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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Buharifan: 8:10am On Oct 06, 2021
This happened to someone I know:

A guy came to their car stand and pretend he wants to buy a car and requested to test it. So the car owner asked his sales attendant to go with the man for the testing. The potential buyer now opened the boot of the car to also check and refused to close it and he entered the car, then told the sales attendant who was already seated in the front passenger seat to close the boot. As the attendant dropped from the car to close the boot, the man zoomed off. Till today

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Muzikluva(m): 8:11am On Oct 06, 2021
ozo13:
na so one wan sell accidented car to me as tokunbo.i check the papers pasted on the car.under condition: i saw collision.i was kinda confused
VIN number is there for you to confirm if the car was accidented or not!!! Why are Nigerians like this?! Even the accidented cars are good after fixing them except if it was a front impact!

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by udemzyudex(m): 8:11am On Oct 06, 2021
skj1377:
Tell him to forget about the past And that you have another buyer. Let someone call him and pose as buyer. Tell him to pay 50% of your commission in advance. Once he pays block him at least you have recovered half .

This trick will only work on a kid grin grin


Forget about the past when money was involved? T

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by colestephan86: 8:12am On Oct 06, 2021
TPound:
February 2019..
I sold a car to a man who claims to work at a military establishment. He bought a car worth 1.4m from me and paid 1m. Asked me to follow him to his work place so as to get the balance but being busy, I designated my boy to follow him.
Few hours later, my boy called and was hysterical. The man asked him to come down to check what was bring out smoke from underneath at which there was none.
Immediately he alighted, the man zoomed off with his phone in the car.
He had to use a passerby's phone to call me.
I went to pick him up and we went to the place where he claimed to be working but there was no such person working there.
I was pained as there was nothing to be used to track him. He left with all the documents and receipts...
Ever had such experience, please share as there are lessons to be learnt from such.
You are not a car dealer, and if you are , you must be a foolish one

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by udemzyudex(m): 8:13am On Oct 06, 2021
Solatium:



What sort of questions is this,get someone to pretend as a buyer for the new car posted,arrange meeting and hold him

Simple.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Gandollaar(f): 8:14am On Oct 06, 2021
I once had a Chevrolet Impala which developed what I'll call complications and defied everything done to get it back to shape, so I sold it to someone for half the market value.

Regretfully, the buyer never drove the car one day because he also couldn't fix it. He sold it after spending so much to fix.

I feel bad each time I see the guy.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Philip4564(m): 8:22am On Oct 06, 2021
Gandollaar:
I was had a Chevrolet Impala which developed what I'll call complications and defied everything done to get it back to shape, so I sold it to someone for half the market value.

Regretfully, the buyer never drove the car one day because he also couldn't fix it. He sold it after spending so much to fix.

I feel bad each time I see the guy.
you have a good heart

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by shegoon: 8:23am On Oct 06, 2021
It's a negligence on ur part, i sell cars too and i dont release my car until you fulfill all the transaction agreement. If you have to deposit, the car will still be in my lot not to talk of releasing the original document . Laxity on your part..
TPound:


For someone to pay over 50% and asked that I follow him to collect the balance, it will be a waste of time to follow him, collect the balance, come back to the office to bring the documents and take it back to him

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by derancle: 8:24am On Oct 06, 2021
meekparagon:
My own happens last week, there was this particular dealer who posted his car here in nairaland for sale, so it happened that I have a buyer for the vehicle, I call him and we agreed that he would settle me from the 100k that he tops on the deal.


Not knowing that the owner of the vehicle gave him the vehicle to sale for 1.2m, this guy told me that the owner needs 1.6 +100k for sellers that's 1.7M.


I have to contact my buyer all the way from oyo to buy the vehicle.

After seeing the vehicle, he later paid 1.710m to the guy acc.

This guy gave the owner of the car 1m.
Claiming that his pastor brother that paid for the vehicle, since the owner is also a pastor. He accepted the money 1m.

This guy took 710k to his pocket.

Few hours later, he call me that my buyer has paid for the vehicle ooo that I s forward him my account number. Immediately I forward this guy my account details. This guy blocked all my contacts including in whatsapp where we negotiate every.

I was like going mad.

I have to call him with another number, this was asking me, (guy are you the one that sold the car, what was your efforts, you only help me in br buyer and nothing else. So please stop bothering me) I was shock seeing such write up from human being.



