HOW CAN YOU BE SURE IT WILL BE JUST LIKE THE PICTURES
& DESCRIPTION?
Because eBay has national
coverage our ‘average’ customer lives more than 250 miles away and we are often
contacted by people who have been previously disappointed by a vehicle that
simply did not live up to its vendor’s description and are now reluctant to
believe ours; especially when our vehicles are all so exceptional.
We would be the first to
agree that a high proportion of car adverts are at best ‘economical’ with
details in relation to true condition and that against this backdrop it is very
hard for us to convince people that our pictures are real and descriptions
factual. From our perspective this is a very frustrating situation because
there is nothing that we can ‘say’ that could totally allay these fears,
however, when assessing the verity of our listings please consider the
following;
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The breadth and detail of what we show
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Our listings
typically contain around 120 high resolution, well lit pictures and 3,500 words
of description that cover every aspect of the vehicle (if there are any
omissions please let us know as we are constantly trying to improve this aspect
of what we do).
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Within each
advert we do not just list the details of mechanical and electrical components
but go on to explicitly state whether they work or not.
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We publish all
the relevant details of ownership and service documentation including HPI
clearance certificates.
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We also tabulate
servicing and MOT details in date order with cross reference to recorded
mileages so that it would quickly be apparent if anything was missing or in
some way not as it should be.
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Lastly if there
are any faults with a particular vehicle they are listed in a stand alone ‘Points
Of Note’ section with supporting close up pictures and/or detailed description
where applicable.
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We would have nothing to gain – Because our listings make explicit claims regarding
condition etc… they leave no room for ambiguity or interpretation. Therefore if
any vehicle did not accurately reflect the pictures or description its buyer
would quite understandably feel deceived and would simply not complete the
transaction which would leave us with, no sale, an angry individual, bad
feedback, and given that we offer a full reimbursement of travel costs should
anybody feel that an item has been falsely described, a bill for their travel
and expenses. In short it would not form the basis of a sustainable
business.
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False description is illegal – As a professional company we are bound by (and take
very seriously) the Trade Descriptions Act which amongst other things
stipulates that all goods offered for sale must be ‘correctly described’. The
implications of this act are that if we publish any pictures or details of
description appertaining to an actual item being sold (which is what we do)
then they must be an accurate representation of that item, otherwise we are
breaking the law; thus laying our selves open to fines that are far greater
than any gain we could have achieved from the sale of any one vehicle.
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Repeat Business – over 70% of our sales come from repeat business and direct customer recommendation
without which we would not be able to
stay in business; therefore if we did not provide people with a service they
were happy with this would very quickly decline and our business would simply fail.
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Ebay Feedback – We have 100% customer feedback and are
Ebay ‘Power Sellers’ which gives our new customers reassurance and we want to
keep it that way.
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