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    Dalek Dave
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    I phoned up ''We buy any car'' and asked them how much they would give me for my Ferrari F40. I explained I had no idea what it was worth, but I urgently needed money. I'm sure I heard whispering and giggling down the phone when I explained I bought it from new but never passed my test. They offered me four thousand quid if I excepted the offer straight away. I reluctantly accepted the money on my credit card. I'm sure I would have got a lot more if I had the original box.

    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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      I phoned up ''We buy any car'' and asked them how much they would give me for my Ferrari F40. I explained I had no idea what it was worth, but I urgently needed money. I'm sure I heard whispering and giggling down the phone when I explained I bought it from new but never passed my test. They offered me four thousand quid if I excepted the offer straight away. I reluctantly accepted the money on my credit card. I'm sure I would have got a lot more if I had the original box.

      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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      R Giskard Reventlov
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      Are you sure this was a joke? I used them a while back: they were pretty good.

      me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven

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        Are you sure this was a joke? I used them a while back: they were pretty good.

        me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven

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        digital man wrote:

        they were pretty good

        You jest. Their reputation is pretty low if you accept all those reviews and complaints - see some of them here http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews-all-169436.html#tabs-menu[^]

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          digital man wrote:

          they were pretty good

          You jest. Their reputation is pretty low if you accept all those reviews and complaints - see some of them here http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews-all-169436.html#tabs-menu[^]

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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          Richard A. Abbott wrote:

          You jest

          No, really. They gave me a good price for the car and when the bloke came to pick it up he waited until my bank confirmed cleared funds. No problem.

          me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven

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            Richard A. Abbott wrote:

            You jest

            No, really. They gave me a good price for the car and when the bloke came to pick it up he waited until my bank confirmed cleared funds. No problem.

            me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven

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            Well, if you were happy with the deal then that's all that matters :thumbsup:

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              I phoned up ''We buy any car'' and asked them how much they would give me for my Ferrari F40. I explained I had no idea what it was worth, but I urgently needed money. I'm sure I heard whispering and giggling down the phone when I explained I bought it from new but never passed my test. They offered me four thousand quid if I excepted the offer straight away. I reluctantly accepted the money on my credit card. I'm sure I would have got a lot more if I had the original box.

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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              Gary Kirkham
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              what are you going to do with 4000 squid?

              Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit It's against my relationship to have a religion. Me blog, You read

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                what are you going to do with 4000 squid?

                Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit It's against my relationship to have a religion. Me blog, You read

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                Worlds biggest paella.

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                  Are you sure this was a joke? I used them a while back: they were pretty good.

                  me, me, me "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!" Larry Niven

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                  Utter cowboys. I took my car to them a couple of years back. Their online valuation said £600 so I took it in for an appointment. A guy looked at it for a couple of minutes, drover it in a circle and offered me £300 for it. I told him where to go and later sold it privately for more than twice as much. As I was leaving they were trying to flog me a new car too. That in itself isn't so bad, but the fact is that they then take the cars they buy, give them a bit of a polish and sell them on using finance schemes that leave people paying twice what the car is worth.

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                    Utter cowboys. I took my car to them a couple of years back. Their online valuation said £600 so I took it in for an appointment. A guy looked at it for a couple of minutes, drover it in a circle and offered me £300 for it. I told him where to go and later sold it privately for more than twice as much. As I was leaving they were trying to flog me a new car too. That in itself isn't so bad, but the fact is that they then take the cars they buy, give them a bit of a polish and sell them on using finance schemes that leave people paying twice what the car is worth.

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                    phannon86
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                    I never got to that point as their initial offer was a joke. They only offered £400, I sold it privately for £800.

                    He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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                      I phoned up ''We buy any car'' and asked them how much they would give me for my Ferrari F40. I explained I had no idea what it was worth, but I urgently needed money. I'm sure I heard whispering and giggling down the phone when I explained I bought it from new but never passed my test. They offered me four thousand quid if I excepted the offer straight away. I reluctantly accepted the money on my credit card. I'm sure I would have got a lot more if I had the original box.

                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave

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                      Since reading this joke yesterday I have had the 'We buy any car, any make any model ....etc tune going round and round and round im my head and I am losing the will to live. I have even tried singing the shake and vac ditty to remove it but it hasn't worked. 'We buy any car' has got to be the worst jingle of all time!

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