Anyone heard of Car Data Check
08 December 2003, 02:12 PM
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Scoob is up for sale in the Auto Trader and the above company keep calling telling us that they have buyers for the car, and that with only a £72 registration fee, they will put us in contact with buyers. When sold, we get £60 of the registration fee back!
Anyone heard of this/done it? We are just a bit dubious!
08 December 2003, 02:14 PM
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Not heard of them - but sounds very similar to a number of cons going on out there - so beware!
Do a search on here as well, think I have seen a simlar thread. As I recall somebody refused to pay up front but offered them 2x what they were asking for if they got a sale and they didn't want to play!
Do a search on here as well, think I have seen a simlar thread. As I recall somebody refused to pay up front but offered them 2x what they were asking for if they got a sale and they didn't want to play!
08 December 2003, 02:18 PM
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DON'T DO IT!!!!!!
It's a scam [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Do a search and you will find that of all the people who have signed up none have received a phone call. You will also notice that even if you put
on your advert they will still call and in my case I put
and they still called [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Steer well clear. Would you buy a car through them? No??? Welll why sell it through them???
Paul
It's a scam [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Do a search and you will find that of all the people who have signed up none have received a phone call. You will also notice that even if you put
no canvessers
NO CARDATA MUPPETS
Steer well clear. Would you buy a car through them? No??? Welll why sell it through them???
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08 December 2003, 02:25 PM
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Yep stear clear ....they phoned me saying "we've got buyers for your car" so I told them great send them round and you'll get your money ...."Oh no sir it doesn't work like that " ....."well sod off then ! "
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08 December 2003, 02:26 PM
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Put my car on Autotrader a few weeks back. Cardata kept ringing up saying they had 12 interested parties.
I said that is more or less the same as you said to me back in 1998 when I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Needless to say I heard jack$hit from them once they had got my money. He then asked if I wanted to speak to their customer service department FFS! I declined just wanted rid of the useless to$$ers.
Successful agencies in whatever they are selling only require payment upon them selling whatever they were supposed to be selling, not up front.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY UP FRONT.
Damian.
I said that is more or less the same as you said to me back in 1998 when I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Needless to say I heard jack$hit from them once they had got my money. He then asked if I wanted to speak to their customer service department FFS! I declined just wanted rid of the useless to$$ers.
Successful agencies in whatever they are selling only require payment upon them selling whatever they were supposed to be selling, not up front.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY UP FRONT.
Damian.
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08 December 2003, 03:10 PM
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Just hang up on them. They are very agressive to try and get a sale 
I had to keep repeating myself saying "not interested" when the stupid woman carried on trying to get me to sign up. The daft cow's answer was "aren't you interested in selling your car" [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Yes I replied but not with you and I hung up. P!ssed me off for hours after that with her attitude.
I had to keep repeating myself saying "not interested" when the stupid woman carried on trying to get me to sign up. The daft cow's answer was "aren't you interested in selling your car" [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] Yes I replied but not with you and I hung up. P!ssed me off for hours after that with her attitude.
08 December 2003, 04:21 PM
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yep i sorry to say that i've hread of these mugs i was selling gti to get a scoob and they rang me every day !!! saying they had people waiting to buy my car so i thought wounderful (as you do) but was there any phone calls......... NOT FCUKIN ONE !!!!! when they phone you up tell them to **** OFF !!! as you can tell it still really pi!!'s me off
[Edited by Terzo228 - 12/8/2003 4:23:10 PM]
[Edited by Terzo228 - 12/8/2003 4:23:10 PM]
08 December 2003, 06:34 PM
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yep i got done too,selling me old car they had 200 buyers before i paid them,they all disappeared at the same time as my £60,tossers shouldn't be allowed to run a business
cheers
jason
cheers
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08 December 2003, 09:13 PM
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I got bothered by these people too, just told them I had sold the car. Wonder if anyone has ever been successful with them - if not, maybe we should all write to Watchdog to frame the ar**holes!
08 December 2003, 09:26 PM
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Don't hang up or tell them to F.Off. Just say yes I'm very interested but have someone with me at the minute if you can just hold on a sec. Then go have a cup of tea etc. I got them waiting for 14 mins before they hung up. Funnily enough they did'nt call back
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08 December 2003, 10:30 PM
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I love it. Thinking of new things to say to them.
At the moment I simply say no. When they ask why, I ask how they got my number, they always reply from the xxxxxx, my point is simple why would I want to advertise when my car is already being advertised. And working too after all they saw it!!!
Have you had the old, we wnat to give you a free magazine. I just naming mags and they said I couldn't choose I laughed and hung up.
At the moment I simply say no. When they ask why, I ask how they got my number, they always reply from the xxxxxx, my point is simple why would I want to advertise when my car is already being advertised. And working too after all they saw it!!!
Have you had the old, we wnat to give you a free magazine. I just naming mags and they said I couldn't choose I laughed and hung up.
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