Bladerunner
Ok, so I put a £500 deposit on a car after seeing it - it looked lovely to be fair, the only issue was that it had a date written on the engine which couldn't be explained. Shortly after paying the deposit I followed up with a mail covering the points we had agreed would be covered before I picked it up. I received a phone call from the owner who told me aggressively that he 'didn't respond to confrontational emails like this'. Following this conversation I looked up reviews - to my horror.. The next morning after consulting with consumer advice, I called the owner and asked for my deposit back, and .... it was returned with no issue whatsoever. I have no idea how genuine the car was, or whether any warranty would have been upheld, but to give the guy his due, at least he gave my my money back at once, and apologized for his phone call. Lucky escape or panic over nothing?? Not sure..