find out more dificulty instead....
total cost of this bs:
150$ in gas + 50$ deposit + my time = *banghead*
just thought id post the warning, only fair. no harm intended on the sale.