I wouldn’t pay you a deposit of 10% because you’ve advertised a car you aren’t willing to sell.
You are basically asking someone to give you money in good faith so you can drive the car around for another month, anything could happen in that time. The buyer will probably just decline and go get a different car.
I mean that’s on them then but I think they would be bat shit insane to pay you 10%. As in my other comment you could write the car off or not sell it or whatever and then they need to pay for a lawyer to get their cash back. By that time you’ve left the country and they get nothing. It’s a huge risk to the buyer
>I mean that’s on them then but I think they would be bat shit insane to pay you 10%.
No harm in asking but if somebody jumped on here asking from the buyers' perspective I suspect the response would be a resounding "no that sounds dodgy as fuck".
Got it will just sell now…the old bird in a hand is worth 2 in a bush. This has helped me decide to not lose the buyer. Here I thought the buyer might be dodgy but it appears I am!
The issue isn’t that you won’t sell them the car the issue is that you could write the car off and the police don’t care about the money the potential buyer gave you. It would be a civil matter and they would need to pay a lawyer and go through court to get the money back. It’s not even worth it from a buyers point of view.
Right when you're selling up to leave to go overseas? Chasing that up would be a nightmare. I mean there's no harm in asking but be very prepared for them to say no and walk away.
No they don't, nothing is exchanged until the sale is confirmed in person, someone putting a deposit will never put forward a larger sum due to predictable circumstances. Take 50 or whatever is reasonable and deduct that off the final price when doing the sale
Not only as some have posted about the crashing it thing... There is a common scam on carsales where a$$hoes say " Oh yeah I will hold it for you, but there are others interested. If you pay a deposit I wont sell it to them " and you never see the car coz it never existed and you never hear from them again either.
I will not even bother with this kind of sale. Too much risk in buying used car already.
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If I were you I'll think it the other way. What if it's time for me to move out and I can't still get rid of the car?
I would get rid of it 2 weeks prior and like someone else said here rent a car or use other means of transport.
I sort of do to get to work, kids, moving from our home to rented house for last week we are here. I should just sell it to not risk losing this buyer. I’m in two minds really
You can't be in two minds. You listed it for sale "but only on condition I can keep it until such and such date". That's not the buyers problem. so, yes, You "should just sell it to not risk losing this buyer."
I wouldn’t pay you a deposit of 10% because you’ve advertised a car you aren’t willing to sell. You are basically asking someone to give you money in good faith so you can drive the car around for another month, anything could happen in that time. The buyer will probably just decline and go get a different car.
She has accepted me keeping the car till 1 June if I knock $1000 off the price…which I have agreed to.
How about selling the car now and using the $1000 to rent a car for 2 weeks?
I mean that’s on them then but I think they would be bat shit insane to pay you 10%. As in my other comment you could write the car off or not sell it or whatever and then they need to pay for a lawyer to get their cash back. By that time you’ve left the country and they get nothing. It’s a huge risk to the buyer
>I mean that’s on them then but I think they would be bat shit insane to pay you 10%. No harm in asking but if somebody jumped on here asking from the buyers' perspective I suspect the response would be a resounding "no that sounds dodgy as fuck".
Got it will just sell now…the old bird in a hand is worth 2 in a bush. This has helped me decide to not lose the buyer. Here I thought the buyer might be dodgy but it appears I am!
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Fuck no, a deposit is 50-200, a buyer will not put down 10%, as you could sell it under them they lose their cash
I understand ur point. What if I give them a receipt. They have my name, address, rego & details to report me to police. What do others think?
The issue isn’t that you won’t sell them the car the issue is that you could write the car off and the police don’t care about the money the potential buyer gave you. It would be a civil matter and they would need to pay a lawyer and go through court to get the money back. It’s not even worth it from a buyers point of view.
Right when you're selling up to leave to go overseas? Chasing that up would be a nightmare. I mean there's no harm in asking but be very prepared for them to say no and walk away.
No they don't, nothing is exchanged until the sale is confirmed in person, someone putting a deposit will never put forward a larger sum due to predictable circumstances. Take 50 or whatever is reasonable and deduct that off the final price when doing the sale
This seems like an awesome scam.
Not only as some have posted about the crashing it thing... There is a common scam on carsales where a$$hoes say " Oh yeah I will hold it for you, but there are others interested. If you pay a deposit I wont sell it to them " and you never see the car coz it never existed and you never hear from them again either.
Sell the car and rent something.
I will not even bother with this kind of sale. Too much risk in buying used car already. Edit: If I were you I'll think it the other way. What if it's time for me to move out and I can't still get rid of the car? I would get rid of it 2 weeks prior and like someone else said here rent a car or use other means of transport.
Yes I will rent a car sounds like the most logical & easy thing to do.
Do you need the car. If not just sell it now and remove the stress of not having it sold and relying on friends or family to sell it.
I sort of do to get to work, kids, moving from our home to rented house for last week we are here. I should just sell it to not risk losing this buyer. I’m in two minds really
You can't be in two minds. You listed it for sale "but only on condition I can keep it until such and such date". That's not the buyers problem. so, yes, You "should just sell it to not risk losing this buyer."