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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:36 pm

Simon13 wrote:i'm not out for a spell check lesson but getting my point across, what the mods (ie you) fail to realise is the word team. There is no "I" in team you are as one or should be. Passing the buck on "oh ask Brian" stinks of i'll try and calm things but aslong as my sh!t don't stink then f**k the team.

Or am i being a racialist (spell check)

Well there really isn't alot to think discuss about ata is there?
By our own published rules we need three mods to agree a punishment such as long term jail, this is clearly written in the rules section, this is the team and thus team descision part, so kindly explain what is being done wrong here.

And for the record I am not passing any buck, just simply replying to your comment, you seem to have an issue with everything we do so we cannot win, if we dont reply we are called spineless, when we do it's constant criticism.

If you have a problem with Brian then contact him bring it up officially citing evidence of his wrong doing, then as a team we will address it, but you don't, you simply complain on the back of someone else's thread.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:37 pm

jim320i, would you happily tell someone that their car is a ringer when you know it's not just to lower the price? This isnt a case of bald tyres or a scratch, he said he would get my car impounded ffs! I think a few of you need to put yourselves in my shoes!
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:39 pm

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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:41 pm

Sorry mate, not you, just a bit stressed out over all this!
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:41 pm

Mate, I would steal the pennies off a dead mans eyes, but this isnt about me... If I was in your shoes, then I would have handled it differently, I would have checked the vin plates there and then, I would have had the V5 present so it didnt end up as it did. He may well have said some horrible things but like you said, you wanted to smack him... Why didnt you? :? All i'm saying is because its Ata, everyone seems to be jumping in and saying he's the '**nt' but if he was selling the car and you had visited, everyone would be saying ithe was in the wrong.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:45 pm

But ata is to blame over all of this? As I said, if he'd have turned up and said no v5? no sale? i'd have refunded his deposit and possibly even given him a bit towards his travel, but he then went on to lie to me and basically commit fraud. He wasnt using facts to lower the price, he was lying, so how am I at fault? What does the v5 prove that a hpi check or i.d cant?
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:47 pm

Jim, that's because see above.

I tried to defend him once and it turned out that he was actually see above.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:49 pm

The V5 proves nothing, but its a bit suspect when you turn up thinking the V5 is present and it isnt, and the VIN plate is all bent up... Perfect opportunity to knock the price down in my opinion.

Now, did he ask for his desposit back after you wouldnt lower the price? You said no, so he said he would call the police as its a ringer? :roll: I'm assuming with this but if it is the case, what do you want him to reply? 'You can't have your deposit back'....'Ok, no worries mate, thanks for wasting my time'...
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:49 pm

I think the fact he was selling a car with two goons trying to haggle and threaten him into selling the car cheap is wrong no matter who the buyer is
Everyone is jumping in saying that ata is a c**t , They would if it was anyone else as well !
Its just no suprise its ata jim , His low hand tactics and a trader on the zone as mentioned
If ata was selling the car id tread carefully with his track record , Look how long his 325 chromie was up for sale , Cheap car but look who the seller was , Everyones cautious
If ata was selling this sport id still do the same checks as anyone else selling the car , Hpi and check vins , Both are fine as well , Logbook wouldnt bother me , Its a sport under a grand , As someone else mentioned , Id look for rust holes being a tech 1 :wink:
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:52 pm

Jim320i wrote:The V5 proves nothing, but its a bit suspect when you turn up thinking the V5 is present and it isnt, and the VIN plate is all bent up... Perfect opportunity to knock the price down in my opinion.
Fook me jim you still after a £500 sport
Get with it mate and read the whole thread
You selling your car and a couple of tracksuit wearing scum try to intimidate you into handing your car over for peanuts you wouldnt be happy would you .... Nope
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:57 pm

i just read all of this, my head hurts, all i would say , is get another v5 then advertise again, (unless you find your one) as for deposit , keep it as your compensation from his threats and time wasted.

if he thought it was such a sh1tter he wouldn't of tried to still buy it off you, and if you get threats again get the police involved

you don't want to be fighting on your doorstep ,but the last one on mine was unconscious for 18 hrs
if there wern't people like me,
with cars like mine,
who would you put down to make yourself feel better?
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:58 pm

Steve, I have to disagree... I have read the whole thread. At the end of the day, golfman has said his side of it and everyone is just listening to that...

Ata isnt thick, why would he turn up and start to intimidate someone he is buying a car from? Yes, he might use a few things he finds to knock the price down... The bloke didnt budge, Ata asked for a refund, the bloke said no, Ata threatens... I reall dont see it as Ata got there, picked fault and then threatened...

