A tiny note: we bought a car from WeBuyCars. The Dekra report said “Platinum” and “no faults”, and specifically “brakes in working condition”.
We bought this vehicle from webuycars, relying on the DEKRA report that says, in part,
The brake pads and/or discs are in good condition
The car was collected by someone other than a trained mechanic. Turns out, the brake pads were so worn that they were scraping. The brake pads were not in good condition at all: the brake system was running metal-on-metal and making scraping sound on braking, and sounds during regular driving, and loud sounds on reversing.
R1050 later, and new brake pads were in:
Brake pads have a line that shows how worn the pads are. The line is gone.
In a way, this was not a big deal, except that we were lied to, and what we paid for was not what we received.
We asked WeBuyCars what happened:
Are you able to account for the vast difference between your report, and the actual condition of the brakes on the car? I believe that either the report was prepared without due care by Dekra, or that other brake pads were substituted after the report was made – and of course, there may be some other explanation.
WeBuyCars declined to provide an explanation, neither offered an apology, neither offered compensation, neither considered it to be any kind of problem, because their paper was signed, and they have their money. DEKRA said they are investigating, and didn’t provide any further information. They don’t much care about their name and quality of their work.
WeBuyCars and DEKRA
You can find these people at their web sites.
WeBuyCars: http://www.webuycars.co.za/
DEKRA: http://www.dekra.co.za/
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
He that walketh uprightly,
and worketh righteousness,
and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue,
nor doeth evil to his neighbour,
nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;
but he honoureth them that fear the LORD.
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
He that putteth not out his money to usury,
nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
If you buy from these people, don’t assume that their claims about the condition of a car are true. If they turn out to be a lie, they will not honour their word, and any loss is your problem.
