Why Selling Used Cars To Friends Is Never A Good Idea

September 9th, 2010

When I wanted to get rid of my old car I decided to sell it to one of my neighbours who I was quite friendly with. It was not my idea to sell my old car to my neighbour; in fact it was him who approached me to find out what I was doing with this car when he saw I had bought a new one.

I would have actually thought of him as more than just a neighbour because we often went out to the local bar and socialised there and our wives were quite friendly too. So it seemed like a great idea when he asked if he could buy my old car. The fact that I would not have any hassle trying to sell the car made up for the fact that he was offering me less than I had planned to sell the car for. As soon as we had shook on the deal, we began to have problems.

The night that the car was sold, my neighbour phoned me and I spent ages answering all sorts of odd questions. So it was then that I knew I had made a major mistake selling my car to my neighbour. It was as if he thought I had done him out of money with some of the questions he was asking me. Our phone call ended with him slamming down the phone because I had told him in no uncertain terms that I would refund his money if he brought back the car. I am not a car salesman and have never sold a car before but I really thought that once you had sold the car, that was it.

Another friend of mine approached me and warned that this neighbour was spreading nasty rumours about me. He was telling everyone that would listen that I had cheated him out of a lot of money for a used car that was a piece of junk. However he denied it all when I approached him about it. Since then we have not spoken to each other at all and my poor wife is being ignored by his wife. So take my advice – do not sell a used car to anyone who you consider to be a friend.

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