I have been looking for a camper/motorhome for a long time now. Finally found the right one, advertised as a private sale, spoke extensively to the owner and agreed a price, £12000. I arranged to collect it and pay cash the next day. She said the camper was on the forecourt of a garage but that she would pick up the car and have it ready for me. Next day I got a phone call. The sale was off, garage had a 'buyer' at £17500 and according to her had already paid a deposit and the buyer would confirm rest of purchase at lunchtime. She and I both thought it interesting that a buyer had materialised as soon as she phoned to arrange to pick up the car. The firm, Wellhouse, were full of self justification when I phoned them to find out what was going on.
The facts seem to be,
The buyer, had paid an extra £5500, if they paid the full price, Wellhouse get their slice of the action and the seller gets whatever is left after Wellhouse take their cut.
Even if you take the charitable view, as I did, that they are in it for the money, they have left three unhappy people....as I guess the buyer will be at the inflated price...and the very genuine lady seller who has been made to go back on her word, and me, the original buyer who had a verbal contract with the seller to purchase, who had made all the arrangements to collect some distance away, spending time and money arranging things.
The guy at Wellhouse even asked me if I wanted to buy another one of his, you have to admire his barefaced cheek.
You can imagine my reply.
Things I have taken from this experience, I wouldn't touch Wellhouse with a bargepole. Their prices seem to me to be outrageous. Selling a car with them means you can't even stick an ad in the local post office.
If anyone has something of interest let me know, but please don't bring in another buyer at the last minute when I arrange to collect it.
The facts seem to be,
The buyer, had paid an extra £5500, if they paid the full price, Wellhouse get their slice of the action and the seller gets whatever is left after Wellhouse take their cut.
Even if you take the charitable view, as I did, that they are in it for the money, they have left three unhappy people....as I guess the buyer will be at the inflated price...and the very genuine lady seller who has been made to go back on her word, and me, the original buyer who had a verbal contract with the seller to purchase, who had made all the arrangements to collect some distance away, spending time and money arranging things.
The guy at Wellhouse even asked me if I wanted to buy another one of his, you have to admire his barefaced cheek.
You can imagine my reply.
Things I have taken from this experience, I wouldn't touch Wellhouse with a bargepole. Their prices seem to me to be outrageous. Selling a car with them means you can't even stick an ad in the local post office.
If anyone has something of interest let me know, but please don't bring in another buyer at the last minute when I arrange to collect it.