Please how can I track this guy, he just posted another vehicle for sale on his page.
If you can help me out. Contact me with 08170505328

What is the person username so, others will be careful with him.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by IkpuMmadu: 8:24am On Oct 06, 2021
penearth:
I ventured it for three weeks but ran away due to no experience in how to get customer patronage.
only three weeks...get patience
Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by adeowo84(m): 8:25am On Oct 06, 2021
Hmm... people are out to defraud their fellow, i had an experience early this year, my cousin introduce me to a man from our hometown who have a Toyota Camry 04 tokunbo. We agreed to HP and I gave him 250k initial payment, and as at March this year have paid well over 1.5m( cos I run d car for Uber). One day this man called me and said he has a friend coming from abroad and will like to have a car to hire during his stay in Naija and does not want anyone to drive him. I sense foul play and send text to d man that if his friend can deposit 2 million in my account, I will release the car. That's d last I heard about the matter.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by symbianDON(m): 8:26am On Oct 06, 2021
Solatium:



To start with,you don't sound like a real business man to me to more of a car dealer,you sold a vehicle whose value you haven't been paid fully and you issued a receipt,gave the original documents and even released the vehicle.


secondly
If you are ready to spend a little cash you would have retrieve that car,the VIN nbere is all you needed to track the registration details and with the help of police you would have picked whoever is the owner up and if he had sold it,he would have been picked.
to the first, I think he can be forgiven! It was a bitter experience and I'm sure he learnt the hard way.
To the second, don't undermine criminals! Have you heard of VIN swap? They do it to make the vehicle untraceable! If you ever have to buy a car at berger...hmmmmm!! Your both eyes must be wide open!

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by id4sho(m): 8:26am On Oct 06, 2021
Gandollaar:
I was had a Chevrolet Impala which developed what I'll call complications and defied everything done to get it back to shape, so I sold it to someone for half the market value.

Regretfully, the buyer never drove the car one day because he also couldn't fix it. He sold it after spending so much to fix.

I feel bad each time I see the guy.
I love your sincerity

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Dbarrzx: 8:26am On Oct 06, 2021
1. I sold a car to a car dealer and he needed to balance me 30k but he has less fund in his account. He came from Ilorin to meet me in Lagos. I pitied him and allowed him to go with the car and photocopies of the papers and I kept original. With the agreement that once he transfer the balance I will waybill the original papers to him. This guy did not send my balance and I decided to keep the papers too.
2. Sold another to a guy that came from PH. He sent someone to pick the car. When the car eventually got to him he was disturbing me. -You never told me this and that about the car. After two month he will still call and tell me that "he drove the car to church and the tyre went flat along the road and many other issues that will come along with normal car usage...." Guy, I got mad and told him not to call me again. It was a very tough period for me.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by demolagilbert: 8:26am On Oct 06, 2021

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Nobody: 8:29am On Oct 06, 2021
Born2conquer:

How do you import yourself

freemi:
what route do u use. Pls show me

You can bid abroad for a clean vehicle esp in the US. Then, use a trusted person to pick it up and take it to a mechanic there to get it checked again, and buy parts inside the vehicle. Ship it to Nigeria yourself. This is how sellers do it, the only difference is that while you know the history of the car and get a clean one, they buy faulty vehicles at very cheap price, and then repair it there before shipping to Nigeria. If you have a good person there also, you can buy a car involved in accident that is very minor and repair it. But I always prefer clean vehicles. Then, go and get an agent to clear it at the port. That is it. Not too hard, but you need someone there. It is why traveling is good. Get visas of some of these countries and go do business. Such aren't businesses there cos you are buying vehicles and sending them home. For you, it is business, but its ordinary purchase allowed under visiting Visa there.

Goodluck!

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Timoleon(m): 8:30am On Oct 06, 2021
It’s simple. Call him with a different number or have someone else do it, agree to buy the car, you’ll go for physical check up catch him and give him jingle justice.
meekparagon:
My own happens last week, there was this particular dealer who posted his car here in nairaland for sale, so it happened that I have a buyer for the vehicle, I call him and we agreed that he would settle me from the 100k that he tops on the deal.


Not knowing that the owner of the vehicle gave him the vehicle to sale for 1.2m, this guy told me that the owner needs 1.6 +100k for sellers that's 1.7M.


I have to contact my buyer all the way from oyo to buy the vehicle.

After seeing the vehicle, he later paid 1.710m to the guy acc.

This guy gave the owner of the car 1m.
Claiming that his pastor brother that paid for the vehicle, since the owner is also a pastor. He accepted the money 1m.

