Think I must be jinxed!
Just to briefly explain, I ordered this car through my local Ford dealership. They had nothing in stock and sourced this car on 'Ford Direct'. All they could tell me at the time was the Model, the mileage and the registration number. They had no idea as to the interior colour or if there were any other options fitted. Haggled over price and settled on a figure of £11,000. Was told that the car was to be traded in at a Ford dealership in Poole (Dorset) the following week and following transportation up to Lancashire, I could be in possession in approx. 2 weeks. We left a deposit for £1000, borrowed a coutesy car from them due to the fact that my A2 was being sold that day. A couple of days later I rang another Ford dealership in the area to do a check on their computer to see if I could find out anything myself. Was told that the car had made one visit for warranty work, which was a replacement DVD remote. Therefore must have the DVD multi-media kit fitted. I rang my garage to basically let them know that I knew just in case they had any thought of removing it prior to me taking delivery. Was assured that this would not happen and told me that to think of this as a stroke of luck as they were not aware one had been fitted. I had a phone call on monday to tell me that they had some bad news about the car. They had now found out that the interior was 'Camel' which we had said originally we would not have wanted due to it's lack of practicality (four year old son). The salesman then told me that it was not all bad, as it was all leather. Obviously good news, but he said that he had not yet told his boss who would be mortified as they could have got a lot more for the vehicle if they had known this in the first place. (What a shame). Said he could now send me pictures of the vehicle from Ford in Poole (posted above).
Anyway, to end, I had a phone call this morning to say that the transported driver had turned up last night to pick up the car and had noticed that there was significant bodywork repairs. He rang his boss who immediately rejected the vehicle. They said that they have looked for a similar spec car and cannot find one and did I want my deposit back + could they have their courtesy car back for the weekend. The thing is, I dont believe a word of it. I went absolutely ballistic and accused them of cancelling due to the fact that they had obviously found out that this car was more marketable due to the DVD and leather and probably sold it to someone else for more money. I asked them to put me in touch with whoever they were dealing with in Poole but they would not. They told me I should take them on their word.
How about that then ! Especially afetr posting the bloody pictures !
Back to square one - Now sat here looking for a new car. Any idea's?
A2 Gone but not forgotten !!!!!!!
