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Loafman wrote:Well, it seems all the Transits that are suitable for my needs and budget are miles and miles away. I've now been to look at 3 of them, the first one was a wreck, the second one wasn't much better, and this morning I drove all the way to Wokingham to look at one that seemed to fit the bill (I specifically want FWD and a medium roof, SWB or MWB). I went to set off this morning and the battery in my LDV decided it was too cold and it wasn't gonna fire out enough oomph to turn the engine over.... So I borrowed a friends car, arranged a days insurance and stuck a load of petrol in it.... a fair few ££££'s. I also took a half day off work, more £££'s.
This is the van I went to see:- http://vans.autotrader.co.uk/used-vans/ford/transit/2005-ford-transit-t280-85-psi-tdi-wokingham-vfpa-8aba7dc63c2353f5013c3b1364c37c8d
Not sure how long the link will work, but it shows a medium roof transit that looks like it fits the bill.
So I drove many miles to have a look, and when I got there what did I see? It's not the van in the picture! F**KING BO**OCKS! It was a low roof.... looked like an ok van visually, but totally useless to me. The guy claimed that autotrader had put the wrong picture on the ad... I spoke to autotrader and they could not elaborate on how it had happened as I am not the advertiser, but they confirmed that it was not their mistake.
The seller told me he had sold the one in the picture last week, but the description was of the low roof one?!?... maybe just my suspicious mind, but I think he put the ad in for 2 weeks, sold the medium roof one in the first week, then, to save some money, changed the text to reflect the low roof one but couldn't change the picture.
The thing that pissed me off the most was that he was more concerned that he wasn't able to make a sale, rather than the fact he was responsible for costing me somewhere between £100-200.
As the title suggests, I'm giving up on the search for one, there are just too many scammers, rip off merchants and liars out there. It's for the best, 'cos if I meet another one I am going to turn proper Mike Tyson on them! And I don't really fancy an assault charge hanging over me.
cleeguy wrote::wink: Were are you located Loafy,( )..ill keep an eye for a good one for you too....A mate of mine who has a mk7,(mint) now tells me he will now be buying a new van this year!...Its got the extra heated mirrors and a few bits which mine hasnt, i might be grabbing that when his new one comes, so mine might be up for sale as i dont require two, .....
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