Urgent help please - anyone speak dutch!!!

[pinkie]

Hi,

Mental last minute request please!!!

Someone has just accepted my offer of 9000 euros for this - but I can't get through on the number he has listed on his ad. He say's he will accept my offer to collect but I need to pay cash only.

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The number listed keeps coming up with "not recognised" even though I am dialling 003113..........then the number......

As I am trying to communicate via google translate it's a bit difficult.

I will need to take my daughter, the dog, and get the train down to Harwich and then across to Holland, if we leave tomorrow morning with overnight sailing we could be there Thursday to collect.

Anyone got any thoughts, as I don't want to go through all that if it's a scam, but to me, it looks a decent price and worth the effort involved.

Thanks you guys!

(Okay he's sent me the correct number now, but I still need a dutch speaker to phone him for me please?)

 

[Wildman]

drop a pm to onderweg he is Dutch and living there. He speaks excellent English as do most Dutch people. Don't part with money until you have checked out the van.
The link just comes up email sent and no van. It needs checking before travelling all that way with cash.

 

[Mel]

Ok do you have a landline number in the UK and is it land line in The Netherlands.

If you have a land line I can phonz it free so send me your landline number via PM and I will phone you

Mel

 

[Mel]

If Onderweg is in it would be beter because the Dutch accent is sometimes a bit heavy for me.
But i will do my best
Mel

 

[lorger]

Can't help with the question but if you do go why not go from Newcastle save you going all the way to harwich. We used that route last week and was fine

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[pinkie]

I would love to go from Newcastle but I can't take the dog as a foot passenger - only from Harwich, total pain!

 

[Geo]

Hi,

Mental last minute request please!!!

Someone has just accepted my offer of 9000 euros for this - but I can't get through on the number he has listed on his ad. He say's he will accept my offer to collect but I need to pay cash only.

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The number listed keeps coming up with "not recognised" even though I am dialling 003113..........then the number......

As I am trying to communicate via google translate it's a bit difficult.

I will need to take my daughter, the dog, and get the train down to Harwich and then across to Holland, if we leave tomorrow morning with overnight sailing we could be there Thursday to collect.

Anyone got any thoughts, as I don't want to go through all that if it's a scam, but to me, it looks a decent price and worth the effort involved.

Thanks you guys!

(Okay he's sent me the correct number now, but I still need a dutch speaker to phone him for me please?)

I should think he has
he's only asking 8500oh:

 

[haganap]

I should think he has
he's only asking 8500oh:

I wouldn't of taken it, I would of held out for 10k

 

[Wildbill]

oooopsoh:oh:

 

[pinkie]

I'm not that blonde!!!! (Although I am )

I offered 8500 but he rejected it, so didn't want to mess about.

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[pinkie]

Thanks!!!

A BIG, BIG, BIG thank you to the wonderful Meor, who kindly helped me out with the phone call.

All sorted, thanks to him, I LOVE this forum - you guys are great!

:thumb:

 

[chaser]

Hi,

Mental last minute request please!!!

Someone has just accepted my offer of 9000 euros for this - but I can't get through on the number he has listed on his ad. He say's he will accept my offer to collect but I need to pay cash only.

Broken Link Removed

The number listed keeps coming up with "not recognised" even though I am dialling 003113..........then the number......

As I am trying to communicate via google translate it's a bit difficult.

I will need to take my daughter, the dog, and get the train down to Harwich and then across to Holland, if we leave tomorrow morning with overnight sailing we could be there Thursday to collect.

Anyone got any thoughts, as I don't want to go through all that if it's a scam, but to me, it looks a decent price and worth the effort involved.

Thanks you guys!

(Okay he's sent me the correct number now, but I still need a dutch speaker to phone him for me please?)

Is this very cheap , I don't know anything about these vans, if not it seems Avery dodgey way of buying a van, all you know is in Dutch , it's going to cost a fortune to get there then if you don't know much about them , how will you know if it's ok.
Plus if you are going to register it here there is going to be more costs, mot is one big one. Be very careful, if you can take someone with you who knows about mhs.
If you have all this covered please ignore me but on face value it looks very risky.

 

[pinkie]

Hi,

Well, it all looks okay to me, but I have to see it.

No, I don't know anything but I'm happy to take the risk, throw caution to the wind etc............

It's a decent price, I was going to buy an imported one from Ikonic but they are charging £15995, so I figure, if there are any problems, I can get them sorted out with the money I save.

