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Its a musing really, I needed to get it off my chest. I recently sold my 7.5t lorry and have started looking for another. My box sold really quickly and I've realised why!!
What I'm struggling with:
1 Price - seriously is your 1990 H registered non branded lorry that looks like it has been through a hedge backwards worth nearly £10k
You advertise it on one site at one price and on another at another price, then get the hump when I enquire as to the lower price
2 Pictures - I've just read this
"Power steering, 6gears, isolator, coachbuilt. Change in circumstances forces reluctant sale. No timewasters or picture collectors (they're on ad and recent) as I'm busy enough! Thanks"
the lorry only has 5 pictures and the the one picture of the horse area (the bit I'm really interested in) I can't see if it has a tack locker or not! Busy - you can be as busy as you like, but I won't come and part with my cash let alone get in the car if I don't know if its got what I want and looks like what I want!
Pictures sell, you don't go look at a donkey when you want a horse!
3 description - much as above, but there are things I need to know
When was the last MOT/plating
UNLADEN WEIGHT? Seriously I'm not putting my neddies in any box that I don't know the weight, I have large horses not miniatures and anything with a payload of less than 2t doesn't rock it for me when you say the lorry takes 4!!! Why do I need to keep asking, Oh yes, thats to waste my time and yours thinking I'll forget to ask, fall in love with your lorry and buy it although it only has 1t capacity!!
When or what you've done to look after it? Yes that might seem like a question from outer space but some of us want something that isn't going to mean risking it on the M25 because its never seen a mechanic or still running on remolded bald tyres!
Chassis, yes I want to know that its all there, aluminium floor doesn't mean the chassis mounts are intact, which is what the floor then sits on. If you've maintained it and have a good mechanic and really want people interested in your lorry, why wouldn't you tell them its good? Oh yes, thats because its rotten as a pear and needs a chassis swap and you are trying to fob me off!
Advisories on last plating/MOT - Making the test page disappear and only giving me the certificate suggests to me you are avoiding telling me! Looking forward to when the DVLA put this info online like they do cars!
4 Cleanliness - Why does it look like a pigsty, you are selling it, I don't want your dog, child or muck. You could have at least cleaned out the droppings, which makes me think you never cared about your floor in the first place!
5 Dimensions - When your horse is like a giraffe, you want more than a pony size stall, height and length is important. The lorry may be a short lorry, but how long is that piece of string? I didn't think 28ft was really that short?
I have a few more questions,
Why is every ramp 'easily managed/operated by a small 5'3" female' on her own?
Reluctant sale - really?
Saying that I have come across some adverts that the seller is describing everything and guess what, by the time I enquire, its sold!
I'm sure there are more? Anyone else struggling with adverts? I know its usually horse related but i'm fed up with looking and having to keep asking the same old basic questions and yes the dealers are about the worst! If its not on their description, it seems they don't want to answer. I'm not a tyre kicker, I just want the lorry that has the things I want for a fair price!!
Rant over!!!
What I'm struggling with:
1 Price - seriously is your 1990 H registered non branded lorry that looks like it has been through a hedge backwards worth nearly £10k
You advertise it on one site at one price and on another at another price, then get the hump when I enquire as to the lower price
2 Pictures - I've just read this
"Power steering, 6gears, isolator, coachbuilt. Change in circumstances forces reluctant sale. No timewasters or picture collectors (they're on ad and recent) as I'm busy enough! Thanks"
the lorry only has 5 pictures and the the one picture of the horse area (the bit I'm really interested in) I can't see if it has a tack locker or not! Busy - you can be as busy as you like, but I won't come and part with my cash let alone get in the car if I don't know if its got what I want and looks like what I want!
Pictures sell, you don't go look at a donkey when you want a horse!
3 description - much as above, but there are things I need to know
When was the last MOT/plating
UNLADEN WEIGHT? Seriously I'm not putting my neddies in any box that I don't know the weight, I have large horses not miniatures and anything with a payload of less than 2t doesn't rock it for me when you say the lorry takes 4!!! Why do I need to keep asking, Oh yes, thats to waste my time and yours thinking I'll forget to ask, fall in love with your lorry and buy it although it only has 1t capacity!!
When or what you've done to look after it? Yes that might seem like a question from outer space but some of us want something that isn't going to mean risking it on the M25 because its never seen a mechanic or still running on remolded bald tyres!
Chassis, yes I want to know that its all there, aluminium floor doesn't mean the chassis mounts are intact, which is what the floor then sits on. If you've maintained it and have a good mechanic and really want people interested in your lorry, why wouldn't you tell them its good? Oh yes, thats because its rotten as a pear and needs a chassis swap and you are trying to fob me off!
Advisories on last plating/MOT - Making the test page disappear and only giving me the certificate suggests to me you are avoiding telling me! Looking forward to when the DVLA put this info online like they do cars!
4 Cleanliness - Why does it look like a pigsty, you are selling it, I don't want your dog, child or muck. You could have at least cleaned out the droppings, which makes me think you never cared about your floor in the first place!
5 Dimensions - When your horse is like a giraffe, you want more than a pony size stall, height and length is important. The lorry may be a short lorry, but how long is that piece of string? I didn't think 28ft was really that short?
I have a few more questions,
Why is every ramp 'easily managed/operated by a small 5'3" female' on her own?
Reluctant sale - really?
Saying that I have come across some adverts that the seller is describing everything and guess what, by the time I enquire, its sold!
I'm sure there are more? Anyone else struggling with adverts? I know its usually horse related but i'm fed up with looking and having to keep asking the same old basic questions and yes the dealers are about the worst! If its not on their description, it seems they don't want to answer. I'm not a tyre kicker, I just want the lorry that has the things I want for a fair price!!
Rant over!!!
