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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Why Selling Used Cars To Friends Is A Bad Idea

By Musa Aykac

A few months ago I sold my old car to a neighbour who I was on friendly terms with. It was not my idea to sell my old car to my neighbour; in fact it was him who approached me to find out what I was doing with this car when he saw I had bought a new one.

I would have actually thought of him as more than just a neighbour because we often went out to the local bar and socialised there and our wives were quite friendly too. So when he asked if he could buy my old car I thought this was a great plan. The amount he was offering was lower than what I was looking for, but it made sense if it would avoid all that hassle of looking for a buyer. Once we shook hands however, the problems started.

The night that the car was sold, my neighbour phoned me and I spent ages answering all sorts of odd questions. I realised then that selling to this man was a mistake. Some of the questions he was putting to me made it seem as though he felt I had swindled him out of money. I was a bit annoyed with this and the call ended with me telling him that he could have the money back if he brought back the car; to which he replied by slamming the phone down. I am not a car salesman and have never sold a car before but I really thought that once you had sold the car, that was it.

One of my other friends came up to me and told me that there were vicious rumours being spread about me by this neighbour. He was telling everyone that would listen that I had cheated him out of a lot of money for a used car that was a piece of junk. I approached him about these lies but he just denied everything. We haven't talked since and his wife is now ignoring my missus. So take my advice - do not sell a used car to anyone who you consider to be a friend.

Whenever you happening to be looking for cars for sale, it's always best to carry out a proper research ahead of time. Researching allows you to find the very best used cars for the category you are looking for. When your research is done, you could very well end up with a great used cars for sale glasgow or even a used cars for sale cardiff.

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