Has anyone used cardata, they keep phoning me saying they can sell my car for asking price, got people waiting. I pay £80 now then get £70 back when they sell it. They make a profit by offing loans to people buying. Not sure if there is some sort of conn here. Any experiences?

steer well clear from these people they are conartists !!

Ripped off thousands of people...

Steer clear - bunch of @rseholes!

have a look at this for more re-assurance

http://www.consumercomments.co.uk/comments/cardata.htm

I got stung by these pwople a few years ago.... they said they had 3 people in my area looking to by my car, 4 years later and still no phone call !!! ;)

Well thats my mind made up. Cheers lads.

that was easy!!

When i sold my first scoob i wasnt fortunate enough to know about scoobynet, you may get automatch too.
Do yourself a favour, just tell them to F*** OFF, NOW!!!!!!!!

I can't believe these barstewards are still in business [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Got people waiting my ar5e [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] I got conned by another similar company about 5 years ago now and suprise suprise not one phone call.

Would you use car data to buy a car?

No!

Why use them to sell then?

Paul :)

OOPS!

I just got stung by cardata. The guy sounded like a scripted muppet, but then all direct sales are these days. Their website and magazine is surprisingly professional if they are con merchants. They even have lots of 'partners and links' and say that they power the daily mirrors used car section.

They are sending confirmation / receipt in the post - is there any way to cancel? I'm hoping distance selling rules would apply?

Has noone sold anything through them?

Ask them for the clients details, and tell them if he buys the car you'll give them the money. Or you can just tell them to p**s the f**k off!
dave

I'm with Misty, when I got the call I offered to pay them £150 on the sale of my car. They said no !!!! Once they say no go on the offensive as to why they would refuse such a great offer when they already have a list of buyers. The salesman was most flustered and I didn't get a call again :)

They are $hite as i found out when i payed to advertise my Saxo a few years ago :(

Stay away from them ;)

Don't do it!!

Les

Does anyone know of anyone who has had a success from these people?

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No only joking keep your money in your pocket

i have just found that out. 4 weeks still no calls was told the same. they ahve matched up my car with buys and they are intrested. still no calls. they called me to day to see if i wanted to spend £20 on putting a photo in as well glad i said NO. did say to them today that i must have been told a load of crap when i was fist called or all the people wa=hat was intrested are now dead. going to call them tomorrow and tell them what i have found out. no names will said.
mickjg

no. i got conned too - DOH :(

dont do it. tell em to **** off the next time they phone..

Tell them it's a cut-and-shut ;)

bloke from car data told me he had 8 people waiting to buy my car
i told him to go back and ask these 8 people if they still wanted my car after knowing it had done 20 track days and had no 3rd gear.
he never phone me back

mikee

lol @ Mikee :D

like so many have said here I have never heard of anyone who has sold their car through them (or anyone like them):rolleyes: The people who did get conned on this thread should do the right thing and call watchdog about them. The company I got conned by was one similar (Translink international)[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Paul

I agree with Paul. People need to know how these people operate.

i saw a watchdog special on them! put me right off! :)

avoid..

When I was selling my last car I got more calls from cardata and other similar companies than from genuine interested buyers! I was polite to start with, then just ended up telling them to f**k off. Always put no canvassers on your adverts

That makes no difference to them :(:rolleyes: tell them you are not interested and you will get another call a day or so later :( they are so pushy to sell you nothing for £80 and won't take no for an answer.

Wa*kers [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

Paul

[Edited by paulpalmer - 8/20/2003 10:42:47 AM]

You could try telling them that you have a database of people selling their cars who are dying to use CarDatas service and that for a nominal fee of £10 per name you will provide the details.

Might shut them up, epsecially if you tell them the add was just to get attention from canvassers.

These companies are scum. Steer well clear of these to$$ers ...

Complete to$$ers - don't have anything to do with them.
They offered me a "deal" when I was selling a car - £25 up front and then £55 on the sale. They took the whole £80 up front and I had to get it recovered from my card company. And I never got a single call for a sale.

Same sorry tale here - my girlfriend got conned into registering her Mini with them, "8 buyers in our area", plus the offer of a free holiday if no sale. £75 and six months later and not a single buyer from them. At first she kept ringing them to ask where all these buyers were - the contact stopped taking her calls, then had the receptionist say he'd left the company. The "free" holiday turned out to be the usual free accomodation as long as you bought the extortionate meals loblocks. They've never even rung to see if the car was sold (it did, through AutoTrader).

Steer well clear of those feckers.

Deano

Would Watchdog do anything about these bunch of winkers?

I wasted my money on them a few years ago, you can phone up for a status check so I did, and they had given out my details to 16 people. Wow I thought 16 people called and said,

I want this car around this age/spec and price in this area..
yes sir we have one that matches your criteria,
great can I have the details,
of course sir...
Ok now all I have to do is call the owner...

16 people not one of them called, liars, con merchants

I wind them up now with the following..

Yes it's for sale, well mate if you have a list of buyers I'll let you have it for £500 less, which you can keep as a tidy profit...

Not sure, don't want the owner to find out I'm selling it...