As some will know, a few weeks ago I purchased Terbert's nice gold Elite with a view to mechanically saving it from the scrapper, as it had a rotten exhaust, failed balljoint and wouldn't start.
I put a brand new cat back exhaust on, crank sensor, to fix the starting issue, required suspension work, tyre, full cambelt kit last week, and got it a full MOT with no advisories. The purchase cost was £200, exhaust (purchase and fit) £200 - I expect I've spent near on £700. (which isn't a problem and was an informed decision).
I listed it on eBay, with 12 Hi res photos, and a list of all the imperfections and faults I could see, and the auction ended for £920. I was over the moon with that, but the buyer pulled out without turning up, because he didn't have the funds.
I listed it again, and the auction ended for £840. A bit less, but was happy with this. To avoid any upset or disputes, I made it crystal clear on the auction that other peoples opinion of the condition of the car may differ from mine, and therefore, people should satisfy themselves as to the condition prior to bidding.
The chap who won the second auction turned up today, and noticed a couple of things I didn't. For example, some marks on the bumpers, and that the front nearside wing was more dull than the others, indicating it may have been repaired. He also mentioned the exhaust had quite a lot of condensation, and thus was worried about potential head gasket issues (there are none - Omegas have big exhausts and are therefore prone to condensation steam when it's cold).
To be fair, the chap was a nice guy and very pleasant about it, and had come a long way, so I genuinely believe he felt it wasn't as described (I hadn't noticed the dull wing etc
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In the interests of being reasonable, I gave him £50 towards his fuel, we shook hands and walked away from the deal.
I'm going to advertise it on OOF and probably take a fair hit - win some lose some!
These images are not for "for sale" purposes, as I haven't considered an ad yet - but, particularly those of you who know the car, please feel free to look at them and give me any feedback on how they might be misleading, in order that I don't disappoint anyone else
I'm genuinely gutted, I pride myself on being decent and honest and especially when it comes to my Vauxhalls, I would never intentionally try and mislead anyone