Just wanted to bring to people's attention about this time-waster in Croy near Glasgow

his name is Alan (supposedly) and been arranging with him for the past few days to view this car today

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-m...i-11k/89601464


arrived in glasgow at 9am this morning after being up since 5am and getting a train at 6, messaged him to tell him i would be at croy in around 25 minutes, then got the train to croy for 10 mins, message him again to say i was there, half an hour later, still no reply, so rang him, rang and rang and rang and went through to answer machine, so left him a voicemail

half an hr later, nothing still so decided enough was enough and went home, so in total a waste of 8 hours of my day and £70 train fare later. extremely pissed off to say the least

message him again since and said what i feel about the situation and surprise surprise, no reply

just wanted to bring it up, just in case anybody else fancies viewing the car. doesnt seem like he wants to sell it that much, put it this way

do you think i should report the add to gumtree and explain what he has done, or just leave it at this

Thanks

Matt

 

If he hasn't got a really good excuse, he's the biggest T1T. Doesn't he not know how had it is to sell cars today.

Only 11k on the clock

 

yeah i no, thing is he hasnt even bothered giving an excuse which makes it worse, just pisses me off as only arranged it about 6pm last night to go so its not as if he forgot or anything

and as for the 11k, was one of the reasons i went to look at it (hamster found it for me, so fair play) just a shame the guy has done what he has

 

wow i would be more than annoyed i would go as far to say i would be camped on his door step until he had the man ***** to speak.If you didnt have his mane and addy i am sure you could of got someone to obtain it for you.If he was any kind of man he would stump up some cash for your wasted journey.Sorry to hear this pal

 

yeah i wish, he obviously aint man enough to sort something out face to face.

guess ill live and learn eh, has completely put me off going a long distance to view a nice car now though

 

everything happens for a reason still not the point though mate !

 

I wouldnt go that distance without a name and address that corresponded with the car and logbook in question.

 

yeah i guess it just wasnt ment to be, bit like all the others ive been intesresed in and been to late

will just wait and see what happens, sure 1 will come up soon enough

i had his postcode but decided against it, because i was that mad i think i would have knocked him out,lol

 

I'm gutted about this, Matt has pm'd me a lot about several cars and has the money for a quality one and with the mileage this had it seemed a winner. I was slightly concerned when the guy started avoiding messages from Matt earlier in the week but then it looked like he sorted it and it was game on.

Keep your eyes out for a decent example in the midland/north wales area lads and pm matt if its worth considering.

 

plenty of nice ones for sale mate and dont get too hung up about mileage.Its a buyers market take this in to consideration and the cost of your wasted journey today

 

cheers mate, youve been a great help the last few weeks, and when i do finally get 1, i owe you a pint or 3 haha

 

yeah no what your saying james, some of these with higher mileage though are well overpriced, and i know its all down to reasoning with them, im just going to take my time with it as im in no mega rush to buy, but would have rather not have to change cars during the middle of the winter as its never the best time to sell

 

whats is wrong with this one history is brilliant and it looks stuning and a well cherished example
https://www.scoobynet.com/subaru-444...-6500-ono.html

 

i liked the look of that one too. shame no ppp but easily sorted.

 

Good clean, sensibly priced example there Matt

Just a shame about the lack of detailed photo's

 

yeah does look nice and does seem as if its been looked after, think its down south though

im not gonna rush into things now though and just keep an eye out

hell of a lot of photo's yeah, but thats a good thing

 

another possible which is close to you Matt

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3335021.htm

 

or this with 35k on the clock

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Imp...#ht_720wt_1263

 

shame you cant pop to Leicester this weekend mate

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Imp...ht_1004wt_1263

 

That 1 with 35k looks nice. Might try contact him. Just another mission to Devon lol

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2004-Subar...item415e5f2bd8. If you don't mind an import.

 

SORN'd for 3 years .... that's not good - seals and joints and fluids all do funny things if not used.

I would have had to have had a photo of V5 - with name and address - and a landline number all checked out before I set foot on a train.

Easy with hindsight, I know - and the 11,000 miles must have been quite a pull ... happy hunting!

Avoid all imports!

 

what a ****. if you have his postcode, why not send him a big steaming turd in the post

 

phone number + address = pizza, taxis and call centres!

 

Mmmmhh had a couple of probs like this involving parts boils my **** !

But i do have a 05 blob wrx with 23k on clock ppp with the cert which i verified with subaru and checked !
Might be tempted to part if price was right

 

I know where the O.P. is coming from, sellers can be just as bigger time wasters as buyers, theres 2 scoobs at the moment that I've expressed an interest in... via several emails and answerphone msgs over several days, yet neither has bothered to get back to me even though they both still appear to available?!?!

 

Haha Sean, that would be funny

Am after an sti really but thanks for the offer

 

out of order

nearly happened to me once but just guy was out cleaning car, when i was phoning landline

600mile round trip and my mate drove me down!!!

feel for you mate - but like others have said if its not for you....

 

Don't let it put you off mate, I did a 450 mile round trip for my car and it was well worth it!! There are some good sellers out there. As already stated, it didn't work out for a reason so take it as a sign. I'd assume that the car wasn't all it was made out to be. Maybe he was trying to flog you a dodgy motor and either clocked that you are a member on here, or that you have a good knoewledge of subaru's, realised that he wouldn't be able to pull the wool over your eyes and chickened out!

 

Car known to any other fellow scottish scooby owners guys ??

sorry to here about that anyway mate but guess it was not meant to be and possibly one day when you have the very car you are after you will think back and say to yourself I was glad they guy was not there or would not be driving this one !!!