This guy took 710k to his pocket.

Few hours later, he call me that my buyer has paid for the vehicle ooo that I s forward him my account number. Immediately I forward this guy my account details. This guy blocked all my contacts including in whatsapp where we negotiate every.

I was like going mad.

I have to call him with another number, this was asking me, (guy are you the one that sold the car, what was your efforts, you only help me in br buyer and nothing else. So please stop bothering me) I was shock seeing such write up from human being.



Please how can I track this guy, he just posted another vehicle for sale on his page.
If you can help me out. Contact me with 08170505328

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Yansham: 8:30am On Oct 06, 2021
After this thread, it will be nice to also open a thread on how most car dealers are rogues and their nefarious activities.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Solatium(m): 8:31am On Oct 06, 2021
symbianDON:
to the first, I think he can be forgiven! It was a bitter experience and I'm sure he learnt the hard way.
To the second, don't undermine criminals! Have you heard of VIN swap? They do it to make the vehicle untraceable! If you ever have to buy a car at berger...hmmmmm!! Your both eyes must be wide open!


I am fully aware of those,but even with the VIN been swaped if he involved the services of a professional they will still be nab.
Each brand and model comes with its own unique VIN there is no way you will put a VIN of Corrola on Camry or a VIN of Honda on Toyota,even the VIN of two Corrola's can't be swapped without been detected

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Rockride: 8:33am On Oct 06, 2021
I don't think all hope is lost. If, you are the importer then go back to the web you bought from and check your buying history. Then u can use the VIN to track.


TPound:
February 2019..
I sold a car to a man who claims to work at a military establishment. He bought a car worth 1.4m from me and paid 1m. Asked me to follow him to his work place so as to get the balance but being busy, I designated my boy to follow him.
Few hours later, my boy called and was hysterical. The man asked him to come down to check what was bring out smoke from underneath at which there was none.
Immediately he alighted, the man zoomed off with his phone in the car.
He had to use a passerby's phone to call me.
I went to pick him up and we went to the place where he claimed to be working but there was no such person working there.
I was pained as there was nothing to be used to track him. He left with all the documents and receipts...
Ever had such experience, please share as there are lessons to be learnt from such.
Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by just2endowed: 8:34am On Oct 06, 2021
meekparagon:
My own happens last week, there was this particular dealer who posted his car here in nairaland for sale, so it happened that I have a buyer for the vehicle, I call him and we agreed that he would settle me from the 100k that he tops on the deal.


Not knowing that the owner of the vehicle gave him the vehicle to sale for 1.2m, this guy told me that the owner needs 1.6 +100k for sellers that's 1.7M.


I have to contact my buyer all the way from oyo to buy the vehicle.

After seeing the vehicle, he later paid 1.710m to the guy acc.

This guy gave the owner of the car 1m.
Claiming that his pastor brother that paid for the vehicle, since the owner is also a pastor. He accepted the money 1m.

This guy took 710k to his pocket.

Few hours later, he call me that my buyer has paid for the vehicle ooo that I s forward him my account number. Immediately I forward this guy my account details. This guy blocked all my contacts including in whatsapp where we negotiate every.

I was like going mad.

I have to call him with another number, this was asking me, (guy are you the one that sold the car, what was your efforts, you only help me in br buyer and nothing else. So please stop bothering me) I was shock seeing such write up from human being.



Please how can I track this guy, he just posted another vehicle for sale on his page.
If you can help me out. Contact me with 08170505328

Omo see wickedness.... What's his moniker on nairaland

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Timoleon(m): 8:35am On Oct 06, 2021
Choi...eleyi gidi gan. This one is strong!
Alphafeezay:
Someone gave me.a car to sell, infiniti QX56 2011 model, I parked it at a car stand and before you know it the guy I gave at Car stand had an accident with it.... fixing it its over 1m, this has cost me a broken relationship with my partner.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by bigcee(m): 8:36am On Oct 06, 2021
Dbarrzx:
2. Sold another to a guy that came from PH. He sent someone to pick the car. When the car eventually got to him he was disturbing me. -You never told me this and that about the car. After two month he will still call and tell me that "he drove the car to church and the tyre went flat along the road and many other issues that will come along with normal car usage...." Guy, I got mad and told him not to call me again. It was a very tough period for me.
You sold a useless car to an innocent man and you expect him not to complain. You need serious beating.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by symbianDON(m): 8:36am On Oct 06, 2021
Solatium:



