Car dealer gets shafted
My mate Kevin is a nice guy, but a sucker for being ripped off. He'd just finished a twelve year stint in the RAF and having met a 'merkin lass was tying up a few loose ends in the UK before jetting off to Arizona and starting anew.

He decides he's going to sell his prized imported Nissan Pulsar GTI-r (a Nissan Sunny version of a Ford Cosworth) which he'd paid a few grand for a couple of years back. He went to see the chap who serviced the car and asks

"How much should I sell it for?"

"Hmmm" said the mechanic, clutching his jaw "the bottom has fallen out of the Japanese import market. Best you could do is £1500. Tell you what, as I've known you for a few years I'll take is off your hands for £1450".

Wanting a quick sale and having no reason to question this guy, Kevin takes the money and hands over the keys.

A few days later a mutual friend sees the same car up for sale by the side of the road. For £4,800.

Not surprisingly we were all really upset for Kev that he'd been shafted. However, the good karma fairy waved her magic wand a couple of days later when Kevin (at this point packed and ready to go) answered the phone in his house.

"Yeah, that motor you sold me the other day..." sniffed the voice of the mechanic on the other end of the phone "... turns out it didn't have an immobilizer. I wouldn't have bought it for £1450 had I known that!".

"Oh, right?" enquired Kevin.

"Well, unfortunately somone's only gone and nicked it. Because of the lack of immobilizer, my insurer won't pay out, so er, I'm £1450 out of pocket for a car you sold me under false pretences." sniffed the mechanic, clearly trying it on as he'd serviced the car every year since Kevin owned it and knew full well that no immobilizer was fitted.

"Tell you what.." said Kevin "...why don't you go and get fucked" and slammed the phone down.

Result!
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 19 Feb 2007, 13:56, Reply)