hey guys
i was looking on gumtree last week and im thinking of needing to buy another van as mine had what i thought was a main injection pump failure which would cost more than the worth of the van here in france, it appears that it may in fact be the timing chain that has slipped so i will investigate further,
anyway there was a trend ad on there 2011; 89k immaculate in and out, alloys dark grey metal paint, side bars, chrome grill etc etc never used as a works van, even carpeted in the back, but the bodywork was or looked unmarked, sale price 7450, 3 days later came down to 6750. I offered 5800;6000;6250 then 6400; but the guy would not come down below 6600;
i done a hpi check inc mot history; and all was well, no mot failures except 2015, which was just a headlamp and tail light out; but the chk said it was a 115ps yet being sold as a 125; i questioned the guy about that and he insisted they were wrong; i asked for the vin no which he woulden't end over the net which i gues is fair enough, but a few days later he emailed me and said he had made a mistake and that he had just received the log book an was in fact a 115ps; he had only bought the van from a relative 4 wks before and thought it was a 125; he was selling as he had bought a transit tipper which was more suited to his work and in the end this van was just to tidy to use as a works van ????
i thought about it and decided i would not go to 6600 and he offered to drop to 6500 as hz had put the wrong add in but i was wary of two things; no service history, and selling a van after buying it 4 wks ago, so i mailed him and said not interested; he replied and said that actually he had had a viewing that morning and it was sold with the guy saying he would come back a week friday with the money and had offered 6550, but as i had looked first, he said i could still have it for 6500 if i was interested, i told him no
the ad vanished of gumtree and that was that; i was very tempted as it really looked nice with its chrome grills etc and i was more tempted that it had not been worked hard etc ??
then yesterday i went on and there was another one in the same area for sale dark grey, trend spec, for 4950; i looked at the ad and it looked the same van, so got a friend to mail him and ask for the reg as it was blanked out, he supplie it and was the same van !!!! i asked my mate that it looked like a van that was on there a few days before, and why had it been reduced so much over night, ? his reply was '' its a different van mate ''; !! so he asked; so you no the other van then; he said yes, he then asked so how come it has the same reg !!!! , to which he did not get a reply;
the van is still advertised, in witney oxford; i wonder what is going on there, ? it all sounds highly suspicious dont you think ??
in fact , the only real thing that stopped me buying it was it did not have air con,, everything else but air con; i found that odd as it does seem to also have the limited spec, with alloy wheels, side bars, leather steering wheel; gear knob, heated seat etc and thought that limited spec included air con but might be wrong probably
but as a matter of interest; what would i expect to pay for a top spec trend in that condition, and milage, ? 4950 seems rather low and have no idea why it is selling again that low as he has not responded anymore ??
just thought you would find my experience interesting
bob