Iwan

I know this has been done before but i feel like ranting.

Just had my first call regarding my car which is up for sale in the Autotrader, from a canvasser.

It says "no canvassers" on the ad, I mention this to matey and he sparks up "oh but we're not canvassers, we just want to put your car on our database - where we have lots of buyers waiting".

So i just said, "look mate, unless you're personally interested in buying my car, **** off and stop wasting my ******* time".

I hate these parasites

scoobydooooo

this may sound thick but what is a canvasser ??

Iwan

People who call up offering to help you sell your car, take some money off you, and give you little or nothing back in return.

There's one company in particular who are notoriously bad, they've been mentioned on here and people have written to Top Gear complaining about them. Might have been them who called, not sure - i didn't get that far into the conversation.

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Very reasonable response IMHO. I still want to know who these alleged buyers are who are so inept they can't simply pick up the mag for themselves and get on the phone. They're a total waste of time - I sold my last car to a proper scooby enthusiast through a popular specialist web site

scoobydooooo

thanks mate , their job description is basically a load of boll%%s , why would anybody want to use them ??

gsm1

Just put the phone straight down, saves time.

richardg

go through all the detail, ask them to repeat, write down who they are and where from. then hang up before they do - you'll feel a little better for wasting some of their time in return!

MattW

Had one myself last night Iwan, just put the phone down on them.

wwp8

you should say
in that case, why not buy the car off you.
and sell it again for a slightly higher price and make a bigger profit

Iwan

Yeah, i did after telling him not to call again.

Annoying really, as you think "awesome, someone's going to buy my car!" and then you realise it's just a bunch of scammers.

chiark

Sell it on scoobynet

First scoob sold in 3 days. Second one sold in 3 days.

EvilKyote

Yeah they are fooking annoying, steer clear at all costs, unfortunately i learned the hard way and wound't want anyone else having to deal with the **** i had to deal with, still £80 out of pocket

Iwan

Does that ^^^^^^ count as canvassing?!

I might actually, worth a try I suppose...

chiark

As long as you're realistic with price, I've found s/net to be superb. OK, canvassing over

EvilKyote

can I canvass for you and i'll take 50% of the profits