How Best To Approach Someone With A Mini On There Drive Thst Hasnt Moved In Years?
#1
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:19 PM
#2
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:27 PM
I did this some years ago, heard nothing for about a week and then ending up buying a very nice 1976 Clubman for £50 ( it was the nineties!)
That way if he's not interested you will hear nothing without any embarrassment on either party.
FS
#3
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:29 PM
#4
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:31 PM
As above probably the best way to approach something like that
#5
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:36 PM
As long as you are polite I don't see why a knock on the door should be offensive to anyone. However, a note through the door has the benefit of staying there once you've gone. It gives them chance to think about it for a bit.
Rod
#6
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:40 PM
#7
Posted 18 September 2015 - 06:43 PM
#8
Posted 18 September 2015 - 07:05 PM
I would agree with the note. I made the monumental mistake of approaching a woman about hers. There is a house right near my daughter's school which has a lovely tahiti blue Mayfair but it was uncovered. Usually where I park outside the school, it is literally feet away from this mini, and I was in my red at the time. I saw the woman leaving her house so I approached her. I started with the general chit chat "Nice mini, how long you had it?" blah blah blah...she showed me around it...it wasn't the best I've seen... the boot's best friend was rust, the tyres were as flat as anything, it didn't start apparently, the sills were terrible and been uncovered and left for a few years, so typical bubbles and areas of rust all over, other than that the body was in good nick. I then asked if she was interested in selling it as I was looking for another. Put it this way, I wish I didn't bother asking. She started off saying she has had a few people approach her about it, she has had notes through her door and even people sending letters in the post! I asked how much she would want. First she said that her husband was going to restore it and had a shed full of parts (I felt like saying if he hasn't started now, he probably won't)...then she went on to say that they are simply keeping it until it went up in value enough for them to sell it, (again I thought about saying they may go up in value, but yours is decreasing!) and last but not least, she said she won't sell for anything less than a few grand. I chuckled thinking "Not a chance, love!"...I was more embarrassed for her. Two years later, it's still sitting there, although they have put a cover on it in the last few months, but its a little late I think.
#9
Posted 18 September 2015 - 07:52 PM
#10
Posted 18 September 2015 - 08:45 PM
Cash and a trailer works for me.
#11
Posted 18 September 2015 - 09:31 PM
With the prices of Minis these days I would be surprised if he hasn't had a few people asking already.
Cash and a trailer works for me.
Turning up with a trailer is bad form IMO and likely to get his back up straight away (it certainly would me)!
#12
Posted 18 September 2015 - 09:36 PM
You don't buy many cars then, cash is king and a trailer means you're not full of it.
#13
Posted 18 September 2015 - 09:46 PM
I don't tend to buy old scrappers no - and certainly not using the methods of a pikey.
If someone turned up at my house with a trailer, I would question their intentions. If I had have been out, would they have stolen the car?
It also smacks of arrogance that you are that confident that the car should be sold to you.
#14
Posted 18 September 2015 - 10:18 PM
I've bought cars off people who haven't even been home, posted £100 through their letterbox and collected later.
#15
Posted 18 September 2015 - 11:21 PM
I am amazed at questions like this...just be human, go with the flow.
If you want to gain from anothers loss, do it.
If you want to be fair and they are to blinkered to see it. walk away.
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