UK Clockers Of Used Cars Have Been Punished
Recent years have seen a huge increase in the number of people making complaints about their dealings with those involved in selling used cars. One of the main complaints has been about ‘clockers’ who are people that tamper with the odometer on a car in order to make it look as though it has a lower mileage. This just results in the people that buy these used cars thinking that the cars have not been used as much as they really have. Now two scam car dealers have been fined £100,000 by Brent & Harrow Trading Standards for what is believes to be one of the biggest clocking scams ever.
It was only brought to light when a woman who saw her old car that she had part exchanged with these dealers advertised online with a lower mileage than it had had when she exchanged it. This gave her the incentive to contact the previous owner of the car she had just bought and she was shocked to discover that the car had been sold to her with a mileage which was 45000 miles less than it should have been. So she contacted Brent & Harrow Trading Standards straight away to make a complaint. An investigation showed that it was not just her car that had been tampered with in this manner; at least 320 other used cars had suffered similar tampering.
Both buyers and sellers are affected by the actions of these scam artists. There are already bad impressions of the industry and these actions are only going to make it worse. So that is why it is really good that these clockers have been fined as much as they have. It is hoped that this fine will deter other dealers from carrying out the same practices although many feel it will not do much good. I’m sure if we really knew the full extent we would be deeply shocked.
If the time has come for you to be searching out used cars for sale, it’s always best to carry out a proper research ahead of time. Good research lets you find only the best models available. And when you finally finish your research, you could find yourself leaving the car delears with a splendid used cadillac or even a used daewoo.