Anyone Here From Yoker ? ** Update **

[kloon]

Reason I ask is that a mate of mine, who is also a member on here, did a private cash sale on Saturday for his 02 Bugeye STi. Jist of the story is the lad came up from Glasgow, had a good look round, took the car for a test drive, was impressed to the point that he said it was a "very nice example", handed over the cash, signed the V5 and off he went back to Glasgow.

Yesterday he's on the phone ranting that the car's a disgrace, has been rolled, the roof's twisted, panels are all different colours etc and he's wanting his money back. The car came from Sunnyhill Motors just 6 months ago and is HPi checked clear, Sunnyhill even did it again themselves yesterday at their own expense to have fax proof. My mate has tried to reason with him over the phone but he just keep's hanging up, saying he'll be in Aberdeen tonight at 5pm and that there are "ways' of getting his money back. A threat in anyones book i'd say. A pretty unsavoury way to do business im sure you'll all agree and a bit worrying for my mate and his wife.

If any of you are in Yoker could you PM me and i'll give you his name and you'll maybe know or will have heard of him and you could maybe have a word and see exactly what's wrong here.

Cheers, Ari.

Edited November 15, 2007 by kloon

[thefastone]

Yeah I have to say that this smells really bad like Ari, sounds a bit like a scam or something, the V5 has been signed accross, so I dont know...

I really Feel for him, And I'd try and make a point of being there if I could just in case... But I think that we might be back out to sea by then...

[kloon]

Yeah I have to say that this smells really bad like Ari, sounds a bit like a scam or something, the V5 has been signed accross, so I dont know...

I really Feel for him, And I'd try and make a point of being there if I could just in case... But I think that we might be back out to sea by then...

Aye Dale, not good at all. You, I and many others have seen that car and if that's a write off with multi coloured panels then I must be blind.

[craig mac]

PAUL CORRAN, YOKER, GLASGOW, TO BE EXACT

We have his full addy, contact number and would appriciate anyones "Help"

[4Hero]

not good mate, maybe call www.citizensadvice.org.uk? Good luck.

[boris b]

not good mate, maybe call www.citizensadvice.org.uk? Good luck.

If he has made any specific threats it might be a good idea to pop into the local cop shop with his details and ask if they can have somebody in the area.

[thefastone]

think he's called them mate, but to be honest, I think we'd all rather that it never got to that stage where he even came back up to aberdeen about it... you know what I'm saying...

Prevention is better than the cure an all that...

[G.Mac]

Sold as seen, tell him to go away in your finest Glasgow accent "F OFF"

Your mate sold the car in good fath, A different answer could have come about if this paul guy didnt make threats

Hope all goes well

Graeme

Edited November 14, 2007 by G.Mac

[sparky_sj04]

Nothing good is going to come of it if the pr### comes up, so get your mate to blankly tell him that it's a waste of time, the money is spent, and maybe a swift F___ OFF might speak his language..

Might be an idea just to inform the cops just in case anything does happen then at least they'll be keener to do something..

Pretty bad situation though dude, i'm not really saying much everyone hasn't already but hope it works out..

Scum of the earth people like that..

[chris_c201]

I'm from the general Clydebank vicinity, never heard the name but sounds like the kind of guy i wouldn't be trying to get to know anyway!

As someone that has just sold a car privately 2 days ago i must admit the whole process worried me slightly, thankfully i got a really decent genuine guy and hopefully won't hear anything more of it.

Silly question but does he know where your mate actually lives (did he go to the house to see that car?) Bit late now but i arranged to meet somewhere neutral in both the times someone came to see the car.

Sorry i can't be of further help and i hope nothing comes of it, only advice i could give has already happened with contacting the police.

Chris

[thefastone]

I belive that it was all done at his house...

so yeah... looks like its going to be soon, I hope he does not bother....

[dan_jess]

This isnt very good news at all. Hope it gets sorted out.

But, looking at it from the other guys point of view, i know i wouldnt be happy if a car i had just bought wasnt all that it first seemed. Im not implying that i think that of this car, im just pointing out that it can happen and obviously any of us would be wanting our money back aswell.

The guy shouldnt have made threats and should be trying to prove that the car has accident history as he seems to think it does.

Private sale tho, sold as seen.

Anyway as i said before i hope it all gets sorted

[RA Dunk]

ive seen this car loads of times and cant for the life of me say ive ever seen a mark on it

[l2 nrm]

do any of youz think he has bought the car swapped the plate vin no etc on to another car (possably stolen)insurance scam or that?how manny people would get scared of him doin that and end up takin the car back?a few proberly i bet ! i personaly would imform the police incase he does come back wouldnt want anything to kick off!