(No, sadly have no one to check it out for me.)

 

[Carol]

Pinky good luck with it, hope it turns out well, if you go into chat Paul may be in there from Holland and maybe you could pick his brain, hope all goes out well.

 

[tonka]

I am not sure what is involved but remember you have to get this re-registered in UK..
That means new MOT, so straight away, maybe some cash layout on headlights and any other changes to make it UK spec...

Good luck anyway....


Whoops, just read Chasers post.. so "ditto"

It worries me somewhat that it was advertised for €8500 but then he would not sell at that, any normal person would and have been happy.
Unless they think "christmas has come" !!!
Hope your not going alone with a child and a bag of €9000 cash !!!!
dont want to put a damper on it but be careful.. You do hear of things happening...

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[canopus]

Not to mention some third party insurance cover to get the van back to the channel embarkation point. Dave (Snowbird) would be the best to ask.

Was in the Netherlands last week and toyed with the idea of buying an e bike, but bottled out due to lack of clarity on after sales service back in Blighty from manufacturers such as Trek, Batavus, Reise & Muller to name but a few.

 

[Wildbill]

I would love to go from Newcastle but I can't take the dog as a foot passenger - only from Harwich, total pain!

you will have enough to do without the dog ether get sum one to look after it or put it in kennels for a few days trust me you are going to Holland not hull for the day you then got all the finding a vet on the way back and all the hastil of importing a vehicle it will be easer to get a Afghan in
so leave the dog with family

 

[pinkie]

Yes I know.............but..............sadly................

All the kennels are full, I've already checked for later this month, (and he hasn't had kc jab yet) and I have no family.

or friends up here for that matter, (just to answer your next question )

Life would be so much simpler if I had a support network, but I don't, so we just get on with things and make the best of it. It might be a pain in the butt, but we manage!

 

[Onderweg]

Hi Pinky,

Just read your post tonight. Dont know whether you still need some help, but if so sent me a PM with details of how i can be of help

If better, most evenings you will find me in the chat around 23.00-24.00 hours

Regards
Paul and Ineke

 

[Wildbill]

Yes I know.............but..............sadly................

All the kennels are full, I've already checked for later this month, (and he hasn't had kc jab yet) and I have no family.

or friends up here for that matter, (just to answer your next question )

Life would be so much simpler if I had a support network, but I don't, so we just get on with things and make the best of it. It might be a pain in the butt, but we manage!

OK there are other kennels give it sum taught first but iam sure there is a better solution than taking the dog how big is it

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[chatter]

Can i ask if it has to be left hand drive? as there is this on fleabay in this country

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Holland seems a long way to go if it wasnt right

 

[pinkie]

Thanks Chatter!

However, I must have an automatic as that's all I can drive and I particularly wanted a Mercedes base.

Yes, it's a long way, but when you've done the drive to Sicily and back with an 11 year old and a labradoodle in a Nissan micra................you're up for anything!

Nothing ventured etc...........

 

[chatter]

It will not be easy, if the van has no faults or damp you will need insurance to drive it over there to the channel and then as soon as it lands it would need a uk mot and to be registered and fresh uk insurance, (not sure if any of our insurance companies would cover it under the dutch reg till you had an uk reg on it)

Think carefully especially if you are on your own with daughter and dog. I would consider that on its own as too many distractions when looking at a vehicle in another country

 

[pinkie]

tickets all booked............i'm ready to go!

 

[grasscutter]

Good luck :thumb:

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[Bellini]

This is something I hope to do iminently, so all the best and please let us know how it goes.

And pics!:thumb:

 

[chaser]

Ok seems as if you are determined, so good luck let us know how you get on :thumb:

 

[peter marshall]

Is this very cheap , I don't know anything about these vans, if not it seems Avery dodgey way of buying a van, all you know is in Dutch , it's going to cost a fortune to get there then if you don't know much about them , how will you know if it's ok.
Plus if you are going to register it here there is going to be more costs, mot is one big one. Be very careful, if you can take someone with you who knows about mhs.
If you have all this covered please ignore me but on face value it looks very risky.

Quite true, BUT it's not costing £40.000 plus

 

[Chris]

Old Mo speaks double dutch.

He could be twice as helpful as anyone else:thumb:

 

[peter marshall]

Good luck on your trip hope everything turns out ok. Pete