Be very cautious when dealing with these guys.
They offer a guarantee to sell you car within a 90 day period and charge $200 to place an add on their website. That is all very well, but as soon as they have taken your money they disappear and don't respond to email or phone.
I placed an ad with them and gave them my credit card details over the phone. After a couple of days no ad had appeared on their web site, but my credit card had been debited by $210 to a PayPal account. I lodged a complaint with PayPal and they put a block on that account. As soon as I had done this the salesman called me, I explained the situation and he quickly rectified the web site ad. As the situation had been resolved I called PayPal again and resolved the dispute. Great, no problem you might think.
However, I sold the car privately about 4 weeks later, but the ad persists on the web site (I did not cancel it). I have had no enquiries about the vehicle since then and no communication from the salesman even though the ad was placed over 90 days ago.
It seems way too easy to set up this kind of thing and charge people for doing a little html coding but not really providing any of the other services that were initially offered, on the assumption that the person will probably sell their vehicle by other means anyway.
I just feel that I was ripped off for $200 and I don't want anyone else to feel the same way.
Ben
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
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