[cullenmin]

F**k sake thats s**t crack! Hope your mate gets this sorted Ari

Edited November 14, 2007 by Cullenmin

[scientific steve]

car was straight as a straight thing can be

the police have been called and updated with ALL thats been going on and have told the chap that sold the car that he is right,

ie sold as seen and that's that, or it should be

silly bugger still thinks that coming up the road the morns night is going to change things !!

lets just hope that the bois in blue can do a turn for the good and look out for this twonk as he drives up in the afternoon

as i bet that the cars not insured !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if anybody would like the reg, to lets say, pass on to someone, let me know

[reidzer44]

thanks everyone ... as you no by now it was me who sold the car to this guy in good faith on sat afternoon 10/11/07 at around 3-45 4-00 pm , he phoned out of the blue on friday night asked some questions advised me that he had seen my ad in the autotrader and was the 1 that caught his eye and was within his budget , he phoned a couple of times that night asking some straight forward questions -condition-paperwork -accidents-hpi bla bla bla , seemed genuine enough and asked if i would take cash deal as he really wanted this car asap, said yes as long as the deal was done at my house and there was no keys handed over ect ect untill i had checked money and his details , he then replied ok i want the car i need to organise a lift from someone and i will probably see you sat afternoon , he phoned first thing sat morning had aranged his lift and he was on his way around lunch time as soon as he had got the money from bank , got a few calls sat for directions and he would be there around 3-30- 4 ish , low and behold he turns up at my door in a taxi said it was his mate who only once got out of the car to look at mine , went over my car strangly very quickly , never said anything about bodywork a few chips on the bonnet and a scuffed passenger front wheel bearing in mind this car was almost 6 years old and was in very good condition for its age , never asked for a test drive i offered !!!!! so off we went out the westhill road and back approx 4-5 miles could not drive worth a dam was missing gears almost stalled it 3-4 times all he said was very nice car to drive and he could deffo feal the power was there brakes were good tyres were almost new , got back to mine had another quick going over said it was a perfect example of a car drives well and in good clean condition and trust me it was polished every month and cleaned once maybe twice a week depending on weather at my front door , came inside to check paperwork only thing he was consered about was had it been in any accidents (no) - prodrive certificate (yes) and tracker details (yes) handed over £9000 in cash and off he went stalling the car twice on way out and going the wrong way , so monday night he said he phoned no message , my wife was off all day tuesday phoned her several times in an abrupt manner saying he had been to 2 garages locally and had the car checked saying it head been rolled at some pont wings and bonnets were a different colour and the car was a total mess and he was coming up to get his money back one way or another , you no the rest turns out he never showed tonight but phoned and said he is deffo coming thurday night to get his money with some friends and that he had ways and means of getting it back ..... SORRY this is so long but i will keep you informed of what happens tommmorow , many thanks to scientific steve , zanders , kloon , for coming round tonight and craig and simmie for there phone callls of concern , also to all the replies on here and aberdeen scoobies ... cheers dez !

Edited November 15, 2007 by reidzer44

[reidzer44]

oops just looked at some of my spelling sorry

[craig_harey]

hope it all works out for you dez with no trouble on your home turf especially with wife there and if you have kids . Craig

[reidzer44]

hope it all works out for you dez with no trouble on your home turf especially with wife there and if you have kids . Craig

cheers craig yes i have 2 boys

[craig_harey]

maybe turn out to be all mouth but if your m8s are round then it should be enough of a deterant .

[thefastone]

well if the shore leave had not ended at 4 for us sailing not long after, then I would have been up for you Dez, just bad timing... not that it really matters but when your thinking about saftey in numbers, then its the more the merrier...

I hope that sooner or later, he realises that he is being a muppet, and gives up...

Yeah, and to mirror someone elses comments, I hope the bobbies are on the ball keeping an eye out, I belive that they have cameras linked to the ANPR(????) police database, so that they can check every car that comes or goes from the city... cant remember where I heard that, I;m sure someone might know that, so they can trigger an alert if a particular reg plate comes through...? (I dont know where I heard that, does anyone know if thats right?)

I'd like to think that they might lift him before he could get as far as your house...?

[jodie typeRA]

cheers craig yes i have 2 boys

think you should get some off the boys round the night .phone the cops and see iff thay can have a car in the area

[fai17]

That is utter crap....hope this guys just p1sses off and leaves yous all a lone...

Call the cops as you've done already and make sure they play ball to protect the innocent.

[little vodka goblin]

OMG! What disgusting behaviour, some people are complete a**eholes aren't they? Hopefully he's all mouth and no action and it'll all blow over. Good luck & keep us updated.