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What does "Trade" mean in this context?

Altreab · 2007-09-04 22:51:53

when looking at http://www.autotrader.co.uk many ads have "Trade" beside them but greyed out like here Now my question is simply this. Does it mean "trade" as in its a car been sold from a garage, or "trade" as in buy at your own risk? I think its a garage sale as theres so many like that but im open to correction. I rang…

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Altreab

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when looking at http://www.autotrader.co.uk many ads have "Trade" beside them but greyed out like here
Now my question is simply this. Does it mean "trade" as in its a car been sold from a garage, or "trade" as in buy at your own risk?
I think its a garage sale as theres so many like that but im open to correction.
I rang Autotrader but they didnt have a clue what i was on about.

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#2 05-09-2007 12:09am
colm_mcm

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I think they differentiate between private and garage sales. means it's not a private seller.

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#3 05-09-2007 1:39am
John R

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It means it is for sale by a retailer, not a private seller. Means it is covered by consumer law, the seller has a responsibility to ensure that the car is fit for purpose.

Auto-Trader and the like were originally mainly used for private sellers but are now full of garages and traders. Not a bad thing unless they are traders pretending to be private sellers.

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