From: john boyle 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: What is the safest way to pay for a car?
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:38:55 +0000

In message , Jon S Green 
 writes
>john boyle  wrote:
>
>> If the car is not
>> ready, or is the wrong colour, or it hasnt got the right sound system
>> upgrade you asked for, then you can keep a bank draft in your pocket,
>> but with these automated payments you've nothing to bargain with because
>> the garage has already got your money.
>
>Good point, well made.  I guess I was expecting this to be a purchase
>from a used-car dealer, where you point to a car, and say, "That one,
>please.  With a nice ribbon around it."
>
>Since you can't buy *new* cars privately, it seemed a logical
>assumption, but I do see your point.

Thank you, I take your points as well. One thought remains. What happens 
when you get to the garage which has by now already got your dosh, and 
the car has been sold to somebody else, or the garage is closed or gone 
bust?
-- 
John Boyle