I am fully aware of those,but even with the VIN been swaped if he involved the services of a professional they will still be nab.
Each brand and model comes with its own unique VIN there is no way you will put a VIN of Corrola on Camry or a VIN of Honda on Toyota,even the VIN of two Corrola's can't be swapped without been detected
I agree with you
Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by neutralmind: 8:39am On Oct 06, 2021
adonainana:
Mine is car hire ooo

Omo everyday na war cos some customers even though the car is tracked, they either want to run away with the car after paying to hire it for one day or claim that armed robbers attached them or remove the brain box and run away to go and sell it or drive the car out of town against the company policy or refuse to return the car back on time

And it’s very hard to know which customers would give you stress and which one would not give you stress before you give your car out on hire to them

Doing business in Nigeria is sometimes sad, cos once armed robbers or thieves know your business has money in it, how they are coming to come and take their part is what they will start thinking about


You get mind o. So you give out cars to people and allow them drive it

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by nams77: 8:41am On Oct 06, 2021
skj1377:
Tell him to forget about the past And that you have another buyer. Let someone call him and pose as buyer. Tell him to pay 50% of your commission in advance. Once he pays block him at least you have recovered half .
Sense no go kee you my brother grin

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Timoleon(m): 8:42am On Oct 06, 2021
Choi...it’s good to be alert.
adeowo84:
Hmm... people are out to defraud their fellow, i had an experience early this year, my cousin introduce me to a man from our hometown who have a Toyota Camry 04 tokunbo. We agreed to HP and I gave him 250k initial payment, and as at March this year have paid well over 1.5m( cos I run d car for Uber). One day this man called me and said he has a friend coming from abroad and will like to have a car to hire during his stay in Naija and does not want anyone to drive him. I sense foul play and send text to d man that if his friend can deposit 2 million in my account, I will release the car. That's d last I heard about the matter.

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Nackzy: 8:42am On Oct 06, 2021
TPound:
February 2019..
I sold a car to a man who claims to work at a military establishment. He bought a car worth 1.4m from me and paid 1m. Asked me to follow him to his work place so as to get the balance but being busy, I designated my boy to follow him.
Few hours later, my boy called and was hysterical. The man asked him to come down to check what was bring out smoke from underneath at which there was none.
Immediately he alighted, the man zoomed off with his phone in the car.
He had to use a passerby's phone to call me.
I went to pick him up and we went to the place where he claimed to be working but there was no such person working there.
I was pained as there was nothing to be used to track him. He left with all the documents and receipts...
Ever had such experience, please share as there are lessons to be learnt from such.
OP, i think you can report it as a stolen car to the police flag the chassis No. Also i don't know your location but i will love to chat you up on WhatsApp i need a car by December or January, can i get more details from you thanks

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Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Danjikanbauchi: 8:50am On Oct 06, 2021
TPound:
February 2019..
I sold a car to a man who claims to work at a military establishment. He bought a car worth 1.4m from me and paid 1m. Asked me to follow him to his work place so as to get the balance but being busy, I designated my boy to follow him.
Few hours later, my boy called and was hysterical. The man asked him to come down to check what was bring out smoke from underneath at which there was none.
Immediately he alighted, the man zoomed off with his phone in the car.
He had to use a passerby's phone to call me.
I went to pick him up and we went to the place where he claimed to be working but there was no such person working there.
I was pained as there was nothing to be used to track him. He left with all the documents and receipts...
Ever had such experience, please share as there are lessons to be learnt from such.
grin funny things deh happen in this country oooo.
Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Eleponblue(m): 8:50am On Oct 06, 2021
TPound:


For someone to pay over 50% and asked that I follow him to collect the balance, it will be a waste of time to follow him, collect the balance, come back to the office to bring the documents and take it back to him

No pain no gain bro! It wouldnt have cost you much to go through that route...of going back to pick the docs after full payment is made...But some people get mind sha! His time will be up soon!
Re: Car Dealers, What Is Your Worst Experience Selling Cars? by Gwan2(m): 8:55am On Oct 06, 2021
Solatium:



What sort of questions is this,get someone to pretend as a buyer for the new car posted,arrange meeting and hold him

Two things are involved…is either the scammer go pass the guy power when dem finally meet or the other way round.

Two things are involved if the scammer pass the guy power, either the guy leave am with God or e go collect beating on top money wey he no see…

If he pass the scammer power…two things are involved again.

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