I havent ever met Ata, so I dont know what he is like in person, but from reading his replies and speaking to him on the phone in the past, it wouldnt be viable for him to turn up and do that as he would end up leaving without the car he set out for.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:58 pm

Am I missing something here? I would not refund him a penny. It is a £800 car ffs. A tech 1 sport for £800 is cheap enough be it ringer, a write off or a totally rotten turd it is still worth £800.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:07 pm

Jim, he didnt turn up being a d!ck, he was nice as pie up to the point I wouldnt reduce the price enough. I'd already told him I wouldnt accept offers. He had obviously set out that day with a plan in mind of paying less than I wanted for my own car.

A deposit isnt refundable, if he didnt want the car, he shouldnt have left a deposit. The loss of the v5 is genuine, not a scam or to hide anything, when I receive it, i'll happily post up pics of that also. What would I gain from hiding it? Nothing at all so it cant be dodgy that it's gone.

Claiming my car is a 316 and not a tech 1 sport is not ''knocking the price down'' it's a lie and he knew it.

Also, i'm well known in the car scenes in birmingham and have no dodgy history or stupid, childish remarks like atta on here. He has a history on here, I don't, so why are you defending him?
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:08 pm

Jim.. You are wrong. Ata was trying to sell you something he was no doubt making a nice earner on. Of course he's gonna be nice. He is in reality a low life, underhand, kineiving (sp!) scummer. This situation is him showing his true colours.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:08 pm

Jim320i wrote:Steve, I have to disagree... I have read the whole thread. At the end of the day, golfman has said his side of it and everyone is just listening to that...
I wouldnt listen to ata`s side , End of
He lies , You know why .... His lips are moving
You obviously dont know his track record
Last few cars he has bought he has pulled out crap about items not being right with the cars and there not genuine etc
Then bingo , He sells the car as genuine and no problems
The previous owners have been well miffed and im glad golfman didnt sell him the car as he would have been another victim !
Most ata should have expected off is the price of a logbook
His loss
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:18 pm

Jhonno wrote:Jim.. You are wrong. Ata was trying to sell you something he was no doubt making a nice earner on.

Next time someone tries to sell a car then, i'll make sure they're not making a penny from it! :roll: (No offense to you or anyone on this btw)

There are 2 sides to every story regardless of who the buyer or seller is.

I'm not wanting to fall out with anyone on here as its pointless, it has bob all to do with me, but without Ata on here to defend himself, its just gonna be how ever many pages of people slating him.

Personally, I dont think he is in the wrong. Thats my opinion.

Yes its a cheap sport, I dont understand how it makes him bad to try and get it even cheaper...


I'm selling a sport for xxx amount, but you could try and knock it down by a few hundred, y7our saying you wouldnt? Even if its cheap already?!


On a differnt note, i'm glad this hasnt got locked yet, doing well boys... Keep it civil and he can sit and waist our sunday all day :cool:
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:27 pm

Nothing wrong with making a profit. It's how you go about it.

So despite so many having issue wih him and preceedance for him being a scumbag. Threatening this.seller after he wouldn't sell it cheap. You are still going to attempt to defend him..
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:27 pm

Jim320i wrote:

Yes its a cheap sport, I dont understand how it makes him bad to try and get it even cheaper...


I'm selling a sport for xxx amount, but you could try and knock it down by a few hundred, y7our saying you wouldn't? Even if its cheap already?!

Because he has paid a deposit, There fore agreeing to a price already. Yes I will always try to get a few quid off a car regardless of price, But imo as soon as a deposit is paid the price is set.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 2:36 pm

Of course its fair to knock money off a car but he had put a deposit down knowing the car was £800 with no offers. Its a tech 1 for gods sake! As has been said before it's easily worth that in parts! I know there are 2 sides to every story but whats the point when the other side is from a scammer?

I took the car off sale and got it mot'd for him, all believing the car would be sold for £800. I advertised the car correctly. The only thing I didnt do was have the v5, which is not illegal and doesnt mean anything with or without it. It's noce to have but thats it. Why didnt he do a hpi check on the car? I offered to do a text check while he was next to me, which he refused. He has tried to rip me off, wasted my time, caused so much hassle and pissed me off. He doesnt deserve his deposit back. At no point did I say, yes i'll take your £100 and take the car off sale but if you dont like the price when you get here, i'll give you the money back. Why should I lose out?
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:01 pm

you dont put a deposit down on a car then throw the dummy out of the pram cos the guy wont lower the asking price.... the vin number and v5 were all excuses to request a lower price. He then had the option to pay the asking price, or walk away and forgo his deposit.

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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:05 pm

golfman

leave it at that :wink: as i said get a new v5 and sell it to someone who deserves it.

not takin sides but have been ripped off myself and more than once by an ethnic, on here and other places, i'm not being racist just stating a fact. i have also sold and bought from from all coulers and creeds, it seems there is a few that spoil it
if there wern't people like me,
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:19 pm

hongkongfuey wrote: you don't want to be fighting on your doorstep ,but the last one on mine was unconscious for 18 hrs
Did he not get in the way slumped there in the doorway :chuckle:
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:31 pm

jim anyone would think it was you buying the car.

stop repeating yourself m8 over and over.your wasting your own time typing out paragraphs.

bring back never the Twain on sunday's ...

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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:36 pm

magpie wrote:jim anyone would think it was you buying the car.

stop repeating yourself m8 over and over.your wasting your own time typing out paragraphs.

bring back never the Twain on sunday's ...

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Dont worry mate, I've given. I know he put a deposit down etc etc, I'll let you guys deal with it. My opinion still stands... You put a depsoit down and turn up to something that doesnt look geniune... I'd want a lower price or my money back.


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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:41 pm

google never the twain you may even be able to find an episode or two .

it's more entertaining than this thread.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:41 pm

mrLEE30 wrote:
Simon13 wrote:i'm not out for a spell check lesson but getting my point across, what the mods (ie you) fail to realise is the word team. There is no "I" in team you are as one or should be. Passing the buck on "oh ask Brian" stinks of i'll try and calm things but aslong as my sh!t don't stink then f**k the team.

Or am i being a racialist (spell check)

Well there really isn't alot to think discuss about ata is there?
By our own published rules we need three mods to agree a punishment such as long term jail, this is clearly written in the rules section, this is the team and thus team descision part, so kindly explain what is being done wrong here.

And for the record I am not passing any buck, just simply replying to your comment, you seem to have an issue with everything we do so we cannot win, if we dont reply we are called spineless, when we do it's constant criticism.

If you have a problem with Brian then contact him bring it up officially citing evidence of his wrong doing, then as a team we will address it, but you don't, you simply complain on the back of someone else's thread.
This thread is the perfect way to illustrate the irratic moderating. I'm not here to read the rules, this is just more long winded crap that sees nothing done. Thing is the mods can win by binning off the deadwood. No one cares you need 3 mods to bin ata off. Tell me this how can this take so long to decide but barrys ban was probably done in complete unison on his ban.

Its pointless going on your as full of sh!t as half the others. I don't do PMs as this is a forum and a forum issue. I'm not the only one thinking this as i know a fair few others think the same but can't be arsed to talk to the brick wall moderating team.
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:45 pm

He knew it was genuine, thats my problem.

If he didnt do a hpi check beforehand then its his own fault
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Jim320i wrote: My opinion still stands... You put a depsoit down and turn up to something that doesnt look geniune... I'd want a lower price or my money back.
But car is a genuine tech 1 sport
Scuttle vin matches frony panel vin
Yep everything looks good to me
As mick says , Stop repeating yourself mate :P
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:49 pm

magpie wrote::D

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Steve-E30 wrote:
Jim320i wrote: My opinion still stands... You put a depsoit down and turn up to something that doesnt look geniune... I'd want a lower price or my money back.
But car is a genuine tech 1 sport
Scuttle vin matches frony panel vin
Yep everything looks good to me
As mick says , Stop repeating yourself mate :P
Ok fella :thumb:
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Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:59 pm

No worries jimbob :D
Mick , I just google windsor davies and hes 80 now
I remember him in it aint half hot mum
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Steve-E30 wrote:
hongkongfuey wrote: you don't want to be fighting on your doorstep ,but the last one on mine was unconscious for 18 hrs
Did he not get in the way slumped there in the doorway :chuckle:
lol, don't know was carted off for a stay at the local nic, was told how long he was out
if there wern't people like me,
with cars like mine,
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Steve-E30 wrote:
Jim320i wrote: My opinion still stands... You put a depsoit down and turn up to something that doesnt look geniune... I'd want a lower price or my money back.
But car is a genuine tech 1 sport
Scuttle vin matches frony panel vin
Yep everything looks good to me
As mick says , Stop repeating yourself mate :P
Dont forget golfman didnt just take atas £100 and sit on his arse waiting for him to turn up, he made sure the car passed an MOT at atas request and cost!
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hongkongfuey wrote:not takin sides but have been ripped off myself and more than once by an ethnic, on here and other places, i'm not being racist just stating a fact.
So if you're not being racist, what was the point in stating that fact? That we should all beware of "ethnics" in an entirely un-racist way?

I don't think this thread, or this forum, needs "facts" like that.
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