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Same car, different price & Mileage?

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    JoeySully
    Registered Users Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭JoeySully


    one is having a sale and the other is not :P

    not really a surprise - there are so many of these adds on there with contradicting info.

    Surely your not expecting to pay even the lower price !! ohh and the SIMI one is dearer


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    carrollmark
    Registered Users Posts: 93 ✭✭carrollmark


    Its more the mileage that concerns me, the price differential I can understand.


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    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,719 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Looks dodgy that.


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    green123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭green123


    most car dealers near the red cow are dodgy


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    carrollmark wrote: »
    Its more the mileage that concerns me, the price differential I can understand.

    one of the ads could be 6 months old and they just keep renewing it..


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    green123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭green123


    copacetic wrote: »
    one of the ads could be 6 months old and they just keep renewing it..

    i dont know why people always try to defend this type of thing with excuses like the above or a mistake with miles and kilometers.

    most likely the car has been clocked
    simple as that


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    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    green123 wrote: »
    i dont know why people always try to defend this type of thing with excuses like the above or a mistake with miles and kilometers.

    most likely the car has been clocked
    simple as that

    Thats one option. I'd tend to go with an old renewed ad until i actaully saw the clocks. Could be a case of one garage couldnt shift it, sold on to another and been used by someone in the meantime...


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    Woodgate
    Registered Users Posts: 774 ✭✭✭Woodgate


    EPM wrote: »
    Thats one option. I'd tend to go with an old renewed ad until i actaully saw the clocks. Could be a case of one garage couldnt shift it, sold on to another and been used by someone in the meantime...
    Yes, i would believe that:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,246 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    green123 wrote: »
    i dont know why people always try to defend this type of thing with excuses like the above or a mistake with miles and kilometers.

    most likely the car has been clocked
    simple as that

    How do you know this for sure, have you actually seen the car or checked the odometer, verified the service history, etc?

    Internet adverts are riddles with mistakes everyday, some honest, some not. Two inconsistant adverts for the same car is not solid evidence of clocking and such assumptions could get boards.ie into trouble.

    Also what would be the point in clocking a car from 40k km back to 20k km, it would hardly make a substancial difference to the price to justify the risk involved by a garage being caught?


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    green123 wrote: »
    i dont know why people always try to defend this type of thing with excuses like the above or a mistake with miles and kilometers.

    most likely the car has been clocked
    simple as that
    Because experience shows that it often is a simple mistake, that's why.


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,846 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I rang both places and in each case they confirmed the mileage to be the same as advertised.
    The Car Company chap told me that they were selling it for a close friend of the owner and that it wasn't on the lot - view by appt only.


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    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    green123 wrote: »
    i dont know why people always try to defend this type of thing with excuses like the above or a mistake with miles and kilometers.

    most likely the car has been clocked
    simple as that

    I presume by 'people', you mean me? There are plenty of cars on carzone now that people have been trying to sell for 6 or 8 months while driving them. Mileage is often going up at 2k a month.

    You would have to be an idiot to assume things when you know nothing actually relevant to the example.


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    green123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭green123


    bazz26 wrote: »
    How do you know this for sure

    i dont know for sure, therefore i said MOST LIKELY

    do you understand what most likely means ?


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    green123
    Registered Users Posts: 1,680 ✭✭✭green123


    copacetic wrote: »
    I presume by 'people', you mean me?

    You would have to be an idiot to assume things when you know nothing actually relevant to the example.

    no, not just you copacetic, alot of other posters also defend this type of thing. i started another thread like this before and got similar responses http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055377041
    and there were other threads too

    i think you would have to be an idiot to assume that everything is ok and that these are all genuine mistakes.
    i dont think they are all genuine mistakes, i think they are the tip of the clocking iceberg


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