Car buyers inspection techniques ??

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As we all know buying a used car can be like being in the jungle, anything and everything can happen.

But as a seller of a used car what inspection techniques have we witnessed from buyers to evaluate our vehicles? Ive sold a few cars over the years and ive witnessed some very odd techniques, here are a few.

I recently sold a car and a family turns up and they stood there for a good 15 minutes testing the key works with the central locking. barely looked under the hood or at the body. They also inspected the car late evening with basically no light. Then they buy the car, thats it. happy.

I had a bloke ring me for a car i had on carsales, saw the ad on carsales, barely asks about the car, gets my bank account details and direct deposits the car (interstate buyer), then asks that i drop it at a depo where it was transported to victoria. barely asked a question about the car.

I once had three carloads of people turn up to inspect a car i sold, everyone got out with a torch each and was assigned to a panel of the car and put their hand up when they were happy. I was almost in laughter. It was also late evening almost in the dark. anyhow this car didnt have any roof lining and none of the 10-12 people that were inspecting noticed it, they looked everywhere but up. They paid on the spot and drove it away.

Then I once had a guy turn up with his son and daughter looking at a car i was selling. he looked at every square inch of the car, opened and shut everything, every hose, he drove it, he argued with his son about what was better this car or his car, did a 3rd party inspection. Came back 3 times to look at the car, each time over 1 hour and asked every possible question about it. Just wasted so much time and then i told him that he should either buy the car or stop coming back every day for an hour fiddling with it. he got offended and left. Then I ended up selling the car to someone else a few days later and he rings me a week later and asks if he can have another look. Told him it was sold and he was shocked and then wanted me to reimburse him for the 3rd party inspection. ha

What are your tales of selling a car, buyer inspection techniques? the weird and the wonderful..