You sold it he bought it and now its his to do with as he pleases ( regardless of any lies he's telling )
caveat emptor in this case.
BUT I DO Feel your anger.
I sold my car on wednesday to a guy who wanted it for his girlfriend. Well it appears she doesn't want it as it's
here!
So not only has this guy lied to me, he's now lying in the advert. Service done a month ago? No I did not! Cambelt changed at 75k? I know it
wasn't changed at 86k! New tyres fitted (so he posts a picture of the old cheap ones, not the new Contis) AND the cheeky barstud is asking more
than I was
Sorry mate but that's business I'm afraid.
You sold it he bought it and now its his to do with as he pleases ( regardless of any lies he's telling )
caveat emptor in this case.
BUT I DO Feel your anger.
I was going to contact them myself, but as it's your advert you are probably the best person to report it. There is a fraudulent advert section
here
It's one thing making a few quid on stuff, that's the nature of the beast when we sell cars, but out-and-out fraud ain't acceptable!
Go get him chap 
Yeah I was expecting him to sell it on, which is why I went looking for it. If the advert checked out I'd have probably grumbled and left it. Heck he might have actually done the work anyway, just made it look like it's not been done yesterday
I took my company Volvo T4 to the auctions, high mileage, poor service history, iffy turbo, and got what I expected, not a lot!
A week later it's on a 'reputable' forecourt for £4k more, with a very twisted description, local company owner, FSH, etc etc.
But it's theirs, not mine, buyer beware and all that....
Personally lying about the cambelt is unacceptable. That makes a massive different to the value of the car so is fraud!
That still seems a very low price
What, a part time motor trader telling lies.........outrageous, who would have thought it 
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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
Sorry mate but that's business I'm afraid.
You sold it he bought it and now its his to do with as he pleases ( regardless of any lies he's telling )
caveat emptor in this case.
BUT I DO Feel your anger.
You sold it, it's his to do as he wants with it, and you really have no right to do anything.
If he's making a profit at that price, you sold it way too cheap!
Granted its not your problem, but is it not iillegal to willfully lie about the condition of goods? If you know the claims are false you should
report it, probablywon't make a difference.
Always best to try and avoid seeing your old cars after its been sold, though when i sold my last car i kept getting bothered by someone I think was
trying to do the same.
Just e-mail scam@autotrader.co.uk and let them know. It's fraud and I suspect Autotrader wouldn't want to be associated with it.
it may not be the guy that purchased it. lots of scam scum steal your photos wait for your advert to go then reuse the pictures.
They're not my photos
Lucky you didn't post the numberplate 
as someone buying it might be disappointed when they do the inevitable google.
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Originally posted by matt_gsxr
Lucky you didn't post the numberplate
as someone buying it might be disappointed when they do the inevitable google.
quote:
Just e-mail scam@autotrader.co.uk and let them know
quote:
Originally posted by designer
quote:
Just e-mail scam@autotrader.co.uk and let them know
Surely that's just one's word against another?
AT are pretty good at dealing with dodgy ads, though most Of my dealing was with intentionally wrong pricing.
Might like to ad that you believe him to be a trader posing as a private seller, they really don't like that.
Did someone mention MC04KWW?
Google's got it!
[Edited on 29/9/13 by JoelP]