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Car Seller Sends Buyer On 85-Mile Trip To Hospital And Tells Him To Get Himself Checked Out Over Offer

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Published 13:39 8 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Car Seller Sends Buyer On 85-Mile Trip To Hospital And Tells Him To Get Himself Checked Out Over Offer

"You are one rotten b**tard"

Daisy Phillipson

Daisy Phillipson

A car seller sent a hopeful buyer on an 85-mile wild goose chase for offering less than half the asking price of his vehicle. 

Charlie Murry drove all the way to a hospital miles from his home, only to then be told by seller Janis Drikis to 'make an appointment and check yourself'.

This all started when Charlie, 51, offered Janis, 37, £250 in cash for his Honda Civic that he’d advertised for £550. 

Janis Drikis advertised his Honda Civic for £550.
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Instead of telling him no and ending the exchange there, the dad-of-two pretended to be happy with the bid and told Charlie to collect the car the next day.

He gave him the address of a local hospital, but kept his trick secret until Charlie had made the two-hour trip. 

Once he’d arrived, Janis texted Charlie to ‘make an appointment’ to check himself for making such ‘stupid’ offers.

Charlie replied, “You are one rotten b**tard.”

Janis, from Newry, Northern Ireland, said: "I had lots of messages offering £450 and £400 and I don't mind if someone asks like that. I would probably ask.

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"But I got that message for £250 in cash and I thought 'Jesus Christ'. It made me sick and I was just about to send some nice words but I sent him a thumbs up instead.

Janis at first pretended to go along with the very low offer.
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He continued: “The next day he text saying he couldn't find my house so I directed him to the hospital.

"He text me saying he was at the hospital five minutes later. I told him to go make an appointment and check yourself for making that stupid offer. 

“It was a good way to teach him a good lesson. He called me a rotten b*stard.

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"He came from Ballymoney, which is hours away. I feel sorry about that but it's a good lesson for him."

But Charlie was not amused and defended his offer, claiming that the advert described the car as an MOT failure and that it had a blown turbo, meaning it was only good for scrap.

Janis thought the prank would serve as a good lesson to Charlie for making 'stupid offers'.
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He’d been helping his son’s scrap business when he'd offered to travel from Ballymoney to Newry to pick the car up.

Charlie said: "It was an MOT failure and had a blown turbo on it as well. It said that in the description. He had it up for £500 and it was only for scrap.

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"It could have been used again if you wanted to spend £1,000 on it. If it's good enough to be used, why didn't he take it back to MOT, repair it and drive it…

"I was pretty annoyed when I got there because it was an absolute low-down act to do on anybody.”

Janis sticks by his prank.
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He added: "From now on, we'll ask for a phone number so you can contact the client and speak to them verbally."

Luckily, Charlie had already planned to pick up two other cars from the same area that day.

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Unsurprisingly the pair haven’t exchanged any messages since, and Janis has decided to keep the car for the time being. 

Charlie added: "Just say no like other people and there's no harm done. I don't know why he'd take it into his head and play this trick.

"Everyone thought it was smart and funny but I didn't find it funny."

Featured Image Credit: Kennedy News and Media

Topics: Cars, UK News

Daisy Phillipson
Daisy Phillipson

Daisy graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Magazine Journalism, writing a thesis on the move from print to digital publishing. Continuing this theme, she has written for a range of online publications including Digital Spy and Little White Lies, with a particular passion for TV and film. Contact her on [email protected]

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