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Ok let me cut the long story short.
I found a Clio on pistonheads website that I wanted to buy for my second car. I speak to the guy on the phone a few times and I told him I wanted to buy it. We then arranged a time and a place to do the deal and pick it up.
The guy lives in Cumbria and I am based at the moment in Kent. We arrange to meet around half way at the Birmingham NEC at around 5 o clock this afternoon.
Me and my Mum pay from here to Birmingham costing 140 quid and we arrive on time. We phone him asking where he is and he says he will he is on his way and will be two hours(a piss take in intself) so we wait and wait and wait, still nothing, we ring him like a million times to see where the fuck he is and nothing, sod bugger fucking all. Didn't turn up, didn't answer the calls. So then it gets to half 10 and we have the mission all the way home and another 100 odd quid for the train home.
Seriously what the hell should I do, people can't just get away with this. So fucking angry right now it;s untrue 
[Edited on 06-10-2009 by corsadee]
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JonnyJ
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Not much really, just a fucking arse and got to take it on the chin.
Pick cars closer to home, surely there must be a clio more local to you than fucking Cumbria 
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Brett
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Nothin you can do. Don't do something silly like that again.
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lwigmore
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Bet you the tosser was sat at home, in his bed, watching batman, whilst you were busting a gut and wasting money to see a clio 
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MarkSport
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 not good.i know how you feel as a buyer did the same to me (also on pistonheads)
I was in the same mood you are right now but i couldnt do nothing as it was only word of mouth,not a binded contract like on ebay as such
best thing i would say is contact him tomorrow acting as a different person interested.arange to meet then dont turn up
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p
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quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore
Bet you the tosser was sat at home, in his bed, watching batman, whilst you were busting a gut and wasting money to see a clio
It was a second car I needed from A to B. Not the point what car it is really.
He lived in Cumbria but arranged in Birmingham, so fucking angry.
And yeah close to home obviously, but everything about this one was what I wanted/needed.
[Edited on 06-10-2009 by corsadee]
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Wrighty
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learn a lesson, buy local next time?
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X16joeXE
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Find out where he lives and burn the house down !!!!
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_Allan_
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You'd have never got home that far in the Clio anyway. You'd have RAC fees ontop. I think you actually saved money.
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Toby
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if i was going that far it would be for a dealership/garage or i would have a confirmed address
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Kurt
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Send Nic Barnes round
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
You'd have never got home that far in the Clio anyway. You'd have RAC fees ontop. I think you actually saved money.
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Tomnova16
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definatly always buy from a confirmed address incase there is any problems inthe future
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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BarnshaW
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i would do what someone else has mentioned, ring up and arrange another visit and not turn up yourself.
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DaveyLC
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My mate did that to someone last week, he had a car for sale and two people were coming to look at the same time.. He didnt want to lose a potential sale so he let them both come but the first guy bought the car so he phoned me and said "if someone shows up looking for me about a car tell them you dont know anything about it"..
The bloke had driven about two hours to see the car  poor bastid.
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willay
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^ fuck
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Cosmo
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corsadee!
Why would you be stupid enough to fall for that old trick?
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Robbo
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That is shit BUT yu shoudl onyl ever go that far for somethign you really seriosuly want, a 2nd car clio does not fit that bill also go all the way, more money but more peace fo mind
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
That is shit BUT yu shoudl onyl ever go that far for somethign you really seriosuly want, a 2nd car clio does not fit that bill also go all the way, more money but more peace fo mind
is your keyboard backtofront
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
That is shit BUT yu shoudl onyl ever go that far for somethign you really seriosuly want, a 2nd car clio does not fit that bill also go all the way, more money but more peace fo mind
is your keyboard backtofront
oh the irony sc0ott.
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GF-91
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Cut your losses and leave it. There is nothing else you can do.
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bigboykarl
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post the ad.. we'll all arrange to meet him
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Marc
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Call your local MP?
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
Call your local MP?
And arrange to meet him?
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Marc
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Yeah
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