Someone in Kent got a bargain (3 Viewers)

[Hettie's Crew]

I’m feeling quite sad about this. Some friends of ours that lived in Hull up to a couple years ago, now in Lincolnshire just sold their Frankia motorhome all of a sudden on Gumtree for £15500.
I won’t use their names so, husband was diagnosed with dementia two years ago and is rapidly declining, wife finding it difficult she now has to do everything, make all the decisions and appears overwhelmed with it all. We only see them every 4-6 weeks now.
I estimate the motorhome is worth around £25-£30k, it’s a 2005 Fiat based A class Frankia in excellent well looked after condition.
I don’t blame the person from Kent who’s bought it, it was advertised and he’s paid the asking price getting a real bargain, I just hope it wasn’t a dealer and a private individual has benefited.

 

[Puddleduck]

That is really sad.

A real pity they did not ask you for advice and it in these situation is that brokers and honest dealers are worth every penny of their commission.

 

[Bramidan]

I guess the upside for the wife who is feeling overwhelmed is that it is one less thing she has to worry about. Priced to sell quickly?

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Unfortunately the wife is making snap decisions about various things and her useless son is no help.
She was also inundated with people wanting it from the Gumtree advert, some offered more, a couple at £18500 but she stuck to the first that responded.

 

[The Wino]

Unfortunately the wife is making snap decisions about various things and her useless son is no help.

Depending on their means it's the son who's losing out as long as they have sufficient for what they need themselves. It's difficult with families you don't always see the full picture of what's going on.

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[Beltie]

Didn't we read about something very similar to this last year?

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

It was also on Facebook I considered it a bargain still out of our price range looked a lovely motorhome.

 

[pampam]

Well i suppose its one thing less to have to worry about for the wife,maybe she wasnt that bothered about the money and just wanted it to be gone ?

 

[Nanniemate]

When i disposed of my parents we took silly money for it
The purchaser got a bargain
I knew what it was worth but wanted to get everything sorted quickly

 

[chaser]

Why shouldn't the purchaser get a bargain, he paid the price she wanted, can't be fairer than that.

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[Hettie's Crew]

Why shouldn't the purchaser get a bargain, he paid the price she wanted, can't be fairer than that.

Don’t think I said otherwise, did I?

 

[chaser]

Don’t think I said otherwise, did I?

No but others implied it.

 

[Barriesimpson]

When i disposed of my parents

Oh dear......

 

[Puddleduck]

And the govt would take 40% in IHT ......

 

[Rob Hammond]

Oh dear......

Poor parents

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[Nanniemate]

Poor parents

They were dispatched before the van was disposed of

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Depending on their means it's the son who's losing out as long as they have sufficient for what they need themselves. It's difficult with families you don't always see the full picture of what's going on.

That’s the really sad bit, they don’t have “sufficient for what they need” and sold it in an attempt to raise funds to move to a house that they feel will be better for the husbands needs.

 

[Ian_H]

When i disposed of my parents we took silly money for it
The purchaser got a bargain
I knew what it was worth but wanted to get everything sorted quickly

Re my parent's VAN , I sold theirs to the dealer they bought it ( and at least 8 other vans), they sold it the week after for 7K more. My folks were still with us but Dad had been stopped from driving due to dementia. They didn't want the hassle of buyers coming round etc.

 

[Nanniemate]

Re my parent's VAN , I sold theirs to the dealer they bought it ( and at least 8 other vans), they sold it the week after for 7K more. My folks were still with us but Dad had been stopped from driving due to dementia. They didn't want the hassle of buyers coming round etc.

I agree we wanted the estate settled, father died 2nd week of June probate, sold cars, house , junk, treasures , all sorted by November
mothers tea set that was sat in my garage went to charity shop this year (at last) fathers tools are still helping me out.

No regrets and certainly no guilt.

 

[The Wino]

I agree we wanted the estate settled, father died 2nd week of June probate, sold cars, house , junk, treasures , all sorted by November
mothers tea set that was sat in my garage went to charity shop this year (at last) fathers tools are still helping me out.

No regrets and certainly no guilt.

It's really difficult clearing things out that meant so much to people the thing of my mums that I kept was a plastic whistle in the shape of a bird that you put water in and it sounds like.......a bird! I remember her having it when we were little. It's not all about money

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[Puddleduck]

When I buy at auction I think that the people who previously owned the goods would be pleased things were going to a home where they would be used and appreciated.

It makes me sad to see things in charity shops, still in boxes and obviously never used but kept for best. I have a lot of really good crystal glassware from charity shops.

 

[Gaston aires]

Plenty of bargains to be had out there. It’s gone from sellers to buyers market. Only a problem if you want to quit motorhomes altogether.
As for me, I’ll keep chugging for now.
Phil

 

[Hettie's Crew]

This story gets worse, in spite of my warnings they got scammed by the damp scam when they came to collect the van and accepted £12500, with the buyer saying they would post on Gumtree etc about it being damp to warn others. It’s now on eBay at £28500.
I really can’t believe how some people are so open to these kind of scams. The useless son told his mother she’d be lucky to sell it if people knew it was damp. It isn’t damp and never has been.

2005 FRANKIA HOLIDAY i650 A CLASS MOTORHOME, 4 BERTH, FSH, 61K MILES, TOW BAR | eBay

Where to start. cost new now in excess of £90,000. Drop-down double bed over the cab. Electric habitation step. 61,640 Miles. The cab’s armchairs swivel to face two full length settees which can be converted to two single beds.

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This is the add from the conning b******ds

 

[Hettie's Crew]

They obviously lied about being from Kent also.

 

[gus-lopez]

I certify that all my selling activities will comply with all EU laws and regulations.

Pity he is a dodgy scamming buyer

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[Bramidan]

Words fail me, any chance of linking to their advert and telling would be purchasers they had identified a damp issue?
They would then need to say there wasn’t damp and thus they had used “sharp practice” to purchase and thus not to be trusted.
I can’t think of anything else to suggest.
Can you post a question on e bay along the lines you had previously identified a damp issue?

 

[KASPAR]

Hettie's Crew

You could raise a report with e-bay:

Images and text policy
To make sure you're giving potential buyers an accurate representation of your items, and that you're not infringing on anyone else's content rights, you should write your own descriptions and use your own images, or use any that eBay offers to you from the eBay catalogue.

 

[Bramidan]

I contacted the seller, and stated I understood they had identified damp and did they offer a guarantee.
Their response, I must have mixed them up with somebody else.
I responded that I understood they had told the private seller when they purchased it they had identified damp and it was unlikely to sell.
Their response, they bought it through the trade.
Who knows? I’m not sure I would trust them but what do I know?

 

[Hettie's Crew]

Hettie's Crew

You could raise a report with e-bay:
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Images and text policy
To make sure you're giving potential buyers an accurate representation of your items, and that you're not infringing on anyone else's content rights, you should write your own descriptions and use your own images, or use any that eBay offers to you from the eBay catalogue.

I’ll pass that on to my friends, Thanks.