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Anyone else get people knocking on the door trying to buy the van off the drive?

I have had 4 now in the last couple of years.

I just assume they are travelers and politely decline.

However, I do now actually need to sell the van and we've just had another driveway offer, the wife got his number.

Mad to even entertain it?


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:27 pm
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Not always what van is it?


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:31 pm
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I've seen vans locally with "If you want to sell this van please call..." notices under the wiper. No-one has tried buying mine though.


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:33 pm
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Mad to even entertain it?

Obviously, you're a grown adult capable of making your own decisions but, i'd say you'd be as mad as a box of frogs to even consider it.


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:36 pm
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Obviously, you’re a grown adult capable of making your own decisions but, i’d say you’d be as mad as a box of frogs to even consider it.

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Cash sale, register with DVLA online and cancel the insurance immediately and whats the risk?


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:39 pm
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Not always what van is it?

A 1994 Toyota HiAce!


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:43 pm
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Apparently there's been a huge spike in the campervan market, I guess as people like the idea of having something ready to go when the lockdown ends, to get away from it all for a while.
Equally there's been a huge spike in campervan purchase-related scams apparently.

So go for it, but be careful!


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 3:55 pm
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A guy in a carpark offered to buy my T25 van, I gave him my number. He rang, said he'd have it, came with cash drove it away.
Rubbish really, I wanted to keep it but SWMBO hated it so it had to go.
I think I would be more wary if it had been on my drive


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 4:05 pm
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Only jobs going are deliveries at the minute - got your own van as well, bonus !


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 5:29 pm
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They probably want the Hiace for export, may just need a bit to finish a load. Will probably only offer scrap value.


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 8:30 pm
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Export - yes.
I had a Sooty van (Bedford Rascal), it was a wreck, and would never pass the next MOT without loads of welding.
I put it on ebay with a 99p start. Within an hour I had had 3 offers of over £500.
A guy came round the next day and gave me £750, and took it away on a low loader.
He said he bought 'old' style vans, with few electronics, as that is what the people in West Africa wanted, he said he'd sell it for £1500 out there, he could fit 3 or 4 vans in a container, and it was reasonably cheap to ship it, as most containers are empty when they leave the UK, so getting anything in them is a good deal for the shipping Company, rather than taking back an empty container.


 
Posted : 06/05/2020 8:40 pm

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