[KennyP]

Originally Posted by Pairadocs

Do NOT DIS-Agree with all you've posted. All good advice. I just want to add a tip for any looking for a cart. We JUST purchased a new one (Club Car) but really checked out every option and checked out many ads, including on this site. Just wanted to share some things that greatly disappointed us. We had no idea (I know, very naive) that people buy nice used carts, then find friends and neighbors who agree to "pose" as the owners and appear to be selling their own one owner cart ! We began to look very closely, there were ads from individuals who had their personal cart for sale, call to come to their house in the villages to see it. But then, because we were looking for so long, we noticed the same phone number for several "different" individuals who were selling their cart ! NEVER crossed out minds until it seemed strange that the same person would have their rather new, low hours, cart for sale, and then in a few weeks, another really nice sounding one, and another a few weeks after that. Until we looked at the phone numbers we wrote done because we wanted to go see the cart.... and then we realized ! This sure makes it tricky for people who are looking to buy a cart from another individual. Went to one home, nice folks, saw a cart in the garage, asked if the cart on the drive was he one they were selling or the one in the garage. "Yes, selling my wife's cart, the one on the drive." Found out later, when that one is sold, another one, new but not the same make or model, but also his wife's again, is up for sale, because the decided again they only needed one cart ? Is this an old tactic here and we just never realized it until we started looking for a used cart ?

Thats the "wheeler dealers" and the villages is full of them. They buy the carts for cheap, do NOTHING to them, tack on a profit and sell to the unsuspecting. These are your neighbors folks. Its sad really, but its all about making a buck for them. Be careful of the younger ones selling carts, usually the cart was their grandfathers.....only problem is they have 10 grandfathers... buyer beware as always.