Car seller turns the tables on rude would-be buyer wanting £9,000 discount on his £15,000 Audi by sending him on 12-mile wild goose chase
- Rob Keen, 32, was stunned when the abusive customer made such a low offer
- Rejected it before pretending he was happy to go ahead and gave a fake address
- Buyer became confused and then furious after it was clear he had been duped
Rob Keen was stunned when the abusive customer offered just £6,000 in cash for the car then branded him a ‘d***head’ when he declined his bid. Mr Keen is seen with his partner, Jemah, 28, in an undated photo
A mischievous car seller sent a rude buyer on a 12-mile wild goose chase after being bombarded with foul-mouthed messages demanding a £9,000 discount on his £15,000 Audi.
Rob Keen, from Worcester, was stunned when the abusive customer offered just £6,000 in cash for the car then branded him an ‘absolute d***head’ when he declined his bid.
The computer sciences student decided to take him for a ride by letting him believe he had buckled under the pressure and would drop the price on the 2014 Audi TT Black Edition S Quattro.
The pair continued to exchange messages for an hour with the smug unnamed buyer bragging ‘I no [sic] my stuff mate, been in the car game for years’, before requesting Rob’s address.
Mr Keen, 32, sent over an address he picked at random on Google, and it was only when the furious buyer couldn’t spot the Audi on the drive that he realised he’d been played.
The fuming customer ended the 43-message exchange with an ominous ‘do you know who you’re messing with?’ before signing off with ‘I’ll find you’.
The advert, shared on Facebook Marketplace, describes the car as having 55,000 miles on the clock, a full Audi service history and heated leather seats
Mr Keen said: ‘I’m always winding people up, I relish this sort of thing. I don’t do it unless it’s justified, I don’t go out of my way to be an idiot.
‘He texted me about it out of the blue early in the morning and made an insulting offer of £6,000.
‘I tried to be polite about it first off because everyone’s going to try their luck, but what made me think I was going to wind him up was when he got a bit aggressive.
‘Every message I got from him was a surprise, I couldn’t believe he was going along with it.
‘Reading it back it seems quite obvious I’m taking him for a ride but he obviously doesn’t have the IQ to understand that kind of thing.’
The exchange starts with the unnamed buyer bidding just £6,000 for the car, which was on offer for £15,000
Mr Keen again rejects the offer, before suddenly pretending he is actually interested and giving the buyer a fake address
The buyer heads towards the address but becomes confused when it is clear Mr Keen is nowhere near
The buyer becomes increasingly threatening as it is clear he has been duped by Mr Keen
The fuming customer ended the 43-message exchange with an ominous ‘do you know who you’re messing with?’ before signing off with ‘I’ll find you’
Unsurprisingly, Mr Keen hasn’t had any more bids placed by his enraged mystery buyer.
‘I’ve not heard anything else from him, I blocked his number once I got bored of it,’ he said.
His advert, shared on Facebook Marketplace, describes the car as having 55,000 miles on the clock, a full Audi service history and heated leather seats.
Mr Keen added: ‘It’s in excellent condition, I love cars and change them regularly – I get bored of them.
‘If anyone is interested in putting in a serious offer get in touch, I’ll even pass on my real address.’
Mr Keen (pictured in undated photos) said he is a serial prankster but only picks on deserving targets
The inside of Mr Keen’s 2014 Audi TT Black Edition S Quattro, which he is still hoping to find